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10.12.2024 New research highlights urgent need for transparency in defence amid record global military spending

Further insights from Armenia, Guatemala, Malaysia, Niger, and Tunisia illustrate access to information challenges December 10, 2024 – New research from Transparency International Defence & Security (TI-DS) underscores the...

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29.11.2024 Event: Unlocking Access – Balancing National Security and Transparency in Defence

Transparency International Defence and Security (TI-DS) will launch our latest report Unlocking Access: Balancing National Security and Transparency in Defence. The report examines global practices of access to information,...

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26.09.2024 Strengthening accountability in defence & security: Details of our upcoming access to information report

Access to information is a cornerstone of healthy, accountable and transparent societies and essential for democracy.    By improving the public’s ability to obtain and use government-held information, citizens are...

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08.08.2024 A year after Niger’s coup: corruption, violence and human insecurity. What now?

A year on from the coup d’etat in Niger, Denitsa Zhelyazkova looks back at what has changed so far and what needs to happen to address corruption in the...

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30.07.2024 Transparency International highlights risk of diminished state cooperation on West Africa’s regional security

July 30, 2024 – Transparency International Defence & Security (TI-DS) expresses deep concern that the potential ‘disintegration’ of state cooperation in West Africa could exacerbate conflict in the already...

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02.03.2023 Sahel survivors of terror, trafficking and police brutality await progress on SDG16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

A forum tracking progress towards the 2030 sustainable development agenda has been taking place in Niger this week. With matters of security preoccupying policymakers and the public across the...

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09.08.2022 The hidden costs of privatising defence and security

Michael Ofori-Mensah, Head of Research at Transparency International Defence and Security, describes some of the dangers documented in our latest research paper. Unaccountable private military and security companies continue...

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25.02.2021 Addressing the nexus between corruption and conflict through Security Sector Reform

By Julien Joly, Thematic Manager, Corruption, Conflict and Crisis, Transparency International Defence & Security   Corruption, conflict and instability are profoundly intertwined. It has been shown time and again...

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25.02.2021 Anti-corruption and accountability ‘missing element’ to West Africa stabilisation and peacebuilding efforts

February 25, 2021 – Stabilisation and peacebuilding efforts in West Africa are being undermined by a failure to address underlying corruption and a lack of accountability in the region’s...

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28.08.2020 If Niger hopes to secure peace it must address defence corruption

Despite promising initiatives, tackling corruption in the Nigerien security sector is still hindered by secrecy   By Flora Stevens, Project Officer – Global Advocacy   Africa’s Sahel has been...

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19.02.2020 Crisis in the Sahel: Why tackling corruption in defence and security is essential to securing peace

By Matthew Steadman, Project Officer – Conflict & Insecurity   2019 was a deeply concerning year for the Sahel. Attacks by extremist groups have increased five-fold in Mali, Niger...

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06.12.2019 High levels of defence corruption risk threaten security and stability in Niger

6 December, Niamey – Security and stability in Niger are threatened by high levels of corruption risk in its national defence sector, according to new research by Transparency International...

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