Since the military coup, hundreds of refugees have moved towards the Indian and Thai borders, fleeing persecution and political instability. Almost a thousand people have used people-smuggling networks to travel from Myanmar’s north-western Chin state into India’s Mizoram state. Hundreds more are currently sheltering in remote areas along the Thai border, reportedly under the protection […]

How has the global pandemic changed medical assistance and how can travellers and managers best prepare?   NGS Medical Operations Manager, Emil Pohl shares his expertise, observations and experience about how his team has navigated through this challenging time. Emil also provides advice on how to best prepare for travel during the global pandemic.     […]

While global attention is focused on the pandemic and its effects, developments in political and security dynamics continue to unfold across the world. Truer now than before Covid-19, global attention on developments in Africa is sidelined. This article aims to provide a brief insight on current security and political developments in the Horn of Africa; […]

Renewed Violence at a Glance   Following twelve months of tentative peace, widespread violence has returned to the Central African Republic (CAR). It began in December last year, as a new rebel coalition, the Coalition of Patriots for Change (CPC), allied with former president Francois Bozize, began launching attacks on government positions in the west. […]

There have been a lot of very shocking and somewhat disheartening news headlines recently that make it appear as though we really are entering an increasingly grim time, with very few redeeming factors in our favour. While some of the headlines are partly accurate, there are more quiet bits of news trickling in at the […]

Country/Region: Somalia     Situation 4 Contractors injured in IED Attack     Client: Insurance     Operational Requirement: Arrangement for Admission in context of COVID-19     Situation The NGS Operations Team was notified of a mass casualty incident in Somalia involving four contractors working with an international corporate client. The patients were all […]

Situation   Following a rally held by outgoing President Donald J. Trump at the National Mall outside the White House in Washington D.C. on 6th January, protesters made their way toward Congress to voice their discontent for – what they argue – electoral fraud by the political establishment. Congress was in session to certify electoral […]

                                            Author: Jamie Thomson, Senior Risk Analyst,   Contact: For political risk analysis: risk@northcottglobalsolutions.com For security assessments and evacuation planning: security@northcottglobalsolutions.com         DISCLAIMER: NGS cannot make any accurate warnings or guarantees […]

After launching a military operation against the northern Tigray region, the Ethiopian government has increased the risk of a long-running civil conflict and has highlighted internal ethnic divisions. Not only is the government pushing the country to the brink of civil war, but it has a number of other pressing security issues to manage, which […]

The best laid schemes of mice and men always go awry. This is something that kept going through my head in 2016, two weeks before I was about to board a plane on a beautiful spring day in Johannesburg, to start my new life in London, straight into autumn, and my first real winter.   […]

Last weekend, the tense presidential election in Guinea raised some issues that are often experienced in national election campaigns across sub-Saharan Africa. President Alpha Condé ran for a controversial third term in office, having amended the national constitution to reset presidential term limits. This has led to widespread civil unrest, which has been managed violently […]

Setting up a Global Company whilst suffering PTSD   “What they don’t know is I am about to die…”   I still vividly remember the client and the meeting room.   I was sat trying to convince them of the merits of my nascent company, NGS but the room was spinning like a washing machine, their […]