News of a unilateral truce offered by the Ethiopian Federal Government to the Tigray Defence Forces (TDF) has raised hopes that the eight-month conflict between the two may be coming to an end. The war has further diminished the prospect of stability and democratisation of Ethiopia, which had begun to show signs of development. Amid […]

Mali – Ongoing Conflict and Political Turmoil   Overview   According to the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED), 2020 was the deadliest year in the Malian conflict so far, with 2,825 civilian and combatant deaths. This high death toll was driven by the growth of the rival jihadist groups Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam […]

Context   The second round of the Peruvian presidential election will take place on 06 June, following a first round on 11 April that saw a record 18 candidates compete in an atmosphere characterised by political disillusionment. The two candidates with the highest vote share and now in the second round, the far-left Pedro Castillo […]

Latest Incident   Two Spanish journalists and an Irish national were killed on Monday by gunmen in Burkina Faso’s Pama national park, a large nature reserve adjacent to the Benin border. Not much detail is available on the incident, but it appears that the journalists were filming a documentary about poaching activities with the help […]

Latest Incident   President Idriss Déby Itno, who has governed Chad since 1990, was killed in northern Chad on Tuesday. The exact circumstances are currently unknown, but the army has stated that he died from injuries sustained in combat with the Front for Change and Concord in Chad (FACT), a Libya-based rebel group that entered […]

Overview   Former police officer Derek Chauvin is currently standing trial in the United States on charges of manslaughter and second- and third-degree murder following the death of George Floyd last summer. The death of Floyd, an African American, while in the custody of Chauvin, a white police officer, sparked outrage and reignited racial tensions […]

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 […]