Category: Publications

This report maps the trends, drivers, targets, tactics, enablers, and flashpoints of future threats in the civic space in West Africa. The trends-mapping and foresight analysis derive from the incident-tracking of crackdowns on the civic space in 16 West African countries between 2017 – 2022 on the Closing Spaces Database (www.closingspaces.org) Beyond building evidence of […]

This research report, NIGERIA: SHRINKING CIVIC SPACE IN THE NAME OF SECURITY, is the third and final part of the Security Playbook Series conducted by 11 members of the Action Group on Free Civic Space (AGFCS). The Security Playbook is a research project that aims to interrogate the use and misuse of the security architecture […]

This research report, NIGERIA: SHRINKING CIVIC SPACE IN THE NAME OF SECURITY, is the third and final part of the Security Playbook Series conducted by 11 members of the Action Group on Free Civic Space (AGFCS). The Security Playbook is a research project that aims to interrogate the use and misuse of the security architecture […]

This report builds evidence of a Security Playbook of Digital Authoritarianism by showing how the massive financial resources, equipment, and technologies originally procured in the name of counterterrorism and curbing insecurity have been diverted to monitor the movement of citizens, to track activities of civic actors online, intercept private communications, restrict online civic space, and limit the ability of […]

What evidence is there of the role of transnational security architecture (such as the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy; Financial Action Task Force; UN Security Council Resolutions and others) in facilitating restrictions on civic space in Nigeria? What links exist between transnational and domestic entities promoting and implementing a hard security paradigm and measures? What regional […]

How do the transnational security architecture and the use of “the security playbook” manifest in key national contexts? What evidence is there of the role of transnational security architecture (such as the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy; Financial Action Task Force; UN Security Council Resolutions and others) in facilitating restrictions on civic space in Nigeria? What […]

This report builds evidence of a Security Playbook of Digital Authoritarianism by showing how the massive financial resources, equipment, and technologies originally procured in the name of counterterrorism and curbing insecurity have been diverted to monitor the movement of citizens, to track activities of civic actors online, intercept private communications, restrict online civic space, and limit the ability […]

Mutual Evaluations are in-depth reviews conducted by members of the FATF, FATF Style Regional Bodies (FRSB) including other recognized assessors like the International Monetary Fund and World Bank to assess the overall effectiveness of legal, regulatory, and operational measures implemented by a country to tackle money laundering (ML), terrorism financing (TF) and the proliferation of […]