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The sharing of lethal drone technology with al-Shabaab and IS Somalia could recast the conflict in the Horn and beyond.

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Incumbent presidents and ruling parties increasingly bend the law to entrench their power and silence opposition.

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Ukraine’s recent drone attack on Russia shows how potent weaponised UAS can be, both on and off the battlefield.