Jamie Read

Operation Linda Nchi, an ongoing coordinated military operation between the Kenyan military and the Somalian military, is the official reason why the Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) are in Somalia, but is there another agenda?

Here in Somalia, being in the police force must be one of the hardest jobs given the very complex environment in which they must operate. Even your fellow police officers might sell you out because al-Shabaab pays more.

Here in Somalia, there are quite a few armed groups kicking around. Some are on the good side of the Somali government, other groups, not so much. Let me run you through the good guys, first. Somali Police Force The Somali Police Force isn’t your typical law enforcement agency. Some of its members are former militiamen from back in […]

Arriving in Brussels, Belgium for first time, I didn’t know what to expect. I’d just left Paris, and knew that many of the terrorists in the Paris attacks were from here. I was interested to find out why Belgium was such a hot spot for terrorists, what the police and intelligence services were doing about this problem, and what steps we could follow to help stop […]

Al-Shabaab typically fight to the death, so we help them along the way.

You can tell that there is an omnipresent fear gripping Mogadishu, primarily due to the presence of Al-Shabaab.

Four days after the Paris attacks, life has resumed, and the closed areas have been opened up to the public.

Abdelhamid Abaaoud is the key suspect behind the Paris attack. Right now he is believed to be in Syria with ISIS.

Three days on from the attacks that shocked the world, life here in Paris goes on or so it would seem as I travelled around the city today to get a feel for the ground situation. I rise out of my bed this morning to the sound of sirens going off in the background. It is the third […]

As I land in Paris, you would never think that two nights ago Islamic terrorists launched one of the most shocking attacks in Europe to date, killing 129 and wounding over 300. My first stop was the hotel which is located and in the center of where these shootings took place. First stop of the […]

The word on the street here in Mogadishu is that a rival hotel boss made this happen, and my guys tell me that Al-Shabaab had no reason to kill the owner.

My buddy and I, prior to our arrival, talked about what weapons we would get issued. We joked about getting some busted old AK and 10 rounds of ammo.