The featured topics on Afghanistan, Nigeria, and Somalia have been updated.

Update 2018: With the relaunch of our system, there is no longer a daily mainenance period.

ecoi.net introduces scheduled maintenance period: each day at 05:15 CET the ecoi.net database will be deactivated. The downtimes will range from a couple of minutes to about an hour. This blog will remain usable during the maintenance periods.

The featured topics on Afghanistan (security in Kabul), the Russian Federation (security in Dagestan), Nigeria (Boko Haram) and Somalia (al-Shabaab) have been updated.

ACCORD has published a revised edition of the training manual “Researching Country of Origin Information”, updating the 2004 edition. It is available for download and in print now.

The featured topics on Nigeria (Boko Haram) and Somalia (Al-Shabaab) have been updated.

A new 204 pages COI compilation on Iran has been published by ACCORD.

The featured topics on Dagestan (security situation) and Afghanistan (general security situation and events in Kabul) have been updated.

The featured topics on Nigeria (Boko Haram) and Somalia (al-Shabaab) have been updated.

The featured topics on Afghanistan, Dagestan, and Nigeria have been updated.

A new 242 pages COI report on Pakistan has been published by ACCORD. Freedom House published its annual Nations in Transit report.