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.

Freedom House publishes its annual report Freedom of the Press. The country reports will be added to ecoi.net as soon as they become available. Our featured topics on Afghanistan (security situation in Kabul), Dagestan (security situation), Nigeria (Boko Haram) and on Somalia (events related to al-Shabaab) were updated.

We now cover more sources regularly on ecoi.net: three additional UN committees, two additional UN missions, the Inter Press Service news agency, the Women News Network, and Caucasian Knot.

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