Nigeria
- Boko Haram, the Islamist insurgent group operating in northeastern Nigeria, has agreed to a cease-fire agreement, ending its campaign of violence and murder while it negotiates with the Nigerian government. Mobile phone service in Adamawa, one of the three states where the clashes were occurring, has been restored after being cut off by the government. In an interview, Acting Assistant Secretary for ...
This post was written by CIP intern Ashley Badesch 
The following is a round-up of some of the top articles and news highlights from around the region over the past week. Entire Region
- Brazilian newspaper O Globo released three ...
(Compiled by WOLA intern Laura Fontaine.)
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Since Enrique Peña Nieto assumed Mexico’s presidency last December, the average number of Mexican soldiers involved in combating organized crime and drug-trafficking on any given day has dropped from 50,000 to just over 32,000. But along with this drop has come an increase in the number of soldiers injured or killed on the
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Russia and Iran have announced that they will conduct joint naval exercises on the Caspian Sea some time by the end of the year.
Last Wednesday (June 26) twelve U.S. Senators – including John McCain (R-AZ), Marco Rubio (R-FL), Richard Durbin (D-IL) and Patrick Leahy (D-VT) – sent a letter to Uzbekistan’s President, Islam Karimov, asking for information about the health and status of three political prisoners. The letter specifies that a number of international human rights groups have identified these three individuals as prisoners of conscience, and noted “Their continued detention is...
Deployed as recently as Friday June 28 in the Northern city of Haifa, the Iron Dome will likely remain a key component of Israeli missile defense into the foreseeable future.