Ahead of elections in 2014, Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika appears to be moving toward constitutional reforms intended to weaken the influence of the Department of Intelligence and Security and its longtime leader, General Mohamed "Toufik" Mediene.
On Thursday, October 24, unknown pirates seized an American-flagged oil industry vessel off the coast of Nigeria, kidnapping the captain and chief engineer in the process. The ship, identified as the C-Retriever, was boarded by pirates off the coast of the Nigerian town of Brass, near the oil-rich Niger Delta. At the time, the...
A roundup of some of the top articles and news highlights from around Central Eurasia over the last week:
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Russia will upgrade the equipment at its military base in Tajikistan by the time the United States starts withdrawing from Afghanistan next year, Russia's defense minister said. “By December we will complete this division to about 80 percent, and by the time of elections in Afghanistan and the departure of the coalition forces we will complete it 100 percent with the
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The following is a round-up of some of the top articles and news highlights from around the region over the past week. U.S. policy
- Migration Declassified, a project of the National Security Archive, published documents that offer ...
Below is a roundup of some of the top articles and news highlights from around Africa over the last week:
- Reuters reports that AFRICOM General Rodriguez stated that AFRICOM might face cuts totaling “over a tenth – or some $40 million – from their 2014 budget.” General Rodriguez indicated that the cuts would affect the ...