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This section includes the latest news relating to U.S. security policy around the world. Updated daily, the news provided in this searchable database highlights the most relevant security developments from around the world. 

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Afghan Parliament Purges Cabinet Ministers

Monday, November 14, 2016
Afghanistan's parliament has voted to sack the foreign minister and two other Cabinet members. The dismissals come as Afghanistan is mired in an economic crisis and widening Taliban insurgency.English
Country(s): 
Afghanistan
Publisher / Source: 
Deutsche Welle
Wire Service: 
Reuters
Tag(s): 
Politics and Security

Superstitions and Militias Replace Army in Eastern DRC

Monday, November 14, 2016
People who had suffered from two decades of massacres carried out by armed groups in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo say they no longer have confidence in an army that has failed to protect them. More and more youths are adhering to local self-defense groups that adopt several rituals which aim to insulate them -- they say -- against all kinds of attacks.English
Country(s): 
Democratic Republic of Congo (Kinshasa)
Author(s): 
Joseph Tsongo
Publisher / Source: 
Anadolu Agency (Turkey)
Tag(s): 
Conflict

Afghan's New Anti-Graft Court Hears First Cases in Kabul

Monday, November 14, 2016
Afghanistan's new anti-corruption court heard its first cases on Saturday, a small step forward in President Ashraf Ghani's efforts to combat graft at the highest levels of government.English
Country(s): 
Afghanistan
Author(s): 
Randy Fabi
Mirwais Harooni
Publisher / Source: 
Reuters
Tag(s): 
Corruption

Ethiopia Makes 11 000 State of Emergency Arrests: State TV

Monday, November 14, 2016
Authorities have arrested more than 11 000 people since Ethiopia declared a state of emergency in early October amid violent protests, state TV said on Saturday.English
Country(s): 
Ethiopia
Publisher / Source: 
News 24
Tag(s): 
Conflict
Human Rights

Pakistan Warns of Escalation After Clashes in Kashmir

Monday, November 14, 2016
Pakistan's military says Indian troops fired on its soldiers in Kashmir on Monday, killing seven of them and prompting return fire, as officials warned that the tense standoff between the nuclear-armed rivals could escalate.English
Country(s): 
Pakistan
Author(s): 
Asif Shahzad
Publisher / Source: 
Associated Press
Tag(s): 
Conflict

Colombia Promoting Military Chiefs Accused of War Crimes in Spite of International Protest

Friday, November 11, 2016
Human Right Watch (HRW) on Thursday called on Colombia’s Defense Ministry to prevent the promotion to general of at least five top military officials accused of executing civilians, but to no avail.In spite the protest, a Colombian senate commission approved the officials’ promotion, which will now be sent to the full senate for approval.English
Country(s): 
Colombia
Author(s): 
Brian Levesque
Publisher / Source: 
Colombia Reports
Tag(s): 
Military
Human Rights

Drug Bust Points to Evolving Criminal Structures in Costa Rica

Friday, November 11, 2016
A drug trafficking network linked to Mexico's Sinaloa Cartel has been dismantled in Costa Rica, a sign that the country's criminal structures are becoming increasingly involved in transnational drug trafficking.English
Country(s): 
Costa Rica
Author(s): 
Tristan Clavel
Tag(s): 
Criminal Organizations

Colombia’s Growing Local Drug Market Now Worth $2 Bn, Govt Says

Friday, November 11, 2016
Colombia's internal drug market has grown over the past few decades and is now worth an estimated $2 billion, a trend driven by changing economic and criminal dynamics in the country. English
Country(s): 
Colombia
Author(s): 
Mimi Yagoub
Tag(s): 
Drug Trade
Criminal Organizations

U.S. Military and Police Aid Programs A Basic Guide: From Purpose to Type of Recipient

Friday, November 11, 2016
The Security Assistance Monitor has just published a new guide on the basics of U.S. Military and Police Aid. The guide gives an overview of the different programs, the most prominent program purposes, different types of military and police aid, top recipients, and key program initiation dates. English
Country(s): 
Global
Author(s): 
Colby Goodman
Celina Menzel
Publisher / Source: 
Security Assistance Monitor
Tag(s): 
Security Assistance

Egypt: Freeze of Torture Rehabilitation Centre's Financial Assets a Cruel Blow to Human Rights

Friday, November 11, 2016
The El Nadeem Center for Rehabilitation of Victims of Violence, a clinic which provides hundreds of torture victims with vital services including counseling and legal assistance, learned today that its financial assets were frozen according to an order by the Central Bank of Egypt.English
Country(s): 
Egypt
Publisher / Source: 
Amnesty International

Defense Department Pressures Baghdad to Investigate Claims of Civilian Killings

Friday, November 11, 2016
The Defense Department has implored Baghdad to begin investigations into claims by human rights group Amnesty International of extrajudicial killings by members of the Iraqi Federal Police outside of Mosul.English
Country(s): 
Iraq
Author(s): 
Carlo Munoz
Publisher / Source: 
The Washington Times
Tag(s): 
Extrajudicial Killings

Bosnia, Croatia Detain Multiple Organized-Crime Suspects

Friday, November 11, 2016
Authorities say that police in Bosnia and Croatia are detaining suspects and raiding 60 locations in search of evidence of organized crime, abuse of office, violation of the law by a judge and money-laundering.English
Country(s): 
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Croatia
Publisher / Source: 
Associated Press
Tag(s): 
Criminal Organizations

NATO-Georgia Exercise 2016

Friday, November 11, 2016
The exercise is designed to train a Georgian-Led multinational brigade headquarters staff to plan, coordinate and execute a crisis response operation based on a realistic scenario.English
Country(s): 
Georgia
Publisher / Source: 
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
Tag(s): 
NATO
Military Exercises

India Looks to Fast-Track Ammo Purchases Worth $1 Billion

Friday, November 11, 2016
Faced with "critical shortages" of ammunition and other equipment, India has triggered its Fast Track Purchase (FTP) process to tap the overseas market, bypassing prescribed routine acquisition procedures, according to a Ministry of Defense (MoD) official.English
Country(s): 
India
Author(s): 
Vivek Raghuvanshi
Publisher / Source: 
Defense News
Tag(s): 
Arms Sales
Military Equipment

Tajik Police Commander, Trained in U.S., Appears to Rise in Islamic State Ranks

Friday, November 11, 2016
In Tajikistan, a former Soviet republic, the militant received extensive taxpayer-funded military training from the United States to help counter drug-running and extremism along the border with Afghanistan.English
Country(s): 
Tajikistan
Author(s): 
Andrew E. Kramer
Publisher / Source: 
The New York Times
Tag(s): 
Security Assistance
Terrorism

Nigeria Orders N157bn Warplanes from the U.S… but There Is a Little Problem

Friday, November 11, 2016
A former U.S. state department top expert on Nigeria has asked the American government not to sell 12 warplanes worth $500 million to the Muhammadu Buhari administration due to allegations of human rights violations and corruption.English
Country(s): 
Nigeria
Publisher / Source: 
The Cable
Wire Service: 
War on the Rocks
Tag(s): 
Human Rights
Arms Sales

Raqqa: Syrian Arab Fighters Pull out of Kurd-Led Offensive

Friday, November 11, 2016
The Syrian Arab component of forces attacking Raqqa have withdrawn from operations, declaring Kurdish forces had broken an agreement to allow them to lead the charge into the Islamic State (IS) group-held city. English
Country(s): 
Syria
Publisher / Source: 
Middle East Eye
Tag(s): 
Terrorism

East African Community Launches Joint Military Training

Friday, November 11, 2016
Kenya's Defence Cabinet Secretary Raychelle Omamo on Friday launched joint field training for over 2,000 military officers from East African Community (EAC) member states in Kwale County at the coast.English
Country(s): 
East Africa Regional
Author(s): 
Farouk Mwabege
Publisher / Source: 
The East African
Tag(s): 
Military Cooperation
Military and Police Aid

EU to Pay Somali Police Salary

Friday, November 11, 2016
The European Union will pay the salaries of the Somali Police Force, an official said.The new EU Ambassador to Somalia, Ms Veronique Lorenzo, stated Thursday that the 6,800 police officers will receive the payment next week and that the intervention would support the police’s agenda to reform the security sector.English
Country(s): 
Somalia
Author(s): 
Abdulkadir Khalif
Publisher / Source: 
The East African
Tag(s): 
Law Enforcement
Security Assistance

After Initial Denial, Pentagon Discovers it Killed 10 Allies in Drone Strike in Somalia

Friday, November 11, 2016
An American drone strike thought to have struck Islamist militants in Somalia actually killed 10 members of a regional force allied with the United States, according to results of a Pentagon investigation that have not yet been made public.English
Country(s): 
Somalia
Author(s): 
Kevin Sieff
Publisher / Source: 
The Washington Post
Tag(s): 
Conflict

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