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South Africa: Insurgency - South Africa to Extend Military Special Forces to Nigeria

Tuesday, March 8, 2016
The Minister of Defence, Mansur Dan-Ali monday said arrangements are currently on going between South Africa and Nigeria military for the extension of her military special forces to Nigeria.English
Country(s): 
Nigeria
Publisher / Source: 
All Africa
Tag(s): 
Military Cooperation

Egypt Approves 3.3 Billion Euro Military Loan from France

Tuesday, March 8, 2016
Egypt’s parliament has voted for the approval of a 3.3 billion euro from France to pay for the military hardware it is receiving, from fighter jets to warships. English
Country(s): 
Egypt
France
Author(s): 
Defence Web Staff
Publisher / Source: 
Defence Web
Tag(s): 
Military and Police Aid

Pentagon Plan to Fight ISIS in Libya Includes Barrage of Airstrikes

Tuesday, March 8, 2016
The Pentagon has presented the White House with the most detailed set of military options yet for attacking the growing Islamic State threat in Libya, including a range of potential airstrikes against training camps, command centers, munitions depots and other militant targets.English
Country(s): 
Libya
Author(s): 
Eric Schmidt
Publisher / Source: 
The New York Times
Tag(s): 
Terrorism
Conflict

Mexico Forced to Militarize Schools as Drug Cartels Reach into Classrooms

Tuesday, March 8, 2016
Teachers’ unions and school administrators have increasingly responded to extortion attempts and kidnappings by canceling classes for days—or even months—until the the government militarizes schools with soldiers and federal police patrols.English
Country(s): 
Mexico
Author(s): 
Manuel Rueda
Publisher / Source: 
Fusion
Tag(s): 
Violence
Criminal Organizations
Criminal Organizations

Dominican Republic and the United States Bolster Cooperation against Organized Crime

Tuesday, March 8, 2016
The Dominican Republic and the United States are working in close collaboration to strengthen the countries' amicable relationship and focus on threats posed by transnational organized crime, such as terrorism and the trafficking of drugs, weapons, and humans, the Dominican Republic's Defense Ministry said in a statement.English
Country(s): 
Dominican Republic
Author(s): 
Ximena Moretti
Publisher / Source: 
Dialogo Americas
Tag(s): 
Drug Policy

China Hints More Bases On Way After Djibouti

Tuesday, March 8, 2016
China hinted on Tuesday that it was planning more global bases following the setting up of its logistics centre in Djibouti, what the Horn of African country's government calls a military facility that will be China's first overseas. English
Country(s): 
Djibouti
Publisher / Source: 
Defence Web (South Africa)
Wire Service: 
Reuters (UK)
Tag(s): 
Military Operations

Saudi Arabia's Navy Arms Up -- With American Weapons

Tuesday, March 8, 2016
ast month, the U.S. Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) notified Congress that Saudi Arabia has requested permission to upgrade its five Raytheon -built MK 15 Phalanx Close-In Weapons Systems (CIWS) from their current "Block 0" configuration to the more advanced "Block 1B Baseline 2" configuration. English
Country(s): 
Saudi Arabia
Author(s): 
Richard Smith
Publisher / Source: 
NASDAQ
Tag(s): 
Arms Sales

Yemen’s Destruction is One Cost of the U.S.-Saudi Alliance

Tuesday, March 8, 2016
A diplomat from the region observed recently that the real Arab Spring began “when we discovered that President Obama was either unwilling or uninterested in acting in the Middle East." It is not the responsibility of the United States alone to resolve this crisis, but American leadership is needed to bring it to an end. We shouldn’t mistake the absence of headlines for an absence of urgency.English
Country(s): 
Yemen
Author(s): 
Stephen Seche
Publisher / Source: 
The Boston Globe
Tag(s): 
Human Rights

Election Business Settled Before Crisis Worsens

Tuesday, March 8, 2016
In many democratic systems, holding legislative elections amid spiraling inflation, a rapidly depreciating currency, sharp contractions in government expenditure and reports of job losses and delayed wages usually spells trouble for a governing party.English
Country(s): 
Kazakhstan
Author(s): 
Joanna Lillis
Publisher / Source: 
EurasiaNet
Tag(s): 
Governance

The Pentagon's Secret Foreign Aid Budget

Tuesday, March 8, 2016
Last month, the Obama administration released its 2017 budget proposal, including thousands of pages on the nearly $600 billion request for the Pentagon. But what isn’t included in that massive budget is a comprehensive country-level breakdown of the $10 billion or so in foreign military aid the Pentagon administers every year, euphemistically referred to as Building Partner Capacity. English
Country(s): 
Global
Author(s): 
Lora Lumpe
Jeremy Ravinsky
Publisher / Source: 
Politico
Tag(s): 
Military
Military and Police Aid
Foreign Aid

Deadly Clashes Re-Ignite Border Alarm

Tuesday, March 8, 2016
The militant incursion from Afghanistan that Tajikistan regularly worries about appears to finally have happened. Or has it?English
Country(s): 
Tajikistan
Afghanistan
Author(s): 
EurasiaNet Staff
Publisher / Source: 
EurasiaNet
Tag(s): 
Conflict

These Are the 11,000 Soldiers Who Might Save Afghanistan

Tuesday, March 8, 2016
Despite more than $35 billion in U.S. support since the Taliban was driven from power here in 2001, the regular Afghan army is still broadly criticized as ineffective. But officials believe the army’s commando and Special Forces units can fill the void and should be sufficient to reassure nervous Afghans that the Taliban won’t be able to fight its way back into power. English
Country(s): 
Afghanistan
Author(s): 
Tim Craig
Publisher / Source: 
The Washington Post
Tag(s): 
Terrorism
Military and Police Aid

Military Aid Should Do No Harm

Tuesday, March 8, 2016
From the war on the Islamic State group to the conflict in Afghanistan, arming and training foreign military forces is a centerpiece of the Obama administration's foreign policy. But these high profile cases are just the tip of the iceberg. Data compiled by the Security Assistance Monitor shows that the United States is proposing to provide arms and training to 137 countries in fiscal year 2017. Much of this aid is provided through new programs created by the Pentagon since 2001.
Country(s): 
Global
Author(s): 
William D. Hartung
Publisher / Source: 
U.S. News & World Report
Tag(s): 
Military and Police Aid

U.S. Says it Has Given Ukraine USD 265 imllion Since Conflict in East Began

Monday, March 7, 2016
The U.S. says it has given Ukraine USD 265 million dollars since the eastern European nation began fighting Russian-backed separatist forces in its eastern regions. Defense Ministry spokesman Michel Carpenter told Voice of America in an interview the money was spent on military training and equipment.English
Country(s): 
Ukraine
Publisher / Source: 
Ukraine Today (Ukraine)
Tag(s): 
Military and Police Aid

Drone Strike Kills Islamic State Militants in Afghanistan

Monday, March 7, 2016
More than a dozen Islamic State militants were killed in a drone attack in eastern Afghanistan Sunday night, just hours after President Ashraf Ghani said his country was becoming a “graveyard” for members of the terrorist group, a government official said.English
Country(s): 
Afghanistan
Author(s): 
Phillip Walter Wellman
Publisher / Source: 
Stars and Stripes
Tag(s): 
Terrorism
Drones

Cartel Gunmen Are Targeting Police and Politicians in Mexico's Jalisco State

Monday, March 7, 2016
Mexican security experts have warned that local authorities are at risk of losing control of certain parts of the western state of Jalisco amid mounting attacks on security forces.English
Country(s): 
Mexico
Author(s): 
Duncan Tucker
Publisher / Source: 
Vice News
Tag(s): 
Drug Policy

Time for Transparency in Overseas Military Aid and Financing

Monday, March 7, 2016
The Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has gained a 150-mile stretch of the Libyan coastline. The head of U.S. Special Operations in Africa has called for America to train and equip Libyan troops to root these terrorists out. But will it work? The track record suggests not. And that presents a much bigger problem than ISIS alone.English
Country(s): 
Global
Author(s): 
Rachel Kleinfeld
Publisher / Source: 
The Hill
Tag(s): 
Security Assistance

Azerbaijan Unable, Or Unwilling, To Pay For Russian Weapons: Reports

Monday, March 7, 2016
Russia's senior defense industry official has made an unexpected visit to Baku, as a Russian newspaper reports that Azerbaijan is refusing to pay for a shipment of Russian arms.English
Country(s): 
Azerbaijan
Author(s): 
Joshua Kucera
Publisher / Source: 
Moscow Times
Tag(s): 
Arms Sales

Afghans Feel Forgotten in Europe's Migrant Crisis

Monday, March 7, 2016
As the European Union and Turkey focus on stemming the flow of Syrian refugees attempting perilous journeys across the Aegean sea to Greece, another migrant community whose numbers are also swelling says it is being overlooked.English
Country(s): 
Afghanistan
Author(s): 
Dasha Afanasieva
Publisher / Source: 
Reuters
Tag(s): 
Refugees

Can the U.S.' New Drone Base in Cameroon Help Fight Boko Haram?

Monday, March 7, 2016
Last year President Barack Obama announced a new outpost in the US global war on Islamic terrorism. The plan calls for 300 troops to be assigned to a new drone base in a remote part of north Cameroon, close to the country’s tense border with Nigeria, where Boko Haram has carried out deadly attacks and kidnappings.English
Country(s): 
Cameroon
Author(s): 
David Leveille
Publisher / Source: 
PRI
Tag(s): 
Terrorism

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