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More Is Needed to Beat ISIS, Pentagon Officials Conclude

Friday, January 29, 2016
Pentagon officials have concluded that hundreds more trainers, advisers and commandos from the United States and its allies will need to be sent to Iraq and Syria in the coming months as the campaign to isolate the Islamic State intensifies.English
Country(s): 
Iraq
Syria
Author(s): 
Michael S. Schmidt
Helene Cooper
Publisher / Source: 
The New York Times
Tag(s): 
Terrorism

Political Prisoner Dies in Police Detention

Friday, January 29, 2016
A prisoner in the city of Sharqeya, Hussein Mohamed Radwan, died in detention Tuesday, two days after his arrest, amid claims by his family that he was tortured. English
Country(s): 
Egypt
Author(s): 
Adham Youssef
Publisher / Source: 
Daily News Egypt
Tag(s): 
Human Rights

Libya May Become the Next Front in War Against the Islamic State

Friday, January 29, 2016
The United States is considering "decisive" military action against Islamic State fighters entrenched in Libya, but delivering a fatal blow to the militant group will likely require more than airstrikes, experts say.English
Country(s): 
Libya
Author(s): 
John Vandiver
Publisher / Source: 
Military.com
Tag(s): 
Terrorism

U.S Moves to Strengthen Economic Ties with Rwanda Despite Third Term Row

Friday, January 29, 2016
The United States is pressing on with its economic interests in Rwanda, even as it continues to express disappointment at the recent changes to the country's constitution which allow President Paul Kagame to run for a third term. The U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker arrived in the country on Wednesday for a two-day visit that is mainly focussed on strengthening economic ties between the two countries.
Country(s): 
Rwanda
Author(s): 
Ivan R. Mugisha
Publisher / Source: 
The East African
Tag(s): 
Security

Peacekeepers Accused of Abusing Children in Central African Republic: U.N.

Friday, January 29, 2016
The United Nations said on Friday it had allegations that peacekeepers from Georgia, France and another unnamed country sexually abused children while deployed in the Central African Republic. The alleged crimes, including rapes, mostly committed in 2014, only came to light in recent weeks and the national authorities concerned, as well as the European Union, have been informed and are investigating, it said.
Country(s): 
Central African Republic
Publisher / Source: 
Defence Web (South Africa)
Wire Service: 
Reuters (UK)
Tag(s): 
U.N. Peacekeeping

The Long War in Afghanistan Grows Longer

Friday, January 29, 2016
American involvement in the long Afghan war was supposed to come to a close by the end of the year, but an array of top Pentagon officials spent Thursday making clear that U.S. troops will be fighting — and potentially dying — there for years to come.English
Country(s): 
Afghanistan
Author(s): 
Paul McLeary
Publisher / Source: 
Foreign Policy
Tag(s): 
Military and Police Aid
Security Assistance

U.S.Senators: Stop Aid to Ghana if Gitmo 2 Escape

Friday, January 29, 2016
Four Senators from the United States of America (USA) have petitioned the Senate Appropriations Committee to cut off foreign aid to Ghana should the small West African country fail to keep the two ex-detainees from Guantanamo Bay from escaping to “re-engage in terrorism against the United States”. Senators James Lankford of Oklahoma, Mark Kirk of Illinois, Roy Blunt of Missouri, and Steve Daines of Montana penned down the request and also pleaded with State and Foreign Operations and Related Programmes Chairman Lindsay Graham to carry out its implementation.English
Country(s): 
Ghana
Publisher / Source: 
Ghana Web
Tag(s): 
Foreign Aid

Satellite Images Point Finger at Burundian Forces in Mass Killing

Friday, January 29, 2016
Witnesses and humanitarian organizations accused government security forces of entering opposition neighborhoods and shooting civilians in the back of their heads. Burundian officials said the civilians were likely killed by rebels and claimed security forces took aim only at the attackers. As many as 87 people — mainly Tutsis — lay dead, many in the streets and some with their hands still tied behind their backs. And by nightfall, many of the corpses had disappeared, their whereabouts remaining a mystery for more than a month.
Country(s): 
Burundi
Author(s): 
Siobhan O'Grady
Publisher / Source: 
Foreign Policy
Tag(s): 
Human Rights

Kenya: Troops Will Stay in Somalia After Al-Shabab Attack

Friday, January 29, 2016
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has said his troops will remain in Somalia following an attack by Al-Shabab militants that killed an undisclosed number of soldiers. Fighters from the Somali militant group attacked the African Union base at El Adde, in the Gedo region of Somalia and near the Kenyan border, on January 15. English
Country(s): 
Somalia
Author(s): 
Nur Kafi
Publisher / Source: 
Geeska Afrika
Tag(s): 
Terrorism

Kazakhstan to Sell Armored Vehicles to Jordan

Friday, January 29, 2016
Kazakhstan isn’t particularly known for its defense industry — the infrastructure for which it largely inherited from the Soviet Union — but with a deal to sell tanks to Jordan the Central Asian country continues pushing into a new industry.English
Country(s): 
Kazakhstan
Author(s): 
Catherine Putz
Publisher / Source: 
The Diplomat
Tag(s): 
Arms Sales

After Canceling its Presidential Election, Haiti Heads Toward Chaos

Thursday, January 28, 2016
Mr. Martelly is largely to blame for having led the country into electoral and political chaos, with no prospect of electing a successor to replace him by Feb. 7, as the Haitian constitution requires. English
Country(s): 
Haiti
Publisher / Source: 
The Washington Post
Tag(s): 
Governance

Saudi Strikes on Yemen Civilians May be Crimes Against Humanity: U.N.

Thursday, January 28, 2016
A Saudi-led coalition fighting in neighboring Yemen has targeted civilians with air strikes and some of the attacks could be a crimes against humanity, United Nations sanctions monitors said in an annual report to the Security Council. English
Country(s): 
Saudi Arabia
Author(s): 
Michelle Nichols
Publisher / Source: 
Reuters
Tag(s): 
Human Rights
United Nations

Africa’s Defence Sector at Risk from Corruption

Thursday, January 28, 2016
Most of Africa is at medium to high risk of defence sector corruption, with a big problem being a lack of oversight of military expenditure, and corruption on operations, which exacerbates insecurity, according to a new report from Transparency International (TI).
Country(s): 
Africa Regional
Publisher / Source: 
Defence Web (South Africa)
Tag(s): 
Corruption

Trial of Ivory Coast’s Laurent Gbagbo Will Test International Criminal Court

Thursday, January 28, 2016
On Thursday, Mr. Gbagbo, the former president of Ivory Coast, will go on trial at the International Criminal Court in The Hague, facing four counts of crimes against humanity stemming from the violence surrounding the 2010 presidential election. He was narrowly defeated in a runoff, but he insisted that he had won and refused to cede power, leading to months of turmoil and the deaths of more than 3,000 people before his arrest in April 2011.English
Country(s): 
Ivory Coast
Author(s): 
Saskia de Rothschild
Publisher / Source: 
The New York Times
Tag(s): 
Conflict

Botswana 'Least Corrupt' Sub-Saharan State

Thursday, January 28, 2016
Transparency International has ranked Botswana as the least corrupt county in sub-Saharan Africa. Botswana emerged tops with a score of 63 in this year’s global Corruption Perception Index released by Transparency International Wednesday. It was followed by Cape Verde (57) and Seychelles (55). Rwanda was the top performer among the East Africa Community (EAC) countries, with a score of 49 at position 55 globally. Its score has, however, dropped from 53 in 2013.English
Country(s): 
Botswana
Publisher / Source: 
Africa Review (Kenya)
Tag(s): 
Corruption

Burundi: What Can Actually Be Done?

Thursday, January 28, 2016
Challenges to President Pierre Nkurunziza’s rule are becoming professionalised, as demonstrated by the attacks on two military camps in Bujumbura last December. Godfroid Nyombare – Nkurunziza’s former chief of secret service and main plotter of the failed coup last May – has reportedly created an armed rebellion. And security forces have started using rape as a weapon of war, signalling their intent to break Bujumbura’s quartiers contestataires psychologically as well as physically.English
Country(s): 
Burundi
Author(s): 
Benjamin Chemouni
Publisher / Source: 
African Arguments
Tag(s): 
Foreign Policy

Bashir Orders Opening of Border with South Sudan

Thursday, January 28, 2016
The official news agency SUNA reported that the Bashir has issued a presidential decree ordering to open the border with the South Sudan and "directed the concerned authorities to take all the necessary measures for the implementation of this decision on the ground".English
Country(s): 
South Sudan
Publisher / Source: 
Sudan Tribune
Tag(s): 
Border Control

Security Conference Aligns Military, Political Priorities for East Africa

Thursday, January 28, 2016
Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa hosted the 2016 East Africa Security Synchronization Conference Jan. 20-22, at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti. The EASSC is the only conference between U.S. Department of State and U.S. military representatives dedicated to aligning military and political priorities for East Africa.
Country(s): 
East Africa Regional
Author(s): 
Senior Airman Peter Thompson
Publisher / Source: 
DVIDS
Tag(s): 
Military Operations

Iraqi Army Learns Ramadi's Lessons in U.S.-Led Coalition Training

Thursday, January 28, 2016
U.S.-led coalition forces training Iraqi soldiers to fight Islamic State are applying lessons from last month's recapture of Ramadi to prepare the army to retake the northern city of Mosul later this year.English
Country(s): 
Iraq
Author(s): 
Stephen Kalin
Publisher / Source: 
Reuters
Tag(s): 
Military and Police Aid

It’s Deja Vu as U.S. Plans New Front in Libya

Thursday, January 28, 2016
Much of the quagmire in Libya, and the proliferation of IS there, is attributable to Nato’s intervention in Libya in 2011, which was presented as a humanitarian intervention in light of the atrocities of the Libyan civil war.English
Country(s): 
Libya
Author(s): 
Kelly Jo-Bluen
Publisher / Source: 
Business Day
Tag(s): 
Terrorism

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