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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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Chilean Army Shares Satellite Technology to Ensure Continuous Communication During National Emergencies

Thursday, January 28, 2016
The Chilean Ministry of Internal Affairs and Public Security’s National Emergency Office (ONEMI, for its Spanish acronym) now has an Army satellite platform to ensure constant communication between zones affected by natural disasters and the government’s humanitarian aid agencies. English
Country(s): 
Chile
Author(s): 
Carolina Contreras
Publisher / Source: 
Dialogo
Tag(s): 
Military

Armenia Violates Ceasefire with Azerbaijan Over 130 Times in 24 Hours

Thursday, January 28, 2016
Armenian armed forces broke ceasefire with Azerbaijan 131 times on various parts of the contact line between Azerbaijani and Armenian troops over the past 24 hours, the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry said Jan. 28.English
Country(s): 
Armenia
Publisher / Source: 
Trend (Azerbaijan)
Tag(s): 
Security

A New Kind of Coca Leaf Is Thriving in Southern Colombia

Thursday, January 28, 2016
This super resistant crop is the boliviana mona, and it has been cultivated by most farmers in the Guaviare region since 2014. English
Country(s): 
Colombia
Author(s): 
Mario Zamudio
Publisher / Source: 
Vice News
Tag(s): 
Counternarcotics

Bangladesh 13th Most Corrupt Country: TI

Thursday, January 28, 2016
Bangladesh slipped one notch to rank as the 13th most corrupt country in the world, Transparency International today revealed in its graft perception index.English
Country(s): 
Bangladesh
Publisher / Source: 
The Daily Star
Tag(s): 
Corruption

Salvadoran Government Forces Accused of Covering Up Extrajudicial Executions

Thursday, January 28, 2016
Six months after the publication of an investigation that denied the massacre of eight people in El Salvador, website El Faro, who published the initial article, has begun to question investigations into the case.English
Country(s): 
El Salvador
Author(s): 
Miguel Galvis
Publisher / Source: 
Latin Correspondent
Tag(s): 
Corruption
Extrajudicial Killings

Central Asia: Backsliding on Rights

Thursday, January 28, 2016
Central Asian governments ramped up pressure on nongovernmental groups and activists in 2015, Human Rights Watch said today in its World Report 2016. The governments of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan arrested and imprisoned government critics, closed down independent groups and opposition parties, and adopted legislation restricting the rights of nongovernmental organizations.English
Country(s): 
Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan
Turkmenistan
Tajikistan
Uzbekistan
Publisher / Source: 
Human Rights Watch
Tag(s): 
Human Rights

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

Is Nigeria's Corruption Crusade Aimed at Clean-Up or Political Opponents?

Wednesday, January 27, 2016
When Lai Mohammed assumed his new job as Nigeria’s Minister of Information and Culture in November, he immediately noticed something awry in the salaries budget of his government agencies. The payroll was swollen with mysterious employees – some 400 – all claiming to have jobs that, officially, did not exist.
Country(s): 
Nigeria
Author(s): 
Ryan Lenora Brown
Publisher / Source: 
The Christian Science Monitor
Tag(s): 
Corruption

A.U. Summit Preview: It Would Be Foolish to Expect Any Major Changes

Wednesday, January 27, 2016
Due to a scheduling quirk, all the terms of all 15 members of the A.U.’s Peace and Security Council (PSC) expire this year. At this summit, a new PSC must be elected. There will be some familiar names, most obviously Nigeria, which has de facto permanent member status (each region selects three countries to represent it, and Nigeria’s influence in West Africa is such that its selection is guaranteed).
Country(s): 
Africa Regional
Author(s): 
Simon Allison
Publisher / Source: 
Daily Maverick
Tag(s): 
Foreign Policy

Parties Fine-Tune Strategies to Reach Peace Deal

Wednesday, January 27, 2016
The peace delegations of the Colombian government and the FARC called on the UN Security Council to approve a one-year, renewable, unarmed political mission to monitor and verify with the parties an anticipated bilateral ceasefire, and to oversee the cessation of hostilities, and setting aside of arms.Days later, the international community began to respond. English
Country(s): 
Colombia
Publisher / Source: 
Colombia Calls
Tag(s): 
Peace Negotiations

Montenegrin PM Risks Losing Confidence Motion After NATO Invite

Wednesday, January 27, 2016
Lawmakers in Montenegro debated a confidence motion in the government of the Adriatic state on Monday after an invitation to join NATO, with the junior partner in the ruling coalition threatening to end a governing alliance dating back to 1998.English
Country(s): 
Montenegro
Author(s): 
Petar Komnenic
Publisher / Source: 
Reuters

Zika: Brazil to Deploy Army in Fight Against Virus

Wednesday, January 27, 2016
Brazil's government says it will deploy 220,000 soldiers in its fight against mosquitoes spreading the Zika virus. The soldiers will go from home to home handing out leaflets on how to avoid the spread of Zika, which has been linked to thousands of babies being born with underdeveloped brains.English
Country(s): 
Brazil
Publisher / Source: 
BBC
Tag(s): 
Military

Russian Aggression a Top Concern in U.S. European Command's New Military Strategy

Wednesday, January 27, 2016
The U.S. European Command issued an “updated theater strategy” document Tuesday, pointing to Russian aggression as a top concern and warning that the U.S. troop drawdowns of the past 25 years put the region’s stability at risk.English
Country(s): 
Russia
Author(s): 
Andrew Tilghman
Publisher / Source: 
Military Times

Brazil Prison Breakout: Inmates Blow Up Wall to Escape

Wednesday, January 27, 2016
Forty inmates escaped from jail in the eastern Brazilian city of Recife after a bomb was used to blow a hole in an external wall, authorities there say.English
Country(s): 
Brazil
Publisher / Source: 
BBC

The U.S. Was Supposed to Leave Afghanistan by 2017. Now It Might Take Decades.

Wednesday, January 27, 2016
Top U.S. military commanders, who only a few months ago were planning to pull the last American troops out of Afghanistan by year’s end, are now quietly talking about an American commitment that could keep thousands of troops in the country for decades.English
Country(s): 
Afghanistan
Author(s): 
Greg Jaffe
Missy Ryan
Publisher / Source: 
The Washington Post
Tag(s): 
Military Cooperation

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