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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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Pentagon Wasted 'Tens of Millions' on Private Villas in Afghanistan

Friday, December 4, 2015
A Pentagon business advocacy agency spent almost $150 million renting private "villas" and security for a "handful" of staff and visitors in Afghanistan, bypassing government housing that could have saved taxpayers tens of millions of dollars, according to an inspector general's report released Thursday.English
Country(s): 
Afghanistan
Author(s): 
Tom Vanden Brook
Publisher / Source: 
USA Today
Tag(s): 
Corruption

Ceasefire Violations Cast Shadow on Fragile South Sudan Peace Deal

Friday, December 4, 2015
The opposition has asked regional bloc Igad (Inter-Governmental Authority on Development) and an international troika (United States, Norway and United Kingdom) to put pressure on president Kiir to reverse his stand on the re-division of South Sudanese states. English
Country(s): 
South Sudan
Author(s): 
Michel Arseneault
Publisher / Source: 
Radio France Internationale
Tag(s): 
Peace Negotiations
U.N. Peacekeeping
Conflict Resolution
Conflict

El Salvador: Ex-President Faces Corruption Trial

Friday, December 4, 2015
A Salvadoran judge on Thursday ordered former President Francisco Flores to stand trial over accusations that he diverted $15 million in donations for earthquake victims to his personal and political party accounts during his term from 1999 to 2004.English
Country(s): 
El Salvador
Publisher / Source: 
The New York Times
Wire Service: 
The Associated Press
Tag(s): 
Corruption

Foreign Donors Threaten to Pull Funding to Afghanistan Anticorruption Group

Friday, December 4, 2015
Foreign donors have threatened to stop funding Afghanistan’s anticorruption watchdog after questions surfaced over its spending and the defection of several of the body’s top graft busters, according to a letter and members of the group.English
Country(s): 
Afghanistan
Author(s): 
Jessica Donati
Publisher / Source: 
The Wall Street Journal
Tag(s): 
Corruption

Mexico to Hold National Debate on Cannabis Legalization

Friday, December 4, 2015
In November, the Mexican Supreme Court ruled that the personal recreational use of marijuana is constitutionally legal under the right to “free development of personality,” but the ruling was only applicable to the four defendants in the court case.English
Country(s): 
Mexico
Author(s): 
Lisa Rough
Publisher / Source: 
Leafly
Tag(s): 
Drug Policy

CIA Runs Shadow War with Afghan Militia Implicated in Civilian Killings

Friday, December 4, 2015
Months after the Obama administration declared combat operations over in Afghanistan, the CIA continues to run a shadow war in the eastern part of the country, overseeing an Afghan proxy called the Khost Protection Force, according to local officials, former commanders of that militia and Western advisers.English
Country(s): 
Afghanistan
Author(s): 
Sudarsan Raghavan
Publisher / Source: 
The Washington Post
Tag(s): 
Corruption
Conflict

LatAm's Top 5 Criminal Industries that Damage the Environment

Friday, December 4, 2015
As world leaders congregate in Paris to discuss how to address global climate change, InSight Crime highlights five criminal industries that are causing enormous environmental degradation in Latin America.English
Country(s): 
Western Hemisphere Regional
Author(s): 
David Gagne
Publisher / Source: 
InSight Crime
Tag(s): 
Environment
Criminal Organizations

Kyrgyzstan Expels U.S. Human Rights Monitor

Friday, December 4, 2015
Kyrgyzstan has barred entry to a researcher with advocacy group Human Rights Watch in a signal of intensifying wariness about criticism of the country’s rights record.English
Country(s): 
Kyrgyzstan
Publisher / Source: 
EurasiaNet
Tag(s): 
Human Rights

Suspected U.S. Air Strike Targets Islamist Militants in Somalia

Friday, December 4, 2015
The Somali army said the U.S. carried out an air strike on a southern Somalia town where a resident said Islamist-militant fighters from the al-Shabaab group are active.English
Country(s): 
Somalia
Author(s): 
Mohamed Sheikh Nor
Publisher / Source: 
Bloomberg Business
Tag(s): 
Conflict
Terrorism
Military
Drones

U.S. Terrorism Experts Arrive in Nigeria Jan 2016

Friday, December 4, 2015
U.S. Ambassador to Nigeria James Entwistle said his country had concluded plans to send a team to Nigeria by January, as part of the Security Governance Initiative (SGI) effort. English
Country(s): 
Nigeria
Author(s): 
Miriam Humbe
Publisher / Source: 
The Guardian (Nigeria)
Tag(s): 
U.S. Policy
Security Assistance
Counterterrorism
Counterinsurgency
Governance

Regional Mediation Key to Preventing Burundi War: U.S. Envoy

Friday, December 4, 2015
Burundi is on the brink of civil war and will need regional mediation to establish a peace process between the government and opposition to avert a new conflict, a U.S. envoy said on Thursday. English
Country(s): 
Burundi
Author(s): 
Edith Honan
Ruth Pitchford
Publisher / Source: 
Reuters
Tag(s): 
Peace Negotiations
U.N. Peacekeeping
Conflict
Conflict Resolution

Mercenaries in Yemen--the U.S. Connection

Friday, December 4, 2015
Latin American mercenaries are leaving the ranks of the national armies of their countries to fight in the deserts of Yemen, wearing the uniform of the United Arab Emirates. They have been contracted by private US companies and in some cases directly by the government of the Arab country, which, thanks to vast oil reserves, has the second largest economy of the region.English
Country(s): 
Yemen
Author(s): 
Laura Carlsen
Publisher / Source: 
Huffington Post
Tag(s): 
Human Rights

Protests in Ecuador as Lawmakers Approve Unlimited Presidential Terms

Friday, December 4, 2015
Street demonstrations erupt as National Assembly passes constitutional amendment that paves way for Rafael Correa to be re-elected indefinitely.English
Country(s): 
Ecuador
Author(s): 
Dan Collyns
Publisher / Source: 
The Guardian
Tag(s): 
Conflict
Conflict

Lviv Embraces U.S. Training for Ukrainian Soldiers

Friday, December 4, 2015
As sporadic fighting continues between government forces and pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine, the U.S. Army has begun training soldiers from Ukraine's Ministry of Defense.English
Country(s): 
Ukraine
Author(s): 
Carla Babb
Publisher / Source: 
The Voice of America
Tag(s): 
Military and Police Aid

Egypt’s State of Repression

Friday, December 4, 2015
The Obama administration continues to provide $1.3 billion in annual military aid to the Egyptian regime of Abdel Fatah al-Sissi on the grounds that it is a necessary if unsavory ally in the fight against the Islamic State, which has established an affiliate on the Sinai Peninsula. English
Country(s): 
Egypt
Author(s): 
The Editorial Board
Publisher / Source: 
The Washington Post
Tag(s): 
Human Rights

Morocco Sends 1,500 Soldiers to Participate in Ground Operations in Yemen

Friday, December 4, 2015
According to Moroccan daily Assabah in its Friday issue, Morocco has sent 1,500 elite soldiers to Yemen to participate in the Arab Coalition’s ground military offensive, which will be carried out under the command of Saudi Arabia.
Country(s): 
Morocco
Publisher / Source: 
Morocco World News

Former Salvadoran Soldiers Working as Mercenaries in Yemen

Thursday, December 3, 2015
The fact that Salvadorans form part of the mercenary armies operating in Yemen is an open secret. A military intelligence source from the Salvadoran Ministry of Defense, speaking on the condition of anonymity, confirmed to the Americas Program that there are 100 Salvadorans carrying out operations of that type in Yemen.English
Country(s): 
El Salvador
Publisher / Source: 
CIP Americas Program
Tag(s): 
Counterinsurgency
Conflict

Djibouti's Dangerous Game

Thursday, December 3, 2015
Guelleh is taking Djibouti down a road that no longer aligns with the goals and principles of the U.S. English
Country(s): 
Djibouti
Author(s): 
Mohamed Toure
Publisher / Source: 
Africa Times
Tag(s): 
Foreign Policy
Military Cooperation
Security Assistance
Militarization

U.S. Marines and Ugandan Soldiers Fortify Engineering Skills

Thursday, December 3, 2015
U.S. Marines and Uganda People’s Defense Force soldiers completed an exercise to refine the UPDF’s civil engineering proficiency Nov. 23, 2015. English
Country(s): 
Uganda
Author(s): 
Cpl. Olivia McDonald
Publisher / Source: 
U.S. Africa Command
Tag(s): 
Military and Police Aid
Military and Police Aid
Military Exercises
Security Assistance

Sailors Complete UNITAS LANT in Southern Seas 2015

Thursday, December 3, 2015
Sailors assigned to aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73), Carrier Strike Group NINE (CSG 9), Destroyer Squadron 23 to include USS Chafee (DDG 90) and USS McFaul (DDG 74), and embarked Carrier Air Wing TWO (CVW 2) completed UNITAS Atlantic (LANT) Nov. 25, the final exercise in their Southern Seas 2015 deployment.English
Country(s): 
Brazil
Author(s): 
Alex Smedegard
Publisher / Source: 
America's Navy
Tag(s): 
Military Exercises
Military Cooperation

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