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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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Buhari - Boko Haram Have Killed 10,000, Displaced Over 2 Million

Monday, November 30, 2015
President Muhammadu Buhari has told a gathering that included Queen Elizabeth II of England and other Heads of State and Government participating in the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) holding in Malta that terrorists had killed 10,000 Nigerians and displaced over 2 million internally.English
Country(s): 
Nigeria
Author(s): 
Tobi Soniyi
Publisher / Source: 
This Day (Nigeria)
Tag(s): 
Terrorism
Counterterrorism
Terrorism
Conflict
Counterinsurgency
Human Rights

OSCE Holds Seminar in Turkmenistan on Fighting Terrorism

Monday, November 30, 2015
A two-day workshop on tools and templates concluded Nov. 30 in Ashgabat, with the aim of enhancing local capacities in preventing terrorists crossing borders undetected using false identities, said the message of the OSCE.English
Country(s): 
Azerbaijan
Author(s): 
Huseyn Hasanov
Publisher / Source: 
Trend (Azerbaijan)
Tag(s): 
Counterterrorism

France’s War in Mali Has Not Been Able to End Extremist Violence

Monday, November 30, 2015
The weak central government is struggling with a host of challenges: entrenched poverty, drug smuggling, and a mix of growing competition and collaboration among Islamist factions in the West African region. English
Country(s): 
Mali
Author(s): 
Pamela Constable
Publisher / Source: 
The Washington Post
Tag(s): 
Governance
Counterterrorism
Counterinsurgency
Conflict

Kenya's President Names New Cabinet

Wednesday, November 25, 2015
Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta Tuesday night announced a new government structure, increasing the number of ministries and departments. English
Country(s): 
Kenya
Author(s): 
Edwin Mutai
Publisher / Source: 
The East African
Tag(s): 
Governance
Corruption

Armed Vigilantes in Burundi's Capital Expose Deepening Crisis

Wednesday, November 25, 2015
As darkness falls, vigilantes armed with automatic rifles emerge to patrol the streets of Bujumbura, a city plagued by killings and violence as Burundi's crisis deepens. English
Country(s): 
Burundi
Author(s): 
Goran Tomasevic
Publisher / Source: 
Reuters Africa
Tag(s): 
Peace Negotiations
U.N. Peacekeeping
Conflict Resolution
Conflict

China's Military Makes Move into Africa

Wednesday, November 25, 2015
China is establishing its first military base in Africa, according to a top U.S. general, providing yet another sign of its growing reach beyond the Asia-Pacific. English
Country(s): 
China
Djibouti
Author(s): 
Kristina Wong
Publisher / Source: 
The Hill
Tag(s): 
Military Cooperation
Security Assistance

Colombia Police Busts Three Human Trafficking Rings

Wednesday, November 25, 2015
Colombia Police said Monday they have dismantled three human trafficking rings, one that forced minors into prostitution along the border with Ecuador and two dedicated to trafficking women to China.English
Country(s): 
Colombia
Author(s): 
Adriaan Alsema
Publisher / Source: 
Colombia Reports
Tag(s): 
Human Trafficking

Argentina's President-elect Pledges Swift Security Measures

Wednesday, November 25, 2015
Argentina's newly elected president Mauricio Macri has pledged to implement tough anti-crime measures as soon as he assumes office, but he faces a tough task in reversing the country's slide into insecurity and the spread of organized crime.English
Country(s): 
Argentina
Author(s): 
Michael Lohmuller
Publisher / Source: 
InSight Crime
Tag(s): 
Politics and Security

Tajik Parliament Legalizes Blocking Internet, Telephone Service

Wednesday, November 25, 2015
U.S. and EU officials have raised concerns both over overall blockage of the Internet and over blockage of access to individual sites.English
Country(s): 
Tajikistan
Publisher / Source: 
Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty
Wire Service: 
RFE/RL's Tajik Service
Tag(s): 
Human Rights

A Turf War in a Previously Dreamy Coastal City Points to Splits in Chapo’s Sinaloa Cartel

Wednesday, November 25, 2015
The problem, it appeared, lay in who controlled the transit of illegal drugs through the city which had long been in the hands of the Sinaloa cartel but had become a matter of competition following the capture of the group's leader — Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán — in February 2014. It got even worse after he escaped in July this year.English
Country(s): 
Mexico
Author(s): 
Nathaniel Janowitz
Publisher / Source: 
Vice News
Tag(s): 
Criminal Organizations

EU Urges Uzbekistan to Ease Restrictions on Press and Free All Imprisoned Human Rights Defenders

Wednesday, November 25, 2015
The European Union and Uzbekistan held the ninth round of their annual Human Rights Dialogue in Tashkent on November 24, as part of the meeting of the Subcommittee on justice and home affairs, human rights and related issues, reported the press release of the European External Action Service.English
Country(s): 
Uzbekistan
Publisher / Source: 
AKIpress (Kyrgyzstan)
Tag(s): 
Human Rights

Emirates Secretly Sends Colombian Mercenaries to Fight in Yemen

Wednesday, November 25, 2015
The United Arab Emirates has secretly dispatched hundreds of Colombian mercenaries to Yemen to fight in that country’s raging conflict, adding a volatile new element in a complex proxy war that has drawn in the United States and Iran.English
Country(s): 
United Arab Emirates
Yemen
Author(s): 
Emily B. Hager
Mark Mazzetti
Publisher / Source: 
The New York Times

Leaked Intelligence Points to Top Level Corruption in El Chapo Escape

Wednesday, November 25, 2015
New revelations about the jailbreak of Mexico's most notorious drug lord, "El Chapo" Guzman suggest that his escape was facilitated by failings on the part of authorities that can only be explained by either incompetence or corruption at the highest levels.English
Country(s): 
Mexico
Author(s): 
Elijah Stevens
Publisher / Source: 
InSight Crime
Tag(s): 
Corruption

U.N. Urges Deployment of More Peacekeepers to South Sudan

Wednesday, November 25, 2015
South Sudan is at risk of sinking into a cycle of revenge killings on a large scale, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said as he recommended an extra 1,100 peacekeepers be deployed to the world's youngest nation. English
Country(s): 
South Sudan
Author(s): 
Michelle Nichols
Publisher / Source: 
Reuters (US)
Tag(s): 
U.N. Peacekeeping
Conflict
Conflict Resolution

Russia to Keep Sending Free Weapons, Ammunition to Afghan Military

Wednesday, November 25, 2015
Moscow will continue supplying free weapons to the Afghan military to help fight the Islamic State (ISIL) jihadist group, Russia's upper house speaker Valentina Matvienko said on Tuesday.English
Country(s): 
Afghanistan
Russia
Publisher / Source: 
The Nation
Tag(s): 
Military and Police Aid

How the U.S. Campaign in Iraq Has Escalated With a New Weapon: Rocket Artillery

Wednesday, November 25, 2015
Last week, close watchers of the many-sided war in Iraq and Syria learned from an apparently inadvertent Russian state television disclosure that Russia has upped the ante in its eight-week-old war in Syria, apparently adding ground-based artillery to the array of attack jets, strategic bombers, and helicopter gunships that have been pounding Islamic State terrorists and U.S.-backed rebels alike in the country.English
Country(s): 
Iraq
Author(s): 
Wesley Morgan
Publisher / Source: 
The Washington Post
Tag(s): 
Military Equipment

As Winter Approaches, Looking for U.S. Leadership in Ukraine

Wednesday, November 25, 2015
U.S. support both bolsters an emerging Ukrainian democracy and demonstrates a willingness to assist vulnerable allies. This is an opportunity for the U.S. to exercise leadership in a region of strategic and historic importance. English
Country(s): 
Ukraine
Author(s): 
Paula J. Dobriansky
Publisher / Source: 
The Hill
Tag(s): 
Foreign Aid

Germany to Send up to 650 Soldiers to Mali for Peacekeeping Mission

Wednesday, November 25, 2015
Germany is ready to send up to 650 soldiers to Mali to bolster the United Nations peacekeeping mission in the West African country and to help France in the region, Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen said on Wednesday. English
Country(s): 
Mali
Author(s): 
Sabine Siebold
Michael Nienaber
Paul Carrel
Publisher / Source: 
Reuters
Tag(s): 
U.N. Peacekeeping
Conflict Resolution
Conflict

Pentagon Inquiry Finds Human, Technical Errors Led to Kunduz Hospital Airstrike

Wednesday, November 25, 2015
A month-long Pentagon investigation has blamed a series of human errors and technical malfunctions for the deadly U.S. gunship attack on an international aid hospital in the Afghan city of Kunduz, a senior military official briefed on the investigation said Tuesday.English
Country(s): 
Afghanistan
Author(s): 
David S. Cloud
Publisher / Source: 
Los Angeles Times
Tag(s): 
Conflict

Emirates Secretly Sends Colombian Mercenaries to Fight in Yemen

Wednesday, November 25, 2015
The United Arab Emirates has secretly dispatched hundreds of Colombian mercenaries to Yemen to fight in that country’s raging conflict, adding a volatile new element in a complex proxy war that has drawn in the United States and Iran.English
Country(s): 
Global
Author(s): 
Emily Hager
Mark Mazzetti
Publisher / Source: 
The New York Times

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