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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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Corruption Hampered Troops Fighting Boko Haram: Nigeria's Buhari

Thursday, November 19, 2015
Nigerian troops were denied weapons to fight Boko Haram and thousands of lives were lost because of rampant fraud in the procurement process, President Muhammadu Buhari has alleged. English
Country(s): 
Nigeria
Author(s): 
Ola Awoniyi
Publisher / Source: 
Yahoo Finance
Wire Service: 
AFP
Tag(s): 
Corruption
Governance
Counterinsurgency
Counterterrorism
Terrorism

Kazakhstan Gives Russians a Taste of Their Own Medicine With New NGO Law

Thursday, November 19, 2015
Vladimir Putin’s flagrant abuse of Russian laws governing the activities of non-governmental organizations (NGO) has led to the demonization and even closure of many of them. Such policies have, not surprisingly, made rights activists worldwide deeply suspicious of any legislation in other post-Soviet states that could be similarly abused to limit the emergence of civil society and thus challenge the power of the ruling regimes.English
Country(s): 
Kazakhstan
Author(s): 
Paul Goble
Publisher / Source: 
The Jamestown Foundation
Tag(s): 
Corruption

Mexico Detentions of Migrants up 73% in Crackdown on Southern Border

Thursday, November 19, 2015
Mexico detained 73% more migrants since the announcement of an operation to shore up security on its southern border, according to a study released on Wednesday by human rights and migrants’ advocates groups.English
Country(s): 
Mexico
Publisher / Source: 
The Guardian
Wire Service: 
The Associated Press
Tag(s): 
Migration

Bishkek to Host Conference on Preventing Radicalisation and Violent Extremism in Central Asia

Thursday, November 19, 2015
U.S. State Department Bureau for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement (INL) will sponsor a regional conference in Bishkek on “Radicalisation and violent extremism in Central Asia” from November 24-25, U.S. Embassy in Bishkek said. English
Country(s): 
Central Asia Regional
Program(s): 
International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement
Publisher / Source: 
AKIpress (Kyrgyzstan)

U.S.: Reject Bomb Sales to Saudi Arabia

Thursday, November 19, 2015
The Obama administration should not sell aerial bombs to Saudi Arabia in the absence of serious investigations into alleged laws-of-war violations in Yemen. English
Country(s): 
Saudi Arabia
Publisher / Source: 
Human Rights Watch
Tag(s): 
Arms Sales

Large number of security forces deployed in Tunis amid attack threats

Thursday, November 19, 2015
Security forces have been deployed in unusually high numbers in downtown Tunis. Interior Ministry spokesman Walid Louguini told The Associated Press on Wednesday that the impressive deployment of forces in the Tunisian capital city was just part of "security vigilance measures." English
Country(s): 
Tunisia
Publisher / Source: 
U.S. News & World Report
Wire Service: 
The Associated Press
Tag(s): 
Civil Society

Anti-Graft Chief Says Kenya Needs High-Profile Convictions

Thursday, November 19, 2015
Kenya's anti-corruption commission has stepped up its investigations into alleged looting of public funds and has put two ministers in court, but its head says the judiciary needs to work harder to deliver convictions. English
Country(s): 
Kenya
Author(s): 
Edith Honan
Publisher / Source: 
Reuters
Tag(s): 
Corruption
Governance

UN says 5,700 have been killed in Yemen conflict since March

Thursday, November 19, 2015
The United Nations on Wednesday said 5,700 people have been killed in the conflict in Yemen since March 26, including 830 women and children, while efforts to coax all sides into another attempt at peace talks continue.English
Country(s): 
Yemen
Publisher / Source: 
Al Jazeera America
Wire Service: 
The Associated Press
Tag(s): 
Human Rights

Dominicans of Haitian Descent Turned into ‘Ghost Citizens', says Amnesty

Thursday, November 19, 2015
Amnesty International report says authorities in the Dominican Republic have rendered generations of people stateless, in violation of their human rightsEnglish
Country(s): 
Dominican Republic
Haiti
Author(s): 
Alan Yuhas
Publisher / Source: 
The Guardian
Tag(s): 
Human Rights
Migration

Burundi Insurgents Target Presidential Palace in Failed Mortar Attack

Thursday, November 19, 2015
Insurgents took responsibility Thursday for a failed mortar attack overnight on Burundi's presidential palace, in one of the first known such attempts in months of anti-government unrest. English
Country(s): 
Burundi
Publisher / Source: 
Global Post
Wire Service: 
Agence France Presse
Tag(s): 
Conflict
Governance
U.N. Peacekeeping

Ryan Sends Defense Policy Bill to White House

Wednesday, November 18, 2015
House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) on Tuesday signed the 2016 defense policy bill, which now heads to the president's desk for his signature for the second time. English
Country(s): 
Global
Author(s): 
Kristina Wong
Publisher / Source: 
The Hill
Tag(s): 
Military
Legislation
U.S. Congress

Classmates of Mexico’s 43 Missing Students Condemn New Police Repression

Wednesday, November 18, 2015
When Mexican authorities violently intercepted a convoy of buses carrying students from the Ayotzinapa teacher training college in Guerrero state last week it inevitably evoked memories of that infamous night last year when 43 of their classmates disappeared at the hands of local police officers. English
Country(s): 
Mexico
Author(s): 
Duncan Tucker
Publisher / Source: 
Latin Correspondent
Tag(s): 
Criminal Organizations
Human Rights

New Afghanistan Troop Plan to Cost Billions

Wednesday, November 18, 2015
President Barack Obama’s decision to delay troop withdrawals from Afghanistan could cost $10 billion or more annually, analysts said.English
Country(s): 
Afghanistan
Author(s): 
Jon Harper
Publisher / Source: 
National Defense Magazine

Yemen Conflict: Amnesty International Criticises U.S. Arms Sale to Saudi Arabia

Wednesday, November 18, 2015
The US State Department has been criticised by Amnesty International after it approved the sale of $1.3bn (£860m; €1.2bn) worth of bombs and other equipment to Saudi Arabia.English
Country(s): 
Saudi Arabia
Author(s): 
Karthick Arvinth
Publisher / Source: 
Yahoo News (UK)
Wire Service: 
International Business Times
Tag(s): 
Arms Sales

Dem demands Pentagon audit after $43 million gas station

Wednesday, November 18, 2015
A Democratic senator is pressing for an audit of the Pentagon after a task force spent $43 million to build a compressed natural gas station in Afghanistan.English
Country(s): 
Afghanistan
Author(s): 
Rebecca Kheel
Publisher / Source: 
The Hill
Tag(s): 
Foreign Aid

Mapping El Chapo's Reported Hideouts

Wednesday, November 18, 2015
Following allegations that Sinaloa Cartel head Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman flew his way to safety in Venezuela, InSight Crime created a pair of interactive maps showing the reported whereabouts over the past several months of one of the world's most wanted criminals.English
Country(s): 
Mexico
Author(s): 
Mike LaSusa
Publisher / Source: 
InSight Crime

Silencing Dissent: Georgia’s Faltering Democracy

Wednesday, November 18, 2015
The simple fact is that Georgian parliamentarians and high officials are living the good life because the country is still thought of by the West as a young democracy. But once the goodwill stops, it will struggle because it has no oil or gas. Georgia only has democracy… or does it?English
Country(s): 
Georgia
Author(s): 
Tornike Sharashenidzeis
Publisher / Source: 
European Council on Foreign Relations
Tag(s): 
Corruption

Many More People Killed in Nigeria Despite Unprecedented N1.48 Trillion Arms Spending

Wednesday, November 18, 2015
Nigeria has recorded more deaths from insurgency and violent crimes in the last four years than before, despite spending an unprecedented N1.488 trillion on armaments between 2011 and 2014, a PREMIUM TIMES analysis has shown. English
Country(s): 
Nigeria
Author(s): 
Joshua Olufemi
Richard Akinwumi
Publisher / Source: 
Premium Times (Nigeria)
Tag(s): 
Military
Militarization
Counterinsurgency
Counterterrorism
Civil Society

ISIS Overtaken by Boko Haram as World's Deadliest Terror Organisation

Wednesday, November 18, 2015
The Nigerian-based terror group, also known as Islamic State’s West’s Africa province (ISWAP), was responsible for 6,644 deaths in 2014. In comparison, Isis is believed to have killed 6,073 people in the same period. Boko Haram pledged allegiance to the group, also known as the Islamic State, in March of this year.English
Country(s): 
West Africa Regional
Author(s): 
Rose Troup Buchanan
Publisher / Source: 
Independent (UK)
Tag(s): 
Counterterrorism
Terrorism
Terrorism

Colombia’s Rebels Want Peace, but Fear Giving Up Their Guns

Wednesday, November 18, 2015
If the Colombian government and the country’s largest rebel group finalize a historic peace accord in the coming months, they will set in motion a process of daunting logistical complexity.The government’s most immediate challenge: to persuade more than 6,000 heavily armed fighters to come down from the mountains, hand over their weapons and start new lives as law-abiding civilians.English
Country(s): 
Colombia
Author(s): 
Nick Miroff
Publisher / Source: 
The Washington Post
Tag(s): 
Peace Negotiations

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