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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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Tajik Activists Jailed for Ties to Banned Opposition Group

Friday, April 10, 2015
A Dushanbe court on April 9 found Mahmadali Jobirov and Muhammadrizo Shamszoda guilty of organizing activities of Group 24, a which was banned in October after being labelled an extremist group.
Country(s): 
Tajikistan
Publisher / Source: 
Radio Free Europe/ Radio Liberty
Tag(s): 
Human Rights

Bombing Yemen Won’t Help It

Friday, April 10, 2015
Yemen’s volatile civil war has been depicted as merely a battleground between Sunni Arab countries and Shiite Iran for dominance in the Middle East.
Country(s): 
Yemen
Author(s): 
Emma Ashford
Publisher / Source: 
The New York Times
Tag(s): 
Military Operations

USNS Comfort arrives in Belize for Continuing Promise 2015

Friday, April 10, 2015
The Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) arrived in Belize April 9, the first scheduled stop as part of the Continuing Promise 2015 (CP-15) mission.
Country(s): 
Belize
Author(s): 
MC1(SW) Amy Kirk
Publisher / Source: 
U.S. Southern Command
Tag(s): 
Conflict

After Garissa, Al-Shabaab Is a Threat to the Whole of East Africa

Friday, April 10, 2015
If the world has learned anything about Islamic fundamentalism in the last two decades it is that such revenge actions are utterly counterproductive. Indeed, they have superheated the hatred and fueled further attacks. Kenya’s leaders must take these attacks seriously, understand what they mean and devise smarter strategies and more effective tactics for dealing with them.English
Country(s): 
Kenya
Author(s): 
Richard Dowden
Publisher / Source: 
African Arguments
Tag(s): 
Conflict
Terrorism

Putin Prepares Spring Offensive Against Ukraine

Friday, April 10, 2015
Russian forces busily resupply for Ukraine ahead of a Spring offensive, according to numerous sources including a former head of NATO. According to my own sources in Ukraine, where I was two weeks ago, Russian military assets have spread broadly all along Ukraine’s eastern border formed up in three waves in order to stretch and overwhelm Ukrainian defenses across an entire front. While the world wrangles about Iran’s nuclear ambitions in the future, the one country that can physically obliterate the West in the present, the same sole country that openly threatens to use nukes, gets a free pass as it invades and occupies parts of Europe – repeatedly.English
Country(s): 
Ukraine
Central Asia Regional
Author(s): 
Melik Kaylan
Publisher / Source: 
Forbes
Tag(s): 
Military Operations

Analyst: Al Shabab Purely Terrorist

Friday, April 10, 2015
Bronwyn Bruton from the Africa Center at The Atlantic Council said last week’s attack at Garissa University in Kenya marks a turning point. She said it may be evidence of an African jihadist movement.English
Country(s): 
Kenya
Author(s): 
Joe DeCapua
Publisher / Source: 
The Voice of America
Tag(s): 
Terrorism
Terrorism

U.S. Army Will Investigate Allegations of Sexual Abuse by Soldiers and Contractors in Colombia

Friday, April 10, 2015
Just weeks after a Department of Justice investigation revealed that DEA agents participated in "sex parties" in Colombia funded by drug cartels, the U.S. Army has announced it will soon begin its own inquiry into allegations of rampant sexual abuse among members of the U.S. military and contractors in the South American nation, according to a government spokesperson.
Country(s): 
Colombia
Author(s): 
Samuel Oakford
Publisher / Source: 
Vice News
Tag(s): 
Military

S Sudan Accuses Sudan of Dropping Bombs Across the Border

Friday, April 10, 2015
Four people were killed and nine others wounded in an apparent Sudanese airstrike on South Sudanese territory, a South Sudanese government official said Thursday. Sudan is to blame because it is the only neighboring country with "the history of this type of unprovoked attacks," said South Sudanese presidential spokesman Ateny Wek Ateny.English
Country(s): 
South Sudan
Author(s): 
Jason Patinkin
Publisher / Source: 
Associated Press
Tag(s): 
Conflict
Conflict

U.S., Cuba Hold Highest-level Meeting in More Than 50 Years

Friday, April 10, 2015
The U.S. and Cuban foreign ministers sat down for talks on Thursday night in the highest-level meeting between the two sides since the early days of the Cuban revolution more than half a century ago.
Country(s): 
Cuba
Author(s): 
Matt Spetalnick
Dave Graham
Publisher / Source: 
Reuters
Tag(s): 
Foreign Policy

Are UN Drones the Future of Peacekeeping?

Friday, April 10, 2015
A United Nations panel on technological development has called for peacekeeping missions to be equipped with unmanned drones to survey conflict zones. A purportedly crucial tool steeped in controversy, UAVs are set to become a peacekeeping staple.English
Country(s): 
Africa Regional
Author(s): 
Sophie Pilgrim
Publisher / Source: 
France 24
Wire Service: 
AFP
Tag(s): 
Drones
U.N. Peacekeeping

A Miserable Mystery in Congo: Who Is Raping the Girls in Kavumu?

Friday, April 10, 2015
Kavumu is just across Lake Kivu from Rwanda and near an office of the U.N. stabilization mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO). Kavumu has a high crime rate and a low literacy level, according to human rights activists.English
Country(s): 
Democratic Republic of Congo (Kinshasa)
Author(s): 
Lauren Wolfe
Publisher / Source: 
Foreign Policy
Tag(s): 
Human Rights
Conflict

Third of Fighters in Yemeni Conflict Are Children, U.N. Agency Warns

Friday, April 10, 2015
Almost a third of all fighters aligned with armed groups in strife-torn Yemen are children, a U.N. official said Thursday, with conflict also worsening the plight of young people via increasing malnutrition levels and an expected slump in education.
Country(s): 
Yemen
Wire Service: 
Al Jazeera
AFP
Tag(s): 
Human Rights

Kazakhstan Doesn’t Accept Development of Military Scenario in Yemen

Thursday, April 9, 2015
Kazakhstan doesn’t accept the development of a military scenario in Yemen and supports a political solution as the only right way to resolve the crisis. English
Country(s): 
Kazakhstan
Publisher / Source: 
Trend (Azerbaijan)
Tag(s): 
Military Operations

Turkmen Embassy In Minsk Hacked Apparently By IS

Thursday, April 9, 2015
Turkmenistan's embassy in the Belarusian capital, Minsk, has been hacked by people with apparent links to the Islamic State extremist group.English
Country(s): 
Turkmenistan
Central Asia Regional
Publisher / Source: 
Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty
Tag(s): 
Terrorism

Global Threats in Africa

Thursday, April 9, 2015
What steps should the international community take in order to mitigate the development and security threats coming out of Africa? Shannon Dick recommends adopting a broad brush approach that engages with non-traditional partners from the security, development, environmental, and health fields.English
Country(s): 
Africa Regional
Author(s): 
Shannon Dick
Publisher / Source: 
ISN (Switzerland)
Tag(s): 
Security
Foreign Policy

CAR Rebel Factions Sign Ceasefire Agreement in Kenya

Thursday, April 9, 2015
Rival Central African Republic (CAR) groups have signed a ceasefire deal in an effort to provide the country with a political solution. The agreements aim to end years of fighting involving mostly Muslim Seleka and mostly Christian Anti-Balaka coalition groups, as well as government forces. There will be a second round of talks between the two leaders in Nairobi, but no timeframe has been given.English
Country(s): 
Central African Republic
Publisher / Source: 
Al Jazeera
Tag(s): 
Peace Negotiations
Conflict Resolution

North Korea Urges Mexico To Free Detained Ship

Thursday, April 9, 2015
North Korea has accused Mexico of illegally holding one of its ships, after it ran aground last year. English
Country(s): 
Mexico
North Korea
Publisher / Source: 
BBC
Tag(s): 
Military Equipment

Military Intervention Is Tricky — Here’s How Not to Do It

Thursday, April 9, 2015
In 2001 African governments decided to shut down the OAU and found a successor organization — the African Union. But it’s an open question whether the African Union is really much better. The pan-African body’s military rapid-reaction forces have proved unable to prevent a new wave of crises from escalating into grinding, entrenched wars. English
Country(s): 
Africa Regional
Author(s): 
Peter Dorrie
Publisher / Source: 
Medium

U.S. Moves Against Two Salvadoran Military Men In Landmark Cases

Thursday, April 9, 2015
U.S authorities on Wednesday acted against two former Salvadoran military men who had lived freely and openly in the United States for years despite allegations they were involved in some of the most egregious atrocities committed in their homeland.English
Country(s): 
El Salvador
Author(s): 
Tracy Wilkinson
Publisher / Source: 
Los Angeles Times
Tag(s): 
Human Rights

БЕЗОПАСНОСТЬ: США-ПОМОЩЬ-ДАННЫЕ

Thursday, April 9, 2015
В США представлена новая база данных о военной помощи другим странам - “Монитор помощи в сфере безопасности” /Security Assistance Monitor/. Основной профиль нового “Монитора” – иностранная помощь США в сфере безопасности. Но параллельно приводятся и данные о средствах, выделяемых на программы развития и гуманитарные нужды.Russian
Country(s): 
Global
Ukraine
Author(s): 
Andrey Sitov
Publisher / Source: 
Euronews
Wire Service: 
ITAR-TASS
Tag(s): 
Security Assistance

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