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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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Georgian Peacekeepers End African Mission

Wednesday, April 1, 2015
Georgian troops have returned home from the completed European Union peacekeeping mission in the Central African Republic, the country's first substantial troop deployment to Africa and to an EU military mission.English
Country(s): 
Georgia
Author(s): 
Joshua Kucera
Publisher / Source: 
EurasiaNet
Tag(s): 
U.N. Peacekeeping

East Africa: Comesa Lends Support for Establishment of EU-Funded Maritime Security Centre in Seychelles

Wednesday, April 1, 2015
Seychelles is on track to establish a European Union-funded Operation Coordination Centre to promote maritime security, after the Indian Ocean archipelago of 115 islands received regional backing for the proposal from the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA).English
Country(s): 
Seychelles
Publisher / Source: 
Hellenic Shipping News
Wire Service: 
Seychelles News Agency

How the Pentagon Lost Track of $45 Billion

Wednesday, April 1, 2015
Since 2002, Congress has set aside $104 billion specifically to rebuild Afghanistan. Of that, $66 billion went to the Pentagon. Recently, the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction asked the military to account for all that spending. It couldn’t. According to a new report from SIGAR, the Pentagon only knows how it spent a third of its reconstruction budget.English
Country(s): 
Afghanistan
Central Asia Regional
Author(s): 
Matthew Gault
Publisher / Source: 
Medium
Tag(s): 
Military

Remaining U.S. Troops in Liberia Committed to Stamping Out Ebola

Wednesday, April 1, 2015
For the remaining 100 U.S. personnel supporting Ebola-related contingencies in Monrovia — down from 2,800 who have deployed to the region in the last six months — the mission is to monitor cases as they tick down to zero and stay there.English
Country(s): 
West Africa Regional
Author(s): 
Oriana Pawlyk
Publisher / Source: 
Military Times

Azerbaijan Denies Entry To HRW Representative

Wednesday, April 1, 2015
Azerbaijan has expelled a Human Rights Watch (HRW) researcher after barring him from entering the country to attend the trial of two rights activists. HRW says President Ilham Aliyev's government has used a range of bogus criminal charges in the last year to arrest or imprison at least 35 human rights defenders, political and civil activists, journalists, and bloggers.English
Country(s): 
Azerbaijan
Publisher / Source: 
Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty
Tag(s): 
Human Rights

Congo Military Leaders Sign Pledge to Combat Rape in War

Wednesday, April 1, 2015
Congolese army commanders signed a declaration to combat rape in war, a move the United Nations welcomed Tuesday as an important step in the fight against sexual violence during conflicts.English
Country(s): 
Democratic Republic of Congo (Kinshasa)
Author(s): 
Edith M. Lederer
Publisher / Source: 
ABC News
Wire Service: 
AP
Tag(s): 
Human Rights
Violence
United Nations

Saudi Generals Use Yemen War to Showcase Their New Swagger

Wednesday, April 1, 2015
Saudi military action in Yemen is a high-gloss, stage-crafted showcase of Saudi Arabia’s new military swagger. The the air campaign has become something of a possible dress rehearsal for a country that could be quickly moving out of the background of American-directed security agreements and taking regional matters into its own hands.
Country(s): 
Saudi Arabia
Yemen
Author(s): 
Brian Murphy
Publisher / Source: 
The Washington Post
Tag(s): 
Conflict

UN Moves to Cut, and Then End, Liberia Peacekeeping Mission

Wednesday, April 1, 2015
The U.N. is moving ahead with the gradual downsizing of its peacekeeping force in Liberia as the country's threat from Ebola appears to be fading.English
Country(s): 
Liberia
Publisher / Source: 
Stars and Stripes
Wire Service: 
AP
Tag(s): 
United Nations
U.N. Peacekeeping

Obama Administration Ends Long Hold on Military Aid to Egypt

Wednesday, April 1, 2015
The United States will resume suspended military aid to Egypt, the White House said Tuesday, signaling the Obama administration’s eagerness to help a key Middle Eastern ally confront militant threats despite concerns about its repressive stance on human rights.
Country(s): 
Egypt
Author(s): 
Missy Ryan
Publisher / Source: 
The Washington Post

Witness to Air strike on Yemen Refugee Camp: Women and Children Burned Beyond Recognition

Wednesday, April 1, 2015
More than two dozen people in al-Mazraq camp were killed in an apparent air strike by the Saudi-led coalition that is fighting Houthi rebel.
Country(s): 
Yemen
Author(s): 
Kareem Shaheen
Publisher / Source: 
The Guardian
Tag(s): 
Military Operations

Pakistan's Yemen Gamble

Wednesday, April 1, 2015
Pakistan, the world's only Muslim nation with nuclear weapons, is also the sole non-Arab country that has officially indicated to support the Saudi-led strikes against the Houthi fighters in Yemen. Pakistan is not in the Middle East nor is the conflagrations of this conflict capable of immediately crossing into its borders simply because Pakistan shares no borders with Saudi Arabia or Yemen. In spite of this, Pakistan's response to the Saudi call for military assistance has been even faster than what was seen after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 when the United States demanded that Islamabad should either join the war on terror or, in case of noncompliance, prepare to be bombed back to the stone age.English
Country(s): 
Pakistan
Central Asia Regional
Author(s): 
Malik Siraj Akbar
Publisher / Source: 
Huffington Post
Tag(s): 
Conflict
Conflict

South Sudan Has Become An Aid-Dependent Entity

Tuesday, March 31, 2015
South Sudan has become an aid-dependent entity, bringing necessary questions about the sustainability of this arrangement. The ability for states to survive principally from the support of governments, donors or corporations looking to turn a profit is doubtful.English
Country(s): 
South Sudan
Author(s): 
Antony Loewenstein
Publisher / Source: 
Al Jazeera
Tag(s): 
Foreign Aid

Brazil Ex-President Cardoso To Defend Venezuela Opposition Leaders

Tuesday, March 31, 2015
Brazilian ex-President Fernando Henrique Cardoso will form part of a team defending jailed Venezuelan opposition leaders.English
Country(s): 
Brazil
Venezuela
Publisher / Source: 
BBC
Tag(s): 
Human Rights

UN Stats Show Africans Are Working For Peace On Their Continent

Tuesday, March 31, 2015
Proof Africans are active contributors to peacekeeping operations on their continent comes in the latest UN statistics, which show that no less than 10 African countries make the top 15 list of contributors to UN operations with by far the majority of them serving in continental peacekeeping and peace support missions. English
Country(s): 
Africa Regional
Author(s): 
Kim Helfrich
Publisher / Source: 
Defence Web
Tag(s): 
U.N. Peacekeeping

Santos Begins Military Base Tour To Seek Support For Peace Talks

Tuesday, March 31, 2015
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos on Saturday began a tour of the country’s military barracks to explain ongoing peace talks with guerrilla group FARC and quell unrest about possible military cuts in the event of peace.English
Country(s): 
Colombia
Author(s): 
Alice Bradshaw-Smith
Publisher / Source: 
Colombia Reports
Tag(s): 
Peace Negotiations

El Aquiles: 8 Tons Seized In Tijuana

Tuesday, March 31, 2015
In the latest large drug seizure in Tijuana, shortly on the heels of a 319 kilos of cocaine in a safe house, and 19 tons of marijuana at Otay, 8 tons were seized in Cerro ColoradoEnglish
Country(s): 
Mexico
Publisher / Source: 
Borderland Beat
Tag(s): 
Drug Trade

U.S. Air Advisors Reach Milestone In Air Drop Training With Colombian Air Force

Tuesday, March 31, 2015
Members of the 571st Mobility Support Advisory Squadron from Travis Air Force Base (MSAS) finalized their training with members of the Colombian Air Force while observing their performance of an air drop mission near Bogota, Colombia, March 4, 2015English
Country(s): 
Colombia
Author(s): 
Matthew Hannen
Publisher / Source: 
12th Air Force
Tag(s): 
Military and Police Aid

Dozens Are Reported Killed as Saudi-Led Strike Hits Camp for Displaced Yemeni Civilians

Tuesday, March 31, 2015
Dozens of civilians were killed when, according to aid workers and officials, what appeared to be an airstrike hit a camp for displaced families in northern Yemen on Monday. It was thought to be the deadliest single episode involving civilians since Saudi Arabia began a military campaign to drive back the Houthi movement five days earlier.
Country(s): 
Yemen
Author(s): 
Saeed al-Batati
Rick Gladstone
Publisher / Source: 
The New York Times
Tag(s): 
Human Rights

The Pentagon Ups the Ante in Syria Fight

Tuesday, March 31, 2015
Hundreds of U.S. Special Forces troops are heading overseas to train Syrian rebels to battle the Islamic State, but White House dithering and bureaucratic confusion could make it hard for them to pull it off.
Country(s): 
Syria
Author(s): 
Sean D. Naylor
Publisher / Source: 
Foreign Policy
Tag(s): 
Military and Police Aid

U.S. Supports, Would Cooperate with Proposed Arab Force - Carter

Tuesday, March 31, 2015
The United States supports Arab plans to create a unified military force to counter growing security threats in the Middle East, and the Pentagon will cooperate with it where U.S. and Arab interests coincide, Defense Secretary Ash Carter said on Monday.
Country(s): 
Middle East and North Africa Regional
Author(s): 
David Alexander
Publisher / Source: 
Reuters
Tag(s): 
Military Cooperation

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