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SOUTHCOM Supports Peruvian Human Rights Efforts

Friday, March 20, 2015
U.S. Southern Command’s Human Rights Office sponsored the second Human Rights Initiative (HRI) Strategic Process Assessment Seminar with the Peruvian armed forces Feb. 24-26.English
Author(s): 
Southcom Human Rights Office
Publisher / Source: 
Southcom
Tag(s): 
Military Cooperation

Battle for Aden Airport Stokes Fears of Wider Conflict in Yemen

Friday, March 20, 2015
In a major escalation of Yemen’s civil conflict, rival factions in the southern city of Aden fought for control of the international airport and a security base, leaving at least three people dead, according to Yemeni officials.
Country(s): 
Yemen
Author(s): 
Saeed Al Batati
Kareem Fahim
Publisher / Source: 
The New York Times
Tag(s): 
Conflict

UN Official: Conflict in Northeast Nigeria Affects Sahel Security

Friday, March 20, 2015
Robert Piper, the United Nations' regional humanitarian coordinator for the Sahel, said the U.N. is scrambling to raise money to respond to the "protection crisis" triggered by the militant group Boko Haram, without diverting funds from other humanitarian needs.English
Country(s): 
Nigeria
Sahel Regional
Author(s): 
Lisa Schlein
Publisher / Source: 
Voice of America
Tag(s): 
Security
United Nations
Terrorism

Mexican Navy Attempts To Dismantle Community Police In Xayakalan

Friday, March 20, 2015
The Indigenous Community of Santa María de Ostula denounced that on March 16, an operation led by the Navy of Mexico sought to “dismantle control points in which the Community Police maintains in Xayakalan, Caleta de Campos and Tizupan, municipality of Aquila, along the Michoacán coast.” English
Country(s): 
Mexico
Author(s): 
Alina R. Duarte
Publisher / Source: 
Borderland Beat
Tag(s): 
Military Operations
Human Rights

Iraq's Top Shi'ite Cleric Urges More Professionalism in Fight Against IS

Friday, March 20, 2015
Iraq's most important Shi'ite religious leader, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, called on Friday for greater professionalism and planning by government forces and allied militias in fighting Islamic State insurgents.
Country(s): 
Iraq
Author(s): 
Maggie Fick
Saif Hameed
Publisher / Source: 
Reuters
Tag(s): 
Terrorism

France - the Saharan policeman

Friday, March 20, 2015
France has set up a military base in Niger, just south of the Libyan border, hoping to cut off trafficking and supply routes, on which militant groups like Islamic State rely to spread their influence around the region. France and the US are working in partnership in the Sahel.English
Country(s): 
Sahel Regional
Publisher / Source: 
BBC
Tag(s): 
Military Cooperation
Conflict
Security

Egypt Sentences 22 Mursi Supporters to Death

Friday, March 20, 2015
An Egyptian court Wednesday sentenced 22 supporters of ousted Islamist president Mohammed Mursi to death for an attack on a police station in which one officer was killed.
Country(s): 
Egypt
Publisher / Source: 
Al Arabiya News
Wire Service: 
AFP
Tag(s): 
Human Rights

Mexico Supreme Court Frees Man After 23 Years In Jail

Friday, March 20, 2015
The Mexican Supreme Court has ordered the release of Alfonso Martin del Campo Dodd, a Mexican-American who was jailed in 1992 for the murder of his sister and brother-in-law after the court ruled that his confession had been extracted under torture. English
Country(s): 
Mexico
Publisher / Source: 
BBC
Tag(s): 
Human Rights

The Making of an African Narco-State: Drugs, Crime and Dirty Money are New Big Threats

Friday, March 20, 2015
Kenya is emerging as a money laundering hub; incredibly, trying to stop the illicit flow of money could hurt the economy more than letting it continue.English
Country(s): 
Kenya
Africa Regional
Author(s): 
Christine Mungai
Publisher / Source: 
Mail and Guardian
Tag(s): 
Corruption
Drug Trade

U.S. to Sell Black Hawk Helicopters to Mexico for War on Organized Crime

Friday, March 20, 2015
Mexico requested the foreign military sale to modernize its armed forces to combat drug trafficking. The $110 million deal would include communications, radar and weaponry for the Black Hawks, as well as training and logistical services.English
Country(s): 
Mexico
Publisher / Source: 
Sputnik
Tag(s): 
Arms Sales

Security Sector Reform in Guinea-Bissau: An Opportunity Not to Be Missed

Friday, March 20, 2015
Guinea-Bissau’s international partners will meet in Brussels on 25 March to examine, among other things, the crucial issue of security sector reform (SSR). In the last 40 years, the army has attempted a dozen coups and three have been successful. This instability has been one of the impediments to the country’s development.English
Country(s): 
Guinea-Bissau
Publisher / Source: 
International Crisis Group
Tag(s): 
Security Sector Reform

NATO Assessment Team Finishes Georgia Visit

Friday, March 20, 2015
A NATO assessment team involved in the establishment of the new NATO-Georgia Joint Training and Evaluation Centre has completed its first visit to Georgia. While in Georgia, the NATO assessment team was tasked with looking at potential sites for the new facility and assisting the Georgian side implement the project, which was outlined in the NATO-Georgia Substantial Package.English
Country(s): 
Georgia
Publisher / Source: 
Agenda.ge
Tag(s): 
Military and Police Aid

U.S. Reassesses Central Asia Strategy

Friday, March 20, 2015
The United States has finalized a review of its strategy for Central Asia, a region facing economic and political uncertainty tied to Russia's flagging economy amid the Ukraine conflict and the murky succession plans of aging regional autocrats. English
Country(s): 
Central Asia Regional
Publisher / Source: 
Radio Free Europe/ Radio Liberty
Tag(s): 
Foreign Policy
Security

No Iraq Request for Coalition Air Support in Tikrit Campaign

Thursday, March 19, 2015
Iraq has not requested air support from the U.S.-led coalition for its campaign to retake Tikrit from Islamic State insurgents, a senior military official in the coalition said on Thursday, as the assault on the city remained on pause for nearly a week.
Country(s): 
Iraq
Author(s): 
Isabel Coles
Publisher / Source: 
Reuters
Tag(s): 
Terrorism

Brazilian Admiral Assumes Command Of UNIFIL's Maritime Task Force

Thursday, March 19, 2015
The Maritime Task Force of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), which has been under Brazilian leadership since 2011, has a new commander since February 26. Admiral Flávio Macedo Brasil is in charge of the mission and has about 1,000 military personnel originating from six countries under his command: Greece, Turkey, Germany, Bangladesh, and Indonesia, in addition to the Brazilians.English
Country(s): 
Brazil
Lebanon
Greece
Turkey
Germany
Bangladesh
Indonesia
Global
Author(s): 
Lieutenant Fayga Soares
Publisher / Source: 
Dialogo Americas
Tag(s): 
Military Cooperation

Why the U.S. Does Nothing in Ukraine

Thursday, March 19, 2015
The policy of strenuous inaction of helping Ukraine to prevent collapse but insufficiently strongly to avoid challenging Russia runs the risk of allowing events on the ground to run away from the United States and opens up Obama to considerable domestic and international criticism, but it may leave the United States in a much stronger position vis-à-vis Russia later on – even at the cost of death and destruction in Ukraine and the precipitous decline of bilateral relations.English
Country(s): 
Ukraine
Central Asia Regional
Author(s): 
Yuval Weber
Publisher / Source: 
The Washington Post
Tag(s): 
U.S. Policy

From Russia with Oil, Guns: How the Kremlin is Slowly Returning to Africa

Thursday, March 19, 2015
Russia is working with South Africa and Uganda on a number of projects — a clear indication of its return to Africa. RT Global Resources, a subsidiary of Russia’s largest state-backed corporation Rostec, recently won bid to build Uganda oil refinery. Moscow’s interest in Africa is also about “soft power,” says Keir Giles, director of the UK’s Conflict Studies Research Centre.English
Country(s): 
Uganda
South Africa
Author(s): 
Caroline Hellyer
Publisher / Source: 
The East African
Wire Service: 
Al Jazeera
Tag(s): 
Foreign Policy
Arms Sales

OAS Chooses Uruguayan Luis Almagro as New Secretary General

Thursday, March 19, 2015
The Organization of American States on Wednesday elected former Uruguayan foreign minister Luis Almagro as the new secretary general of the hemispheric organization English
Country(s): 
OAS Headquarters
Author(s): 
Luis Alfonso Lugo
Publisher / Source: 
ABC News
Tag(s): 
Foreign Policy

Sikorsky Receives Tunisian Black Hawk Contract

Thursday, March 19, 2015
The U.S. Army has contracted Sikorsky to supply eight UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters to the Tunisian government, for delivery before the end of 2016.
Country(s): 
Tunisia
Publisher / Source: 
Defence Web
Tag(s): 
Military Equipment

Russia, Crimea and Central Asia

Thursday, March 19, 2015
Central Asian governments have faced some difficult choices in responding to Russian revanchism.English
Country(s): 
Central Asia Regional
Author(s): 
Casey Michel
Publisher / Source: 
The Diplomat
Tag(s): 
Foreign Policy
Security

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