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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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McCain slams Obama 'success story' in Yemen

Tuesday, January 20, 2015
Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) slammed President Obama's counterterrorism strategy in Yemen on Monday, as Shiite rebels took over state media.English
Country(s): 
Yemen
Author(s): 
Kristina Wong
Publisher / Source: 
The Hill
Tag(s): 
Counterterrorism

Boko Haram Strikes in Cameroon as Foreign Troops Arrive from Chad

Tuesday, January 20, 2015
Boko Haram insurgents have kidnapped 80 people in northern Cameroon, officials said, an attack that comes as troops from neighboring Chad entered Cameroon to join the fight against the terrorist group.English
Country(s): 
Cameroon
Author(s): 
Ngala Killian Chimtom
Publisher / Source: 
CNN
Tag(s): 
Terrorism

Egypt interested in purchasing Rafale fighters, FREMM frigates

Tuesday, January 20, 2015
Egypt is interested in procuring 20 Rafale fighter jets as well as two FREMM frigates from France in a potential deal worth nearly six billion euros.English
Country(s): 
Egypt
Publisher / Source: 
Defense Web
Tag(s): 
Military Equipment

Angela Merkel: EU Should Fund Force to Fight Boko Haram - Video

Tuesday, January 20, 2015
German Chancellor Angela Merkel says the European Union should fund a force to fight Islamist group, Boko Haram. Merkel says terrorism is bad no matter where it is and proposes a partnership between the European Union and African Union.English
Country(s): 
Germany
Publisher / Source: 
Reuters
Tag(s): 
Terrorism

Morocco toughens terror laws

Tuesday, January 20, 2015
Morocco is toughening up its laws to prevent citizens from leaving the country to join foreign terrorist groups.English
Country(s): 
Morocco
Author(s): 
Siham Ali
Publisher / Source: 
Magharebia
Tag(s): 
Counterterrorism

Kenyan Police Tear-Gas Protesting Children

Tuesday, January 20, 2015
Kenyan police have fired tear gas at primary school children and a small group of activists protesting against the seizure of their school playground by a property developer. English
Country(s): 
Kenya
Publisher / Source: 
Al Jazeera
Tag(s): 
Policing

Colombia: The ELN’s Long and Slow March to Peace

Tuesday, January 20, 2015
Opening talks with the ELN remains essential if Colombia is to seize its unprecedented opportunity to end the Western Hemisphere’s longest-running conflict. But this window will not stay open indefinitely.English
Country(s): 
Colombia
Author(s): 
Christian Voelkel
Publisher / Source: 
International Crisis Group
Tag(s): 
Peace Negotiations

Cameroon to Receive Russian Weapons

Tuesday, January 20, 2015
Cameroon will this year receive artillery, missiles, armored trucks and other weapons from Russia, according to the country’s government statement released after the meeting between President Paul Biya and Russia’s ambassador Nikolay Ratsiborinskiy. English
Country(s): 
Cameroon
Russia
Publisher / Source: 
defenceWeb
Tag(s): 
Arms Sales
Terrorism

The Men Who Haunted Me as a Child in Colombia

Tuesday, January 20, 2015
Growing up in Colombia, I imagined being kidnapped as the only way to end up face-to-face with militants from the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, a Marxist-inspired guerrilla group that has battled the government for over half a century. English
Country(s): 
Colombia
Author(s): 
Ernesto Londoño
Publisher / Source: 
The New York Times
Tag(s): 
Conflict

Cameroon to Receive Russian Weapons

Tuesday, January 20, 2015
Cameroon will this year receive artillery, missiles, armored trucks and other weapons from Russia, according to the country’s government statement released after the meeting between President Paul Biya and Russia’s ambassador Nikolay Ratsiborinskiy. English
Country(s): 
Cameroon
Publisher / Source: 
defenceWeb
Tag(s): 
Arms Sales
Terrorism

Egypt's Sisi says respects right to protest but warns of harm to economy

Tuesday, January 20, 2015
President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said on Tuesday people in Egypt have the right to demonstrate but cautioned that protesting now could cause more harm to the country's battered economy.English
Country(s): 
Egypt
Author(s): 
Mahmoud Mourad
Publisher / Source: 
Reuters
Tag(s): 
Human Rights

Mexico to Use Drones to Protect Endangered Porpoise

Tuesday, January 20, 2015
Mexico has begun testing unmanned drones that could help it save the critically endangered vaquita marina, the world's smallest porpoise, which is threatened by illegal fishing in the upper Sea of Cortez.English
Country(s): 
Mexico
Author(s): 
Mark Stevenson
Publisher / Source: 
ABC
Wire Service: 
Associated Press
Tag(s): 
Drones

Kazakhstan to Build Two Nuclear Power Plants

Tuesday, January 20, 2015
Kazakhstan is intending to transport nuclear waste from its future power plants to the Semipalatinsk Test Site for disposalEnglish
Country(s): 
Kazakhstan
Author(s): 
Renat Tashkinbayev
Dinara Urazova
Tatyana Kuzmina
Publisher / Source: 
Tengri News (Kazakhstan)

Cameroon to get 'sophisticated' Russian arms

Tuesday, January 20, 2015
Cameroon's military will take delivery of "the most sophisticated military equipment from Russia" before the end of 2015, a statement released by President Paul Biya's office announced on 16 January.English
Country(s): 
Cameroon
Author(s): 
Jeremy Binnie
Publisher / Source: 
IHS Jane's 360
Tag(s): 
Military Equipment

Syria Drawing Increasing Numbers of Central Asian Fighters

Tuesday, January 20, 2015
Estimates of the number of Central Asians currently living in the Islamic State (IS) vary. The ICG calls Central Asian government figures “conservative” and instead gives greater credence to Western officials’ counts, placing the number between 2,000 and 4,000—most from the “long-rebellious” Fergana Valley.English
Country(s): 
Central Asia Regional
Author(s): 
Edward Lemon
Publisher / Source: 
EurasiaNet
Tag(s): 
Terrorism

The Golden Age of Black Ops

Tuesday, January 20, 2015
Special Operations liaison officers, or SOLOs, are now embedded in 14 key U.S. embassies to assist in advising the special forces of various allied nations. Already operating in Australia, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, El Salvador, France, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Kenya, Poland, Peru, Turkey, and the United Kingdom, the SOLO program is poised, according to Votel, to expand to 40 countries by 2019. English
Country(s): 
Global
Central America Regional
Author(s): 
Nick Turse
Publisher / Source: 
Huffington Post
Tag(s): 
Military Operations

Syria training program could involve 1,000-plus US troops

Tuesday, January 20, 2015
The program to train moderate Syrian rebels could involve as many as 1,000 U.S. trainers and support personnel, the Pentagon said Friday.English
Country(s): 
Iraq
Syria
Program(s): 
International Military Education and Training
Publisher / Source: 
The Washington Post
Wire Service: 
The Associated Press
Tag(s): 
Terrorism
Military and Police Aid

Nigerians face killings, hunger in Boko Haram's 'state'

Tuesday, January 20, 2015
Boko Haram says it is building an Islamic state that will revive the glory days of northern Nigeria's medieval Muslim empires, but for those in its territory life is a litany of killings, kidnappings, hunger and economic collapse.English
Country(s): 
Nigeria
Author(s): 
Julia Payne
Publisher / Source: 
Reuters
Tag(s): 
Terrorism
Human Rights

China donates $3.3 million to equip Liberian army

Friday, January 16, 2015
The People's Republic of China has provided Liberia with a grant of $ 3.3 million in cash to finance the acquisition of new military equipment and meet the logistical needs of the Armed Forces of Liberia (AFL).English
Country(s): 
Liberia
Author(s): 
Oscar Nkala
Publisher / Source: 
Defense Web

The military men are back: The rise, and fall, of the African technocrat president

Friday, January 16, 2015
Just two years ago the region was celebrating the ascent of the professional politician to power. What happened to their promise? Their decline looks to have coincided with the emergence of security and non-state actors without return addresses as the continent’s major concern.English
Country(s): 
Madagascar
Africa Regional
Author(s): 
Lee Mwiti
Publisher / Source: 
Mail & Guardian (South Africa)
Tag(s): 
Governance

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