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Monday, October 21, 2013 - 09:24
Afghan President Hamid Karzai has met in Dushanbe with his Tajik counterpart, Emomali Rahmon, to discuss joint efforts to bolster security as foreign forces in Afghanistan start to pull out next year.
Monday, October 21, 2013 - 09:23
Lt. Gen. Kathleen Gainey, the deputy commander of US Transportation Command, soon will retire after a 35-year career in the Army.
Monday, October 21, 2013 - 09:21
That, taken together with the impending pullout from the Manas air base in Kyrgyzstan, paints the picture of a steadily declining U.S. military role in Central Asia.
Monday, October 21, 2013 - 09:11
Rebels in South Sudan killed at least 41 people and wounded scores in a gun attack in a remote part of the country's restive Jonglei state, a regional official said Sunday.
Monday, October 21, 2013 - 08:59
Islamist militants are exploiting anarchy in neighboring Libya to get training and smuggle weapons across porous borders, according to Tunisian PM.
Monday, October 21, 2013 - 08:58
Police however did not allow the demonstration, resorting to use a water cannon and tear gas to disperse the protesters as they approached the border.
Monday, October 21, 2013 - 08:44
Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir is scheduled to visit South Sudan next week for talks with President Salva Kiir that are expected to focus on the delayed Abyei referendum, officials said Thursday.
Monday, October 21, 2013 - 08:30
Rebel fighters mounted a raid in a restive, oil-rich part of South Sudan on Sunday that left 44 people dead and more than 60 wounded, according to a spokesman for the country’s military.
Monday, October 21, 2013 - 08:17
Peace and Security Council of African Union expressed its intention to take action against rebel groups that refused to join the peace process in Darfur and submit a recommendation to the UN Security Council to take similar action against these movements that impede peace efforts in Darfur.
Monday, October 21, 2013 - 07:37
"Eight months ago no one had heard of Al-Shabab," said Henri Ladyi, a Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration (DDR) expert and director of the Conflict Resolution Centre (CRC) in Beni, a town and territory in North Kivu Province in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
Ladyi is concerned that rumours about the influence of Somalia-based Islamists in Beni, whether true or not, are unravelling gains made by the CRC in recent years.