Border Control
Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - 09:38
CSTO (Collective Security Treaty Organization) member-countries will transfer some of their weapons and military vehicles to Tajikistan free of charge for protection of the border with Afghanistan, RIA Novosti writes.
Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - 09:37
Russia’s RIA Novosti reports that Putin said on Monday in Sochi that the CSTO members will develop an interstate program to help Tajikistan strengthen its border with Afghanistan.
Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - 09:34
Interestingly, the aid package appears not to include Russian troops, which no doubt the Russian side was pushing for.
Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - 09:32
"The construction of the transport and logistics center will begin in the near future on the basis of an existing warehouse near the Kalzhat checkpoint," minister said.
Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - 09:12
The ministry’s spokesman Abdul-Razak Ali Shahabi said today that contracts were being drawn up with a number of foreign companies able to supply these security devices.
Monday, September 23, 2013 - 13:24
A senior figure in the Somali militant group al-Shabab has told the BBC it carried out a deadly attack on a shopping centre in neighbouring Kenya.
Monday, September 23, 2013 - 09:08
You wouldn’t know it from how chummy their presidents have been acting lately but apparently Kenya and Uganda are spying on each other. That’s one takeaway from a story this week about a young Kenyan Michael Omondi, who was arrested after he was caught trying to sign up for the Ugandan army, the UPDF.
Monday, September 23, 2013 - 08:58
In protection of a large convoy moving from El Fasher to Nyala, the Sudan Air Forces have bombed several locations in East Jebel Marra on Friday morning and afternoon. An Antonov aircraft dropped bombs until 2pm local time, in the areas of Kondororo Mountain, Sherba Mountain and Dulma village. The large convoy consisted of more than 200 vehicles including some fuel tankers.
Monday, September 23, 2013 - 08:17
Spokesperson Marie Harf addresses Yemeni condemnation of recent attack, Syria's plan to submit its chemical weapons, Venezuela's air space over Puerto Rico, Sudanese President Bashir's visa request, Iranian sanctions and President Rouhani's Op-ed article, Armenia's Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and other issues.
Monday, September 23, 2013 - 08:04
President Serzh Sargsyan stated that Armenia thinks it inappropriate when particular CSTO member states make statements on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict which are discordant with the organization's decisions.