Border Control
Tuesday, June 3, 2014 - 11:28
Diplomatic tensions between Tanzania and Rwanda appeared set to escalate as the two countries once again traded accusation over the latter’s alleged backing of rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
Tuesday, June 3, 2014 - 08:50
With support from regionally aligned forces from the Second Brigade of the First Infantry Division bases in Fort Riley, Kansas, US Army Africa recently trained more than 4 000 troops in Chad, Guinea, and Malawi.
Monday, June 2, 2014 - 09:03
Regional defence and security ministers have adopted the implementation of two security pacts aimed at uniting regional security against threats.
Monday, June 2, 2014 - 06:42
But as the group has spread its area of operations it has also become less centrally controlled. Noah Tucker said the IMU seemed "to exist almost as two different groups, one in Pakistan and one in Afghanistan."
Friday, May 30, 2014 - 12:03
Kazakhstan is moving to upgrade its military arsenal, while the United States has offered a million dollars for any information on Kamchybek Kolbayev’s criminal network.
Wednesday, May 28, 2014 - 14:48
It was unclear who the attackers were. Qishloq Ovozi has previously reported that there are militant groups in northern Afghanistan who are allied with the Taliban but are led by ethnic Uzbeks.
Wednesday, May 28, 2014 - 07:57
Last week, Tunisia's Interior Ministry reported that its forces had arrested eight Libyan militants who had entered the country with the aim of carrying out attacks against Tunisian officials. The ministry described the men as "Islamists." The news jangled nerves in a country that's already worried about contagion from the deepening turmoil in post-Qaddafi Libya. Tunisians, who have had their own troubles with religious militants, have followed the steadily rising tide of bombings, shootings, and militia escapades in their neighbor to the east.
Wednesday, May 28, 2014 - 06:48
Two Azerbaijani officers and one soldier from the breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh region were reportedly killed in the latest border clash.
Tuesday, May 27, 2014 - 07:56
"Mobile troops of the CSTO's Collective Rapid Deployment forces can be airlifted within hours to the border with Afghanistan in case of real threat to Tajikistan," he underlined at a news conference over a recent anti-drug trafficking operation.
Tuesday, May 27, 2014 - 07:31
Asal Khan, the acting governor of Ghormach district, told RFE/RL on May 27 that the attack on Turkmen border checkpoints had taken place on May 24.