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Tuesday, January 12, 2016 - 07:41
Brazil’s army in late 2015 received the first Airbus Helicopters AS565 to have been upgraded entirely in-country to the enhanced K2 standard.
Tuesday, January 12, 2016 - 07:22
A former Minister of Defense of El Salvador was deported from the United States Friday for his role in the commission of human rights violations during the Civil War in El Salvador. The 1980-1992 war resulted in the death of more than 70,000 civilians.
Tuesday, January 12, 2016 - 07:14
A new Crisis Group report points to opposition crackdowns as indicative of an unstable state.
Tuesday, January 12, 2016 - 07:06
If we truly intend to professionalize a foreign military force in support of a legitimate local government, it could take a long time, even decades, as it did in the Republic of Korea and Germany.
Tuesday, January 12, 2016 - 06:58
Senior diplomats from Pakistan, Afghanistan, China and the United States met in Islamabad on Monday to try to lay the groundwork for a new round of peace talks with the Taliban.
Tuesday, January 12, 2016 - 06:58
The meeting between AU boss and Dr Mahiga, previously the United Nations representative to Somalia, signifies the urge of Tanzanian Government to end tension and bloodshed that has seen more than 190,000 Burundians flee into Tanzania, according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.
The AU has a policy of regional forces, meaning the East African Standby Force could be sent to Burundi.
Tuesday, January 12, 2016 - 06:53
At least 20 people have been arrested for various offences related to border crime since the start of a police operation to curb hijackings in Mkhanyakude district in northern KwaZulu-Natal. The operation started in December last year to tackle cross-border crime, after numerous complaints that car hijackings have escalated with some vehicles ending up in Mozambique.
Tuesday, January 12, 2016 - 06:50
The United Nations has been grappling with so many sexual abuse allegations involving its peacekeepers that Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon recently called them “a cancer in our system.” Now, officials have learned about what appears to be a fresh scandal.
Tuesday, January 12, 2016 - 06:45
The U.S. and China, major powers with a minor footprint, are both poised for much deeper and more direct involvement in African affairs.
And rather than finding themselves on a crash course, they're facing a more complex — and, for America, unnerving — situation.
Tuesday, January 12, 2016 - 06:44
Investigators discovered this month that at least four U.N. peacekeepers in the Central African Republic allegedly paid young girls as little as 50 cents in exchange for sex.