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Monday, August 3, 2015 - 06:05
Researchers say the non-U.S.-made weapons flowing across the border into Mexico may account for at least a quarter of the illegal guns in Mexico, and maybe more than half. They also see a way for President Obama to stop the gun-runners without having to deal with Congress.
Monday, August 3, 2015 - 05:48
Egypt has historically played a very vital role in the region and in world affairs, and we have no doubt that it will continue to do so.
Friday, July 31, 2015 - 07:28
Why is the North Kivu city of Butembo so stable? How are members of the Nande ethnic group, by whom Butembo is almost entirely populated, so economically successful? Perhaps most important, could their model be replicated to bring stability and economic growth to other parts of the Congo as part of the project to rebuild the postwar Congolese state?
Friday, July 31, 2015 - 07:22
Soldiers believed to be with the South Sudanese army and allied militia stole relief supplies and killed seven people in an attack on a rebel-held part of Unity state, a local official said Thursday.
Friday, July 31, 2015 - 07:14
The upcoming strategic dialogue will seek to expand the relationship beyond security issues—or maybe just get things back on track.
Friday, July 31, 2015 - 07:10
A House Democrat wants to give Congress the option of authorizing military force against Iran if it violates the terms of the nuclear deal.
Friday, July 31, 2015 - 07:06
At least 100 jihadist fighters have been killed in an operation against Boko Haram Islamists holed up on the islands of Lake Chad, the Chadian army said in a statement Friday.
Friday, July 31, 2015 - 07:03
Nigeria's military has rescued 71 girls and women in firefights that killed several Boko Haram fighters in the country's northeast, as the government steps up effort to drive out the armed group.
Friday, July 31, 2015 - 07:00
A Pentagon program to train moderate Syrian insurgents to fight the Islamic State has been vexed by problems of recruitment, screening, dismissals and desertions that have left only a tiny band of fighters ready to do battle.
Friday, July 31, 2015 - 06:54
For an American president celebrated by many of his listeners as a returning native son, Barack Obama’s recent speech in a Nairobi stadium was a strange way to promote what he called an Africa “on the move.” But if one listened carefully, boiling down the message of the first Kenyan-American president (as he proudly called himself on this trip), what remained was an odd mixture of anachronistic and patronizing tropes plucked from the musty rucksack of American policy discourse toward the continent.