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Thursday, May 28, 2015 - 06:52
The regional bloc’s new secretary-general, Luis Almagro, says he wants to facilitate major changes in the organization.
Thursday, May 28, 2015 - 06:46
Just last month, President Obama was at the Summit of the Americas in Panama waxing on about how we’ve “deepened our engagement in the Americas,” citing huge trade increases and so on. But with the annual Organization of American States’ General Assembly meeting scheduled in Washington on June 15-16, it seems there’s no U.S. ambassador to that body.
Thursday, May 28, 2015 - 06:38
There is clearly a major US build-up in Latin America, with increasing reliance on ‘military platforms’, designed to launch direct military interventions in strategic countries
Thursday, May 28, 2015 - 06:26
A spokesman for Nigeria’s army said it intends to purge soldiers it determines to be unfit to carry out their constitutional mandate.
Thursday, May 28, 2015 - 06:24
Muhammadu Buhari, who will be sworn in on Friday as Nigeria's new president, is a one-time coup leader who once ruled Africa's most populous nation with an iron fist.
Thursday, May 28, 2015 - 06:22
Niger has detained and charged 643 people since February for their links to the Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram.
Thursday, May 28, 2015 - 06:20
A fundraising campaign to help Cameroon's army battle Nigeria's feared Boko Haram fighters has brought in more than three million euros and hundreds of tonnes of food.
Thursday, May 28, 2015 - 06:18
Rwanda's parliament is to debate changing the country's constitution in order to allow President Paul Kagame to stand for a third consecutive term in elections in 2017.
Thursday, May 28, 2015 - 06:15
Washington and Madrid are putting the finishing touches on a deal to make the Morón de la Frontera air base in Seville province the main springboard for US military operations in Africa.
Thursday, May 28, 2015 - 06:10
The American public should be concerned about this mixing of war strategy with development aid, not least because U.S. misadventures are funded by taxpayer dollars.