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Thursday, May 7, 2015 - 07:17
The bond between Georgia and the United States (US) is strengthening, as the US side confirmed it intended to continue cooperating with Georgia in a range of sectors at a bilateral meeting between country officials today.
Thursday, May 7, 2015 - 07:15
Sixty percent of Peru's cocaine comes from the remote Apurimac, Ene and Mantaro river valley, and the backpackers trek for three to five days to deliver cocaine to traffickers who move the drugs on for export. The young men often become victims of the armed gangs, crooked police, and rival backpacker groups.
Thursday, May 7, 2015 - 07:08
A report by the Norwegian Refugee Council underscored escalating criminal violence by gangs and drug cartels forcing hundreds of thousands to abandon their homes in Mexico and Central America. Criminal violence drove more than a half million people from their homes in two countries, Guatemala and El Salvador. Crime also drove an estimated 281,400 from their homes in Mexico.
Thursday, May 7, 2015 - 06:58
U.S. army arrived to El Salvador to participate in Beyond the Horizon 2015 - a humanitarian and civic assistance mission that lasts several months, and provides construction and medical assistance to the people of El Salvador.
Thursday, May 7, 2015 - 06:50
Senior security and immigration officials have expressed confidence that this summer will not see a repeat of past year massive crossings by unaccompanied Central American children: a result which officials attribute to a successful campaign in Central America to persuade would-be migrants that even if they reach the US, they will have little prospect of remaining.
Thursday, May 7, 2015 - 06:33
Secretary of State John Kerry met on Wednesday with Djiboutian President Ismail Omar Guelleh, a man who stands accused of committing a broad array of human rights violations but whose nation houses hundreds of American drones and other aircraft. David Francis reflects on the complicated relationship between the two states.
Thursday, May 7, 2015 - 05:58
A press statement from the White House last week said the U.S. leader gave the support to help shore up the security of the three French-speaking African nations that share borders with Nigeria. But the United States did not include Nigeria, which is at the center of the five-year war on Boko Haram.
Thursday, May 7, 2015 - 05:48
A standoff in Burundi between protesters and a president trying to flout constitutional term limits is threatening to destabilize a precarious part of Central Africa.
Wednesday, May 6, 2015 - 09:24
A series of measures have been implemented in response to air safety concerns in Djibouti, where numerous errors in recent years by local air traffic controllers have put both military and civilian aircraft at risk, U.S. military and diplomatic officials said.
Wednesday, May 6, 2015 - 09:22
Secret footage shows a Rwandan policeman in the blue helmet of a United Nations peacekeeper in Mali earlier this year carefully take aim at a civilian protester, squeeze the trigger and shoot, according to sources who saw the video.