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Tuesday, May 5, 2015 - 07:58
Even as Afghan security forces battle Taliban insurgents and cross-border criminal networks, President Ashraf Ghani said he plans to devote at least 30 percent of his time to his country’s battered economy. Ghani said his security forces will weather the loss of most U.S. combat support and defeat a Taliban insurgency that’s inflicting record casualties.
Tuesday, May 5, 2015 - 07:49
U.S. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan have stolen tens of millions through bribery, theft, and rigged contracts. The magnitude of additional losses from fraud, waste, and abuse by contractors, civilians, and allied foreign troops in Afghanistan has never been tallied, but officials probing such crimes say the total is in the billions of dollars.
Tuesday, May 5, 2015 - 07:43
Kazakhstan’s internal politics are evolving. Nazarbayev’s reelection was driven by voters’ desire for stability and security, with the tacit understanding that Kazakhstan is at a difficult stage of its development, and that in the course of his next term the president must implement a comprehensive reform agenda.
Tuesday, May 5, 2015 - 07:34
The Russian population in the north of the central Asian nation is dwindling, but some fear Moscow has reasons to bring the region back within its borders. Much of the northern swath of Kazakhstan is predominantly ethnic Russian, and there are growing concerns in the country that the north could become the “next Ukraine” – falling victim to ethnic unrest and Kremlin expansionism.
Tuesday, May 5, 2015 - 07:26
The United States will provide an extra $45 million for the United Nations to help an overwhelmed Kenya cope with 600,000 refugees fleeing civil unrest, terrorism and violence in Somalia and South Sudan.
Tuesday, May 5, 2015 - 07:09
The United States government will provide 100 million dollars this year to boost the war against terrorism in Kenya, visiting Secretary of State John Kerry announced on Monday. Kerry told a news conference in Nairobi that Washington will also support deradicalization programs to cushion Kenyan youth from joining terror networks.
Tuesday, May 5, 2015 - 07:06
Rwanda's foreign minister said on Tuesday she was concerned about neighbouring Burundi's clampdown on more than a week of protests against its president's decision to seek a third term in office. President Pierre Nkurunziza's announcement that he would stand in a June 26 vote has plunged Burundi into its worst political crisis since its ethnically fueled civil war.
Tuesday, May 5, 2015 - 06:56
Africa Command is the newest geographic command in the U.S. military structure, and despite the vast size of the African continent it helps secure, it is also the smallest military command. If Congress enforces automatic spending cuts in 2016, the military could see a further reduction of forces and resources, which officials say could jeopardize the young combatant command's mission.
Tuesday, May 5, 2015 - 06:49
As the world commemorates Press Freedom Day, journalists and media critics in Africa continue to face increasing detention in the name of fighting against terrorism, according to the media watchdog Reporters Without Borders.
Tuesday, May 5, 2015 - 06:18
Brazil’s federal prosecutors have opened a preliminary investigation into the country’s wildly popular former leader Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, putting further pressure on his embattled protégée President Dilma Rousseff.