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Friday, May 1, 2015 - 08:26
The United States express concern over the recent violence in and around Menaka, Timbuktu and Goundam, Mali. Administration called all parties to immediately cease hostilities and return to their previous positions in compliance with all applicable ceasefire agreements.
Friday, May 1, 2015 - 08:00
The two most important countries in Central Asia have completed their presidential elections, both held early. Uzbekistan summoned voters just after the Nowruz festivities, on March 29. Just across the border, Kazakhstan went to the polls on April 26. Both elections featured Central Asia’s strongmen, Islam Karimov in Uzbekistan and Nursultan Nazarbayev in Kazakhstan.
Friday, May 1, 2015 - 07:47
The United States will deliver the equipment, patrol boats and cars worth $6.2 million to Uzbekistan, the US embassy in Uzbekistan reported.
The deliveries will be carried out free of charge as part of an earlier signed supplement to the agreement of Uzbekistan and the US, dated Aug. 14, 2001, on assistance in the drug control and law enforcement.
Friday, May 1, 2015 - 07:30
There is plenty of disaffection in poor, nominally Muslim but largely secular Kyrgyzstan. An unknown but considerable number of Central Asians have travelled to Syria and Iraq to wage jihad, most recently for the Islamic State (IS). Authorities say that most of those from Kyrgyzstan are ethnic Uzbeks, who officially account for 14% of the population.
Friday, May 1, 2015 - 07:26
In fact, all five of Central Asia’s post-Soviet states have ratified the Central Asian Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone treaty (CANWFZ), which prohibits development and possession of nuclear weapons. On April 27, President Obama sent the protocol of the treaty to the Senate to approve.
Friday, May 1, 2015 - 07:17
Both ISIS and al Qaeda pose a threat to Western interests in Africa. While ISIS gets most of the headlines these days, al Qaeda is still a major player in Africa.
Friday, May 1, 2015 - 07:00
The skies above the U.S. military’s counterterrorism hub on the Horn of Africa have become chronically dangerous, with pilots forced to rely on local air-traffic controllers who fall asleep on the job, commit errors at astronomical rates and are hostile to Americans, documents show.
Friday, May 1, 2015 - 06:50
A senior U.S. diplomat, Tom Malinowski, warned Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza on Thursday that the east African country risks boiling over if it smothers political opposition, as protests against the president entered a fifth day.
Friday, May 1, 2015 - 06:46
NATO's top military commander warned of gaps in US intelligence gathering in Eastern Europe and its ability to understand Moscow's intent in the wake of Russian aggression.
Friday, May 1, 2015 - 06:38
President Barack Obama tapped White House adviser Gayle Smith on Thursday to run the U.S. Agency for International Development, putting a former journalist and longtime Africa expert in charge of his global development agenda for the final years of his presidency.