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Tuesday, March 31, 2015 - 07:52
Proof Africans are active contributors to peacekeeping operations on their continent comes in the latest UN statistics, which show that no less than 10 African countries make the top 15 list of contributors to UN operations with by far the majority of them serving in continental peacekeeping and peace support missions.
Tuesday, March 31, 2015 - 07:50
South Sudan has become an aid-dependent entity, bringing necessary questions about the sustainability of this arrangement. The ability for states to survive principally from the support of governments, donors or corporations looking to turn a profit is doubtful.
Tuesday, March 31, 2015 - 07:48
The United States and Britain said Monday that Nigeria’s election results “may be subject to deliberate political interference,” a harsh warning issued just as the official vote count began in a crucial election for Africa’s most populous country.
Tuesday, March 31, 2015 - 07:41
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) was recently awarded a contract worth tens of millions of dollars for the supply of four ships of the "Super Dvora Mark 3" to an unnamed military power in Africa.
Tuesday, March 31, 2015 - 07:35
The West African countries hit hardest by Ebola are ramping up efforts to eradicate the deadly disease. The region's Ebola outbreak has killed more than 10,000 people since cases were first recorded more than a year ago, with most of the dead coming from Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia.
Tuesday, March 31, 2015 - 07:32
Across continental Africa, China’s presence can't be ignored. While China has made multibillion-dollar investments in various countries and industries throughout the continent, a shift toward a military presence -- in the form of a proposed naval base along Namibia's Atlantic coast -- implies a totally different kind of investment for China.
Tuesday, March 31, 2015 - 07:23
With Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Iran under threat, each from two sides, the self-styled Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) is now in an advanced state of capturing Afghanistan. After which, or simultaneously with which, it could launch an attack on the Ferghana Valley.
Tuesday, March 31, 2015 - 07:09
Ashraf Ghani, the thoughtful new president of Afghanistan, came to Washington last week and the trip probably met his expectations. He wanted to thank the United States for “defending freedom” in his country and he did this more profusely than any foreign leader in recent history.
Tuesday, March 31, 2015 - 07:07
Incumbent strongman Islam Karimov has won a universally predicted landslide with over 90 percent of the vote in Uzbekistan’s competition-free presidential election, according to preliminary results released by the Central Electoral Commission the day after the vote.
Tuesday, March 31, 2015 - 06:45
Members of the 571st Mobility Support Advisory Squadron from Travis Air Force Base (MSAS) finalized their training with members of the Colombian Air Force while observing their performance of an air drop mission near Bogota, Colombia, March 4, 2015