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Friday, March 20, 2015 - 07:55
Authorities in Tajikistan are concerned by the appearance of "Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant" (ISIL) fighters in Afghan areas said State National Security Committee official.
Friday, March 20, 2015 - 07:49
The United States has finalized a review of its strategy for Central Asia, a region facing economic and political uncertainty tied to Russia's flagging economy amid the Ukraine conflict and the murky succession plans of aging regional autocrats.
Friday, March 20, 2015 - 07:39
A NATO assessment team involved in the establishment of the new NATO-Georgia Joint Training and Evaluation Centre has completed its first visit to Georgia.
While in Georgia, the NATO assessment team was tasked with looking at potential sites for the new facility and assisting the Georgian side implement the project, which was outlined in the NATO-Georgia Substantial Package.
Friday, March 20, 2015 - 07:24
Guinea-Bissau’s international partners will meet in Brussels on 25 March to examine, among other things, the crucial issue of security sector reform (SSR). In the last 40 years, the army has attempted a dozen coups and three have been successful. This instability has been one of the impediments to the country’s development.
Friday, March 20, 2015 - 07:21
Mexico requested the foreign military sale to modernize its armed forces to combat drug trafficking. The $110 million deal would include communications, radar and weaponry for the Black Hawks, as well as training and logistical services.
Friday, March 20, 2015 - 07:20
Kenya is emerging as a money laundering hub; incredibly, trying to stop the illicit flow of money could hurt the economy more than letting it continue.
Friday, March 20, 2015 - 07:11
The Mexican Supreme Court has ordered the release of Alfonso Martin del Campo Dodd, a Mexican-American who was jailed in 1992 for the murder of his sister and brother-in-law after the court ruled that his confession had been extracted under torture.
Friday, March 20, 2015 - 07:06
France has set up a military base in Niger, just south of the Libyan border, hoping to cut off trafficking and supply routes, on which militant groups like Islamic State rely to spread their influence around the region. France and the US are working in partnership in the Sahel.
Friday, March 20, 2015 - 07:00
The Indigenous Community of Santa María de Ostula denounced that on March 16, an operation led by the Navy of Mexico sought to “dismantle control points in which the Community Police maintains in Xayakalan, Caleta de Campos and Tizupan, municipality of Aquila, along the Michoacán coast.”
Friday, March 20, 2015 - 06:59
Robert Piper, the United Nations' regional humanitarian coordinator for the Sahel, said the U.N. is scrambling to raise money to respond to the "protection crisis" triggered by the militant group Boko Haram, without diverting funds from other humanitarian needs.