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Tuesday, March 17, 2015 - 07:24
Arms imports by African countries have increased by 45 percent between 2005 and 2014 says a report released by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). Algeria, Morocco and Sudan were the largest importers of arms on the African continent between 2010 and 2014. Africa accounted for 9 percent of total global arms imports between 2010 and 2014.
Tuesday, March 17, 2015 - 07:05
The Islamic State has infiltrated into Afghanistan and is attempting to step into the Taliban's boots, acknowledged the UN Security Council. Russia’s representative to the UN warns Central Asian states could be the next stop for the Islamic extremists.
Tuesday, March 17, 2015 - 07:00
Mandera, in Kenya's far northeast, borders Somalia and is plagued by insecurity. The area has been the scene of a string of recent attacks by the Al-Qaeda-linked militants.
Tuesday, March 17, 2015 - 06:54
Azerbaijan`s Defense Ministry reported that the monitoring will be held, on the Azerbaijani side, by field assistants of the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Hristo Hristov, Simon Tiller and Peter Swedberg.
Tuesday, March 17, 2015 - 06:50
Human rights groups say convictions in Pakistan are highly unreliable. Its antiquated criminal justice system barely functions, suspects are often tortured and most police are untrained in investigation, rights officials say.
Tuesday, March 17, 2015 - 06:49
Under pressure from al-Bashir, the U.N. opened talks this month with Sudan on a plan for a large peacekeeping mission to leave Darfur. The Security Council on Tuesday will discuss the troubled mission and how its eventual departure will affect a civil war that once drew the world's outrage.
Tuesday, March 17, 2015 - 06:31
China is now the world’s third biggest arms exporter after the US and Russia according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). Sudan, Morocco and Algeria are China's main clients in Africa.
Tuesday, March 17, 2015 - 06:30
Afghanistan hasn’t been able to bring the Taliban into peace negotiations ahead of President Ashraf Ghani’s planned visit to the White House next week, officials said, depriving the Afghan leader of a pivotal achievement ahead of the visit.
Tuesday, March 17, 2015 - 05:35
During the weekend, Mexican Federal forces headed by the Marina captured five presumed criminals of Los Zetas cartel in two different actions in the state of Nuevo Leon
Tuesday, March 17, 2015 - 05:13
As government and guerrilla negotiators begin the 34th round of peace talks in Cuba on Tuesday in hopes of ending Colombia’s half-century conflict, they’re going to have a powerful force behind them: momentum.