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Wednesday, January 28, 2015 - 06:28
Regardless of the lack of international condemnation, the Baga attack signifies the genocidal nature of Boko Haram’s violence, and the group will undermine West Africa’s security unless Nigeria can quickly improve its counterinsurgency (COIN) operations.
Wednesday, January 28, 2015 - 06:27
A jailed Azerbaijani human rights activist's social defender and supporter has been attacked in Baku.
Wednesday, January 28, 2015 - 06:25
The Georgian Foreign Ministry says Beruchashvili will meet with U.S. Vice President Joe Biden and other congressional and government members as well as think tank researchers and journalists as part of a group meeting with Central and Eastern European foreign ministers during her weeklong visit.
Wednesday, January 28, 2015 - 06:24
The Zambian Air Force will take delivery of an undisclosed number of trainer, transport and fighter aircraft and aerial defense systems this year as part of a major re-equipment program to improve operational and airlift capabilities.
Wednesday, January 28, 2015 - 06:23
senior Russian military official says Moscow wants to strengthen the Tajik army as "an outpost of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) in Central Asia."
Wednesday, January 28, 2015 - 06:19
A UN rapporteur has issued some damning findings on civil liberties in Kazakhstan, following a visit to monitor how Astana is upholding its commitments to freedom of assembly.
Wednesday, January 28, 2015 - 06:17
Last week U.S. officials announced that they were donating over 300 Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicles to Uzbekistan; it will be the biggest ever transfer of American military equipment to a Central Asian country. It was surprising in many ways: American military interest in Central Asia had appeared to be on the wane, and U.S. military aid to Uzbekistan -- one of the worst human rights violators on the planet -- was at a largely token level, with little apparent justification for Washington to change that.
Wednesday, January 28, 2015 - 06:14
The top commander of U.S. troops in Africa said he would like the U.S. military to do more to fight the terrorist group Boko Haram, but that it’s up to Nigerian and U.S. policy officials to decide how much they’re willing to change the trajectory of that group’s violent stronghold on the region.
Wednesday, January 28, 2015 - 05:50
The trial of Bahrain's top opposition leader is set to begin on Wednesday, in a case that has seen tensions flare after the government charged him with multiple offences, including inciting a "change of government by force, spreading hatred among a segment of society and insulting the interior ministry".
Wednesday, January 28, 2015 - 05:42
Kurdish fighters' expulsion of Islamic State forces from the Syrian town of Kobani helped stop the momentum of the Islamist group but is not a significant turning point in the overall campaign, a senior State Department official said on Tuesday.