Security Assistance
Friday, October 2, 2015 - 09:33
NY Foreign Press Center Roundtable on "U.S. Priorities in Africa."
Friday, October 2, 2015 - 07:37
Tiny Lebanon is seeing its fortunes surge on Capitol Hill as fear of the Islamic State (IS) supplants any lingering concerns about Hezbollah.
Friday, October 2, 2015 - 06:46
The mostly Muslim country of 6 million people has swung closer to Moscow and further away from the West. Faced with new challenges, Atambayev, two of whose predecessors as president were overthrown in revolts in 2005 and 2010, has snuggled closer to Russia.
Friday, October 2, 2015 - 06:43
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Uzbekistan held a meeting with the U.S. Ambassador, Pamela Spratlen, on October 2, reports the press service of the Ministry.
Friday, October 2, 2015 - 06:08
Four years represents many things: an Olympic cycle, the gap between U.S. presidential elections, a typical American college degree, the space between leap years. A four-year span is also, it seems, how long a repressive security force can expect to wait before the U.S. government loses its nerve and lifts its objections to resupplying it with arms.
Friday, October 2, 2015 - 05:55
Unless Obama quickly reverses the shrinking of the U.S. military, his Africa strategy will founder, with serious repercussions for U.S. national security.
Tuesday, September 29, 2015 - 06:23
Britain is to send dozens of troops to Somalia and possibly South Sudan to train soldiers and boost security in the region, Downing Street said Monday.
Monday, September 28, 2015 - 06:34
History has shown that unless the strategy is right, insurgencies last for a long time. There is an urgent need for a robust and concerted effort by the international community to assist Nigeria and her neighbors in their effort to crush these atrocious criminals.
Monday, September 28, 2015 - 06:30
America is taking more notice of the African continent due to the expansion of extremist organisations operating in Africa like al-Qaeda, al-Shabbab, Ansar al-Sharia, al-Murabitun, Boko Haram, Islamic State (IS) and others.
Friday, September 25, 2015 - 06:37
The White House said on Thursday that it would send up to $45 million in defense services, including military training, to support African countries in their fight against the militant Islamist group Boko Haram.