Huffington Post
Monday, August 1, 2016 - 15:06
Chinese military involvement in Africa has undergone a rapid shift since 2012, a trend that is likely to continue and see China take a more active security role on the continent.
Monday, June 27, 2016 - 06:37
President Obama’s legacy is being tarnished for having been engaged in seven foreign wars in third world countries during two terms presidency including the U.S. - Afghanistan war which is now in its 15th year.
Monday, May 23, 2016 - 07:05
Iraqi security forces opened fire on protesters who stormed into Baghdad’s heavily-fortified Green Zone and entered at least one government building, witnesses said.
Tuesday, May 3, 2016 - 06:36
The Arms Trade Treaty won't mean an immediate end to controversial arms deals like Canada's $15 billion sale of light armoured vehicles to Saudi Arabia, says the United Nations disarmament chief.
Monday, March 28, 2016 - 07:22
During Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos’ visit in February 2016, U.S. President Barack Obama announced a proposal for “Peace Colombia,” a $450 million assistance package to take effect after peace talks wrap up in Havana, Cuba with the country’s most powerful guerilla group, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC).
Friday, March 4, 2016 - 07:12
"I am in a Kafkaesque situation," Kaleil explained when he phoned me from his prison in Bogotá, Colombia. "I was in La Picota prison for months, and now they have me in what they call 'The Bunker' underneath the offices of the Fiscalia [in English, Prosecutor]." He explains that, since early September 2015, he has been held in a Colombian prison on a U.S. warrant for alleged accounting fraud in connection with a software company he ran until early 2012 called KIT Digital.
Friday, February 5, 2016 - 06:44
A member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee called for the U.S. to cease military involvement in the Saudi-led war in Yemen.
Wednesday, January 13, 2016 - 07:28
Colombia, the number one ally of the U.S. in the Western Hemisphere and one of the top recipients of U.S. military aid in the world, accounts for a massive proportion of all human rights defenders (HRDs) killed worldwide.
Friday, December 4, 2015 - 06:56
Latin American mercenaries are leaving the ranks of the national armies of their countries to fight in the deserts of Yemen, wearing the uniform of the United Arab Emirates. They have been contracted by private US companies and in some cases directly by the government of the Arab country, which, thanks to vast oil reserves, has the second largest economy of the region.
Wednesday, November 18, 2015 - 06:34
So how many U.S. military bases are there in Africa?