International Business Times
Tuesday, February 2, 2016 - 06:23
The African Union, a 54-member continental bloc, had said it would send a 5,000-strong peacekeeping force to quell the violence in war-torn Burundi, with or without the government’s consent. It backpedaled on that plan Sunday, instead announcing a deployment of high-level delegates to Bujumbura to negotiate a solution acceptable to President Pierre Nkurunziza. But the Burundian leader is unlikely to approve foreign boots on the ground under any circumstances, political and human rights experts said, leaving violence to continue unabated and tipping the central African nation closer to a civil war.
Friday, January 15, 2016 - 07:54
The death toll in Burundi may have been greatly underestimated, with latest numbers almost double that of the United Nation's December estimates, a political analyst specialised in Burundian affairs has claimed. Burundi's deadly violence erupted after President Pierre Nkurunziza announced a controversial decision to run for a third term, which he won in contested elections in July. The opposition said he was violating the constitution's two-term limit as well as the Arusha agreement that ended Burundi's 12-year civil war in 2005.
Wednesday, November 25, 2015 - 06:21
As a result of the massive level of illiteracy in Borno, uneducated youths have been brainwashed into joining the insurgency.
Thursday, November 5, 2015 - 07:30
The U.S. Department of State sanctioned the sale of 200 Hellfire air-to-ground (AGM) missiles to France, the U.S. Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) said Wednesday. Related military gear such as conversion kits, blast fragmentation sleeves, and installation kits and containers, were also approved.
Wednesday, October 28, 2015 - 06:23
A local government in Nigeria said Monday it may deploy drones across Lagos as part of efforts to fight crime in the southwest state.
Monday, August 24, 2015 - 07:03
Russia has begun to develop a heavy flame-throwing system based on a weapon first tested in the late 1980s following the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.
Friday, August 14, 2015 - 06:10
Two men have pleaded guilty to smuggling drugs by a drone, the Los Angeles Times has reported. This is the first cross-border drug seizure by U.S. law enforcement involving a drone, federal authorities said Wednesday.
Wednesday, August 12, 2015 - 06:34
The Royal Bahamas Defence Force stopped a boat over the weekend carrying an estimated 100 Haitian migrants and handed the passengers to immigration authorities. Nearly 1,000 migrants have been arrested so far this year for trying to enter the Bahamas illegally.
Tuesday, August 11, 2015 - 07:08
Saudi Arabia is looking to scale back its reliance on U.S. weapons and could turn to Russia as an alternative supplier. However, the sheer scale of Riyadh’s defense relationship with the U.S. means that such a move could be more than a decade away.
Tuesday, August 11, 2015 - 07:08
Saudi Arabia is looking to scale back its reliance on U.S. weapons and could turn to Russia as an alternative supplier. However, the sheer scale of Riyadh’s defense relationship with the U.S. means that such a move could be more than a decade away.