After initially declaring elections would be postponed for two years, a decision that was met with violent protests, President Farmaajo of Somalia has changed his mind and now says they…
The Lebanese army faces an increasingly challenging operational environment, as noted in the accompanying excerpts from al-Sharq al-Awsat and the Emirati-aligned daily al-Arab. Domestically, crime is on the rise; outlaws…
As the accompanying excerpt from the South African trade publication DefenceWeb notes, Kenya just opened a small arms factory producing 9 mm pistols and 7.62 mm assault rifles. President Kenyatta…
Turkey’s successful deployment of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), in regional conflicts and its ongoing development of two more advanced models highlight the central role that UAVs will have in strengthening…
After his party won a qualified majority in recent legislative elections, El Salvador’s President, Nayib Bukele, is using his greater influence to rid the government of obstacles to his administration.…
Colombia has been seized by debilitating, nationwide protests that show no signs of abating. While the original impetus for protests was a tax proposal aimed at closing a yawning budget…
Rio de Janeiro has long suffered from the violence wrought by Brazil’s drug trade, where traffickers often operate from the city’s peripheral favela communities. In May, a police operation targeting…
On 5 April the Portuguese-language publication jornaltornado.pt, which attempts to be ideologically neutral, published the excerpted article by former Portuguese Socialist Party politician Paolu Casaca. In the article, Casaca discussed…
Much has been written about how Al Qaeda (AQ), is a shadow of its former self and how the end of the war against the terrorist organization is in sight.…
France faces a dilemma in its former colony with the death of long-term Chadian President Idriss Déby. As African Arguments, a scholarly nonpartisan publication from the Royal African Society reports,…