Tag Archives: Stockholm International Peace Research Institute

Ethiopia: Custodian Dilemma

February 25, 2013 by IndepthAfrica

By Daniel Berhane,Addis Fortune (Addis Ababa) opinion If there is a cliché often repeated among the ranking officers of the Ethiopian national defence forces, it is that, “the military is the last barrack of defence for the Constitution”. Apparently, the … read more »

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Obama’s Drive to Disarm America

February 23, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

America’s policy of nuclear deterrence is being seriously threatened as President Obama considers proposals by the Defense Department that could cut the US nuclear arsenal by as much as 80 percent, reducing America’s deployed nuclear strategic warheads to as few … read more »

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Morocco lobby group urges financial transparency

April 26, 2011 by benim

The Transparency-Maroc (Morocco) Association on Tuesday called on all public institutions in the north African country to account for their spending and to accept inspections. “We need to generalise the drawing up of accounts for all … beneficiaries of public … read more »

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Nigeria will report Iran if arms broke UN sanctions

November 13, 2010 by benim

Nigeria will report Iran to the U.N. Security Council if it finds any evidence that an illegal arms shipment it seized two weeks ago violated U.N. sanctions, Nigerian Foreign Minister Odein Ajumogobia said on Friday. Ajumogobia met his Iranian counterpart … read more »

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