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Wednesday - 8 February 2012
- Argentina - Political
President Fernandez has announced that her government will make a formal complaint to the UN over ... - Maldives - Overview, Maldives - Security Risk Profile, Maldives - Political Risk Profile
Profiles Updated - Maldives - Political
New president Mohammed Waheed Hassan pledged to build a coalition government and while he promised ... - Maldives - Security
President Mohamed Nasheed resigned earlier on 6 February after a police mutiny on Male Island. ... - Nigeria - Security
In its latest communique on 6 February, the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) ... - Nigeria - Security
Suspected Boko Haram suicide bombers attacked army bases in Nigeria’s northern city of Kaduna ... - Panama - Security
Protests by members of the Ngobe-Bugle tribe in Western Panama turned violent following the police ... - Sudan - Security
The 29 Chinese kidnapped workers were released on 7 February from South Kordofan, 11 days after ... - Syria - Political
Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC) leaders have stated they will expel Syrian ambassadors from their ... - Syria - Security
Reports indicate that at least 47 civilians were killed on 7 February as security forces entered ... - Venezuela - Political
The opposition are holding their first primary in the lead-up to the October elections. ... - Vietnam - Political
According to the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT), the trade deficit rose to US$100m in ... - Yemen - Political
Vice-president Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi has officially launched his campaign for the country’s ...
Tuesday - 7 February 2012
- Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates - Security
Syrian and Libyan demonstrators hurled rocks, eggs and tomatoes at the Chinese embassy in Tripoli ... - Argentina - Security
The growing tensions between the United Kingdom and Argentina surrounding the sovereignty of the ... - Brazil - Security
Police and their supporters clashed with soldiers in Bahia state on 6 February, the day after the ... - Egypt - Political
On 6 February, the head of the ruling Supreme Military Council called for a swift transition to ... - Indonesia - Political
In its biggest expansion since the 1997-1998 Asian financial crisis, the economy grew 6. ... - Iran - Security
US president Barack Obama signed an executive order on 5 February implementing part of the new ... - Kosovo, Serbia - Political
The tensions building in North Kosovo since the erection of Serb barricades in July 2011 show ... - Libya - Security
Five people were shot dead at their makeshift refugee camp in the Janzour area of the capital ... - Maldives - Security
The police and army clashed during anti-government demonstrations in Male. AKE raised the risk ... - Romania - Political
At the request of president Traian Basescu, prime minister Emil Boc was replaced by Mihai Razvan ... - Romania - Political
Emil Boc resigned as prime minister and dissolved government on 6 January. The government had grown ... - Russia - Security
Gas supplies to Europe from Russia are not likely to rise in the short term, despite current demand ... - Senegal - Security
Demonstrations calling for the removal of President Abdoulaye Wade are expected to occur ... - Somalia - Security
The Somalian government’s decision to begin evicting thousands of people squatting in ... - South Africa - Political
Warnings from South Africa’s power utility company, Eskom, for consumers and businesses to ... - South Africa - Political
On 6 February minister in the presidency, Trevor Manuel, dispelled fears of nationalisation for ... - Sudan - Security
Of the 18-strong group of Chinese construction workers that reportedly escaped kidnapping in South ... - Syria - Security
In the wake of the UN Security Council’s failure to pass a resolution on Syria, violence has ... - Venezuela - Security
On 6 February authorities in Colombia claimed that one of the country’s most wanted ...
Monday - 6 February 2012
- Afghanistan - Overview
Profile Updated - Afghanistan, Pakistan - Political
Pakistan’s promise to ease the pressure on supplies to Afghanistan - which were blocked ... - Burma (Myanmar) - Political
The election commission gave Aung San Suu Kyi official approval to run for parliamentary ... - Colombia - Overview
Profile Updated - Democratic Republic of Congo - Overview
Profile Updated - Egypt - Political
The US government has demanded clarification over plans by the Egyptian government to put 19 US ... - Egypt - Security
Clashes continued in the capital Cairo and the city of Suez on 6 February. Police fired tear gas at ... - Iran, Iraq, United States of America - Political
Iraq may formally ask the US for a waiver on Iranian sanctions due to its significant purchases of ... - Iraq - Players, Iraq - Overview, Iraq - Security Risk Profile, Iraq - Operating Environment
Profiles Updated - Iraq - Security
Levels of violence fell in Iraq last week. At least 18 people were killed and 48 injured in ... - Libya - Security Information, Libya - Security Risk Profile
Profiles Updated - Mali - Overview
Profile Updated - Maritime - Security Risk Profile, Maritime - Overview
Profiles Updated - Mauritania - Overview
Profile Updated - Mexico - Overview
Profile Updated - Mexico - Political
The ruling PAN party has chosen Josefina Vazquez Mota as its candidate in the upcoming elections. ... - Mexico - Security
The arrest of a supposed leader of the Gente Nueva, the enforcement arm of the Sinaloa cartel, has ... - Niger - Overview
Profile Updated - Nigeria - Overview
Profile Updated - Nigeria - Security
On 3 February, for the first time in over a year, the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger ... - Pakistan - Overview
Profile Updated - Philippines - Overview
Profile Updated - Romania - Political
Prime Minister Emil Boc resigned from government following protests against corruption, low ... - Russia - Security
A video posted on an Islamist extremist website on 3 February appears to show insurgent leader ... - Slovakia - Security
Protests took place across Slovakia on 3 February following the leaking of a document suggesting ... - Somalia - Overview
Profile Updated - South Africa - Political
Julius Malema, the ANC’s suspended leader of the Youth League wing, had his appeal to ... - South Sudan - Overview, South Sudan - Security Risk Profile
Profiles Updated - South Sudan - Political
In a statement on 3 February, French Total declared that it plans to start exploration in South ... - Sudan - Overview
Profile Updated - Syria - Security
Army action against opposition supporters in Homs continued over the weekend as a UN Security ... - Uganda - Political
After months of wrangling over tax exemptions, Tullow and the Ugandan government have signed two ... - United States of America - Political
As predicted, Mitt Romney has continued his winning streak with victory in the Nevada caucus. ... - Venezuela - Overview
Profile Updated - Yemen - Overview
Profile Updated
Friday - 3 February 2012
- Bahrain - Security
Security forces clashed with anti-government demonstrators in the capital Manama on 2 February. ... - Brazil - Political
A seventh minister, Mario Negromonte, resigned over allegations of corruption. He will be replaced ... - Colombia - Security
Two attacks on police stations in the south-west of the country on 1 and 2 February killed at least ... - Egypt - Security
At least two people were killed and 400 others were wounded on 2 February in protests across the ... - Kuwait - Political
Voting for the country’s fourth parliament in less than six years took place on 2 February ... - Mali - Security
On 2 February, on a fourth day of demonstrations against the government’s inadequate response ... - Maritime - Overview
Profile Updated - Panama - Political
In an ongoing dispute with the government, a group of the Ngobe-Bugle people have maintained a ... - Russia, Ukraine - Political
Levels of gas supplies from Russia to Europe were reported to have fallen in several countries on 2 ... - Sierra Leone - Political
Sierra Leone has set up an online mining database, amid calls for tighter government control on the ... - Spain - Political
Prime Minister Rajoy announced reforms to clean up the country’s banking system on 2 February. ... - Sudan - Security
Five Turkish engineers were freed on 2 February following five months in captivity after being ...
Thursday - 2 February 2012
- Afghanistan, Pakistan - Political
A leaked ISAF report outlining the findings of interrogations with Taliban soldiers is widely ... - Albania - Political
State-owned power company KESH is reported to have requested further state support on top of the ... - Cote D'Ivoire, Liberia - Security
Liberian security forces arrested 70 ‘mercenaries’ on the south-eastern part of the ... - Cote D'Ivoire - Security
The 70 Liberian mercenaries arrested along the Liberia-Cote d’Ivoire border on 28 January, ... - Democratic Republic of Congo - Political
Delayed results from the DRC’s parliamentary election released on 31 January show that while ... - Egypt - Security
Three days of mourning were declared after 74 people were killed and approximately 1,000 injured ... - Kosovo - Political
Kosovo’s parliament adopted a resolution calling for an end to supervised independence by ... - Libya - Security
Rival militiamen from Zintan and Misrata clashed for nearly two hours over a beach house formerly ... - Mali - Security
Fighting in Mali continued between Tuareg rebels and security forces on 31 January as the National ... - Mozambique - Political
Australia’s Rio Tinto and Brazil’s Vale mining companies have been heavily criticised ... - Panama - Political
There has been increasing disquiet in the Panamanian press in recent weeks over President ... - Philippines - Security
The Philippine military reported that it killed two senior Jemaah Islmiyah (JI) leaders and one Abu ... - Philippines - Security
The US-supported Philippine military announced it killed South-East Asia’s most-wanted ... - Somalia - Security
The TFG’s President Sharif continues to push for the 20-year UN arms embargo to be lifted, ... - South Africa - Political
On 2 February South Africa’s daily, Business Day, reported that a study commissioned by South ... - Ukraine - Political
Ukraine is coming under increasing international pressure to release jailed former prime minister ... - Yemen - Security
Six aid workers of Yemeni, German, Palestinian, Iraqi and Colombian nationality who were kidnapped ...