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| 18.05.2026 | Nigeria, US carry out new strikes on Islamic State in Nigeria | LAGOS: Nigeria and the United States have carried out fresh strikes against Islamic State militants in northeast Nigeria, the US military said Monday (May 18), with the Nigerian army saying at least 20 militants were killed.
The strikes wer... |
| 11.03.2026 | The U.S. Built A Blueprint To Avoid Civilian War Casualties. Trump Officials Scrapped It. | This story was originally published by ProPublica. Republished under a CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 license.
Images from the missile strike in southern Iran were more horrifying than any of the case studies Air Force combat veteran Wes J. Bryant had por... |
| 16.02.2026 | US troops arrive in Nigeria to help train its military, Nigerian military says | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
By DYEPKAZAH SHIBAYAN, Associated Press
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — About 100 U.S. troops plus equipment have arrived in Nigeria to help train soldiers in the West African country as the government fight... |
| 09.02.2026 | West Africa: Sahel - the Quest for Military Satellite Surveillance | Following the disruption of their relations with the French and American militaries, Sahel countries have forged new partnerships to obtain satellite imagery. These tools--precious in the fight against terrorism and trafficking in drugs, we... |
| 26.12.2025 | Nigeria signals more strikes likely in 'joint' US operations | LAGOS: Nigeria on Friday (Dec 26) signalled more strikes against jihadist groups were expected after a Christmas Day bombardment by United States forces against militants in the north of the country.
The West African country faces multiple ... |
| 27.05.2025 | US weighing future of military command in Africa, top general says | NAIROBI: The United States is assessing the future of its military command for Africa, its top general for the continent said on Tuesday (May 27), and called on African governments to make their views on its possible elimination known in Wa... |
| 08.05.2025 | US Policy in the Middle East: A Report Card | I. Executive Summary
President Donald J. Trump’s trip to the Middle East next week comes on the heels of more than three months of whirlwind activity in US foreign policy where the region has been a higher priority than it was in the early ... |
| 03.04.2025 | Rubio tries to reassure wary allies of US commitment to NATO as Trump sends mixed signals | “We want NATO to be stronger, we want NATO to be more visible and the only way NATO can get stronger, more visible is if our partners, the nation states that comprise this important alliance, have more capability,” he said.
Whitaker said in... |
| 06.02.2025 | Hidden Level: $65 Million (Series C) Raised For Drone Detection Systems | Hidden Level – a leader in passive radar and radio frequency sensing technology for detecting and precisely locating drones and other threats – announced $65 million in Series C funding led by DFJ Growth with participation from Booz Allen V... |
| 03.02.2025 | Drone defense startup Hidden Level raises $65M for growth and security initiatives
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One click below supports our mission t... | Drone defense startup Hidden Level Inc. announced today that it has raised $65 million in new funding to scale manufacturing, expand its headcount, support public safety and enhance its defense capabilities.
Founded in 2018, Hidden Level sp... |
| 07.01.2025 | NDLEA arrested 18,500 suspected traffickers, seized 2.6 million Kilograms of drugs in 2024 – Marwa | The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) said it arrested 18,500 suspected drug traffickers and seized 2.6 million kilograms of illicit drugs in 2024.
Retired Brig.-Gen. Mohammed Buba Marwa, the agency’s chairman, disclosed this on ... |
| 24.09.2024 | West Africa becomes global terrorism hotspot as Western forces leave | DAKAR: Having slipped undetected into Mali's capital weeks ago, the militants struck just before dawn prayers. They killed dozens of students at an elite police training academy, stormed Bamako's airport and set the presidential jet on fire... |
| 27.06.2024 | Coalition of Leaders Praises House Action to Advance U.S. Leadership in Fight against Global Child Malnutrition | WASHINGTON, June 27, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- A broad coalition of global food security leaders, nutrition advocates, former senior government officials, national security leaders, farmers, suppliers, and producers have issued the following sta... |
| 30.05.2024 | Inside a huge U.S. military exercise in Africa to counter terrorism and Russia and China's growing influence | Tamale, Ghana — On a dusty airport tarmac in the northern Ghanaian city of Tamale, military special operatives from across Africa move stealthily. Shots ring out as they converge on the airport and apprehend armed militants holding it hosta... |
| 28.05.2024 | 302nd Communications Flight brings high-speed internet to African Lion 2024 | Published May 22, 2024
By Philip Regina
U.S. Army Southern European Task Force TAMALE, Ghana --
For the first time, U.S. and partner forces participating in exercise African Lion 2024 (AL24) in Ghana are leveraging high-speed satellite inte... |
| 08.03.2024 | Strategic partnership and readiness in focus: African Lion 24 final planning event concludes in Ghana | ACCRA, Ghana –
Military planners from the United States, Ghana, and 6 other nations recently wrapped up the final planning event in Accra for the Ghana portion of the upcoming exercise, African Lion 2024 or AL24, set to commence on May 1 an... |
| 08.03.2024 | Spc. Israel Osagie: Serving Africa and America at Justified Accord 2024 | NANYUKI, Kenya –
"I'm here to give back to my continent," said U.S. Army Spc. Israel Osagie, a practical nursing specialist with the 425th Medical Detachment, 176th Medical Brigade, 807th Medical Command.
Originally from Nigeria, ... |
| 26.09.2023 | West Africa: Côte d'Ivoire, Africom Host 13 African Countries At Defence Logistics Conference | AFRICOM and Côte d'Ivoire co-hosted the "West Africa Logistics Conference" for military logistics personnel.
The US Africa Command (AFRICOM) in partnership with the Côte d'Ivoire Armed Forces organized the West Africa Logistics Co... |
| 24.03.2023 | Salafi-Jihadi Movement Weekly Update, March 22, 2023 | AFGHANISTAN, March 24 - Authors: Brian Carter, Liam Karr, and Kathryn Tyson
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Iraq and Syria. ISIS increased attacks targeting a pro-regime tribe north of Deir ez Zor city, Syria, to driv... |
| 10.03.2023 | Salafi-Jihadi Movement Weekly Update, March 8, 2023 | AFGHANISTAN, March 10 -
Authors: Liam Karr, Peter Mills, Brian Carter, Kathryn Tyson
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| 14.07.2022 | Morocco: US, Moroccan Special Forces Team Up for Inaugural Cyber Training | Tifnit, Morocco — U.S. Army Soldiers with 3rd Special Forces Group (SFG) Tactical Information Support Center, Expeditionary Cyber Team 2, and Royal Moroccan Special Operations Forces (SOF) teamed up to conduct prototype cyber effects traini... |
| 01.05.2022 | How Russia’s War in Ukraine Affects Its Meddling in Africa | Editor’s Note: The Russian invasion of Ukraine has led to greater focus on Moscow's activities around the world. Working through private military companies, Russia has repeatedly intervened in Africa's civil wars, becoming a major power bro... |
| 03.03.2021 | Embracing Foreign Affairs Federalism in a Post-Trump Era | Nearly a year into the coronavirus pandemic, it is hard to be optimistic about the future of global cooperation and the institutions that are supposed to support it. Absent major power leadership, anarchic tendencies have prevailed. The hum... |
| 09.09.2020 | How Putin's favourite mercenaries are using secretive operations to tip the balance in Africa | An improvised explosive device found in Tripoli, Libya, a weapon that US Africa Command says was introduced to the country by Wagner Group.
US Africa Command
Russia has expanded its engagement with Africa, seeking their support and access t... |
| 18.05.2020 | Defending the U.S. Military Presence in Africa for Reasons Beyond Counterterrorism | Since Defense Secretary Mark Esper announced a potential drawdown of U.S. troops in Africa, U.S. congressional leaders, military officers and various commentators have defended the importance of the military in Africa. But they’ve focused a... |
| 01.05.2020 | Al Qaeda's affiliate in Somalia is sitting on a coronavirus powder keg | An armed member of the militant group al-Shabab at a rally on the outskirts of Mogadishu, Somalia, February 13, 2012. Associated Press
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The Somali government in Mogadishu has announced a number of measures to contain the spread of... |
| 16.04.2019 | Today's Headlines and Commentary | Yujing Zhang, the Chinese woman arrested for lying to authorities while entering Mar-a-Lago was deemed a flight risk by U.S. Magistrate Judge William Matthewman and will remain jailed reported the Washington Post.
The House Intelligence Com... |
| 08.04.2019 | “Volcano of anger”: What you need to know about the escalating crisis in Libya | The U.N.-backed government in Libya has launched a counteroffensive to win back territory seized by renegade General Khalifa Haftar and his self-styled Libyan National Army in a surprise assault on the capital Tripoli that could drag the co... |
| 04.04.2019 | German Courts Weigh Legal Responsibility for U.S. Drone Strikes | On March 13 and 14, a German court considered two challenges to the U.S. drone program in the Middle East and East Africa. Both cases, brought before the Higher Administrative Court of North Rhine-Westphalia in Münster, assert that Germany ... |
| 05.06.2018 | Today's Headlines and Commentary | Special Counsel Robert Mueller accused Paul Manafort, President Trump’s former campaign manager, of witness tampering on Monday, reports the New York Times. Manafort faces tax fraud and money laundering charges. Prosecutors allege in a fili... |
| 22.04.2018 | Fixing Ethiopia Requires More Than a New Prime Minister | Editor’s Note: For years, Ethiopia has appeared to be a relative success story, emerging from years of conflict and becoming a somewhat democratic, pro-Western ally in East Africa. Yet this success is in jeopardy. Yale's Hilary Matfess deta... |
| 19.01.2018 | The Scope of the Endless War After One Year Under Trump | “We don’t know exactly where we’re at in the world militarily and what we’re doing,” said Sen. Lindsey Graham, one of the Senate’s most knowledgeable military experts, about U.S. global counterterrorism operations last October. In this post... |
| 18.04.2017 | Close Enough: The Quiet Conclusion of the Combat-Equipped Deployment to Uganda | A few weeks ago, AFRICOM quietly brought to an end a five-year-old combat-equipped deployment that for a time had raised some very interesting War Powers Resolution questions.
Back in 2011, as Jack summarized here, the Obama administration ... |
| 01.09.2016 | Do We Care Less About Air Strikes When Pilots Are in the Cockpit? The Droneless Air War in Libya | Are you paying attention to Operation Odyssey Lightning, the U.S. air campaign underway for a full month now in Libya? Not many people are, which is interesting considering that we are approaching 100 airstrikes there in four weeks.
IT'S OU... |
| 04.12.2014 | US General Says the Islamic State Has Training Camps in Libya | The so-called Islamic State (IS) militant group has set up training camps in Libya, according to a senior American army commander.
Gen. David Rodriguez, who heads US Africa Command, said that "around a couple hundred" IS fighters ... |
| 02.02.2014 | Super Bowl Semantics: Why O'Reilly Defeated Obama On Benghazi | “In the late 1800s, Michel Bréal coined the term sémantique to describe the psychology of language. That French word has its origins in Greek: semantikos means ‘significant,’ and comes from semainein ‘to show, signify, indicate by a sign.’ ... |
| - | The US military isn't just worried about Russia's fighter jets in Libya but also who's flying them | A Russian fighter jet recently deployed to Libya. AFRICOM
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The US has added to its concern about Russian fighter jets delivered to Libya in May, saying the pilots are inexperienced and may put civilian lives in danger.
The Russian... |
| - | Ivory Coast hosts US-led military training amid Sahel uncertainty | The annual United States-led counterterrorism training programme for African forces has kicked off in Ivory Coast as West Africa faces the growing threat of armed groups’ attacks amid French forces’ withdrawal.
Also known as Flintlock, the ... |
