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Pentagon Adds Africa to Global Battleground With China and Russia
4/19/2021
AFRICOM-Led 33-Nation Naval Exercise in Oil-Rich Gulf of Guinea
3/29/2021
Tanzania's Samia Suluhu Hassan Becomes Africa's First-Ever Muslim Woman President
3/19/2021
Denmark to Deploy Frigate to Gulf of Guinea to Combat Piracy
3/17/2021
South Africa's Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini Dies Aged 72
3/12/2021
South Africa: One Killed as Police Clash With Protesting Students
3/10/2021
Remote CIA Base in the Sahara Steadily Grows
3/8/2021
Sahel Countries Negotiate With Armed Groups Despite French Opposition
3/6/2021
New Four-Star Command Allows US General to 'Coordinate Closely' With NATO Allies in Africa
2/24/2021
Sahel, UN Must Ready for 'Battle' With Jihadists, Says Senegal President
2/23/2021
France's Macron Rules Out Immediate Troop Drawdown From Sahel
2/16/2021
France to Meet Sahel Leaders Over Islamist Insurgency
2/15/2021
France to Meet Sahel Leaders as It Mulls Troop Drawdown
2/13/2021
Army Taps Fort Riley Combat Aviation Brigade for Deployment to Europe, Africa Region
2/8/2021
China's Strategy in Africa 'Isn't Always Working', Biden UN Nominee Linda Thomas-Greenfield Tells Senators
1/31/2021
US Africa Command Official Hails 'New Beginning' in Sudan
1/28/2021
Pirates Kill One, Kidnap 15 Crew on Turkish Ship Off West Africa
1/24/2021
On 'Rooftop of Africa,' Ethiopia's Troops Hunt Fugitive Former Rulers
1/22/2021
UN Says Two Million Internally Displaced by Sahel Violence
1/22/2021
Violence in West Africa's Sahel Displaces Record 2 Million People, UN Says
1/22/2021
How Qaeda-Friendly GSIM Became the Sahel's Leading Jihadists
1/11/2021
After Months of Covid Delays, African Free Trade Bloc Launches
1/1/2021
Three Years On, G5 Sahel Force Struggles With Mission
12/21/2020
The Air Force Has Deployed Its Drone-Killing Microwave Weapon to Africa
12/18/2020
US Sanctions Three Individuals, Three Entities From Asia and Africa
12/9/2020
Dozens of AFRICOM-Bound Troops in Limbo Since Mid-October
12/8/2020
AFRICOM Set for Budget Boost; Says Troops Pulled Out of Somalia Will Stay in East Africa
12/7/2020
G5 Sahel Chief Cautions Against Early French Troop Cut
12/3/2020
No Dialogue With Tigray Leaders, Ethiopia PM Tells AU Envoys
11/27/2020
A Gateway to Africa: Russia's New Naval Base in Sudan
11/26/2020
Who Is Al-Qaeda's New North Africa Chief?
11/24/2020
Al-Qaeda in North Africa Appoints New Leader After Killing
11/22/2020
Macron: Russia, Turkey Are Playing on Post-Colonial Resentments in Africa
11/20/2020
Macron Accuses Turkey of Stoking Anti-France Sentiment in Africa
11/20/2020
Pirate Attacks on Oil Tankers Off West Africa Intensify
11/10/2020

Viewpoints

Are US-Backed Forces Turning West Africa's Sahel Region Into a 'Killing Field'?
7/12/2020
US Engagement in Africa Should Be Led by Civilians, Not the Military
6/16/2020
The US Brags About Health Aid to Africa While Bombing Its Nations
5/22/2020
Why We Can't Help France Fight Its Failed Colonial Wars in Africa
4/29/2020
'Zero Accountability': The US Failure to Report Civilian Deaths
4/2/2020
Surprise! The Army Is Now Using ISIS as an Excuse to Stay in Africa
3/17/2020
The US Military Should End Its Counterterror Operations in Africa
3/4/2020
Pentagon's Own Map of US Bases in Africa Contradicts Its Claim of 'Light' Footprint
2/27/2020
America's Africa Enigma: Why US Troops Are Taking Unnecessary Risks
2/23/2020
Why Are Americans Being Killed in Africa?
1/22/2020
Violence Has Spiked in Africa Since Founding of Africom, Pentagon Study Finds
7/29/2019
NYT: Cries 'Russia in Africa!' Downplays Massive US Military Presence There
4/4/2019
Africa and the Blood of Christians
3/27/2019
The Dogs of War Sniff Out Mission in Central Africa
3/11/2019
The US Has More Military Operations in Africa Than the Middle East
12/14/2018
Pentagon's 'Light Footprint' in Africa Is a Vast Network of Bases
12/1/2018
US Military's Laughable Worst-Case Scenario for Africa
9/12/2018
US Military Presence in Africa: All Over Continent and Still Expanding
8/30/2018
The US Is Building a Drone Base in Africa That Will Cost More Than $280 Million by 2024
8/21/2018
US Secret Wars in Africa Rage On, Despite Talk of Downsizing
7/27/2018
How I Got Blacklisted by the Pentagon's Africa Command
1/13/2018
Mission Creep in Darkest Africa
11/4/2017
America's Expanding 'Shadow War' in Africa
11/2/2017
Four Dead in Africa: the Addiction to World Policing Must End
11/1/2017
The US, Africa and a New Century of War
10/26/2017
The US Invasion of West Africa - a New Pentagon War Game
10/23/2017
America's Shadow War in Africa
10/12/2017
Peacekeeping in Africa: Problems That Face the Blue Helmets and the Problems They Cause
9/26/2017
The US Is Waging a Massive Shadow War in Africa, Documents Reveal
5/18/2017
US Special Operations Numbers Surge in Africa's Shadow Wars
12/31/2016
US Military Is Building a $100 Million Drone Base in Africa
9/29/2016
US Expands Secret Wars in Africa
6/3/2016
Troops to Africa Won't Fix a Failed Presidency
10/18/2014
The Consequences of the US War on Terrorism in Africa
6/2/2014
Africa Has Had Enough of Our Help
5/22/2014

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