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Soldiers who deployed in 14 countries between October 2023 and June 2025 are eligible to wear the patches on their uniform ...
It’s been a great start to 2025 for the lucky someone who sold off South Africa’s most valuable coin. The coin in question is the ‘Single 9’ Kruger Pond from 1898. And it is now officially ...
The Trump administration is making changes to U.S. policy toward Africa. These changes — including dissolving the U.S. Agency for International Development and its programs in Africa — have direct and ...
The head of U.S. Africa Command, a military body responsible for defense operations on the continent, says multiple terrorist groups in Africa have grown in the past three years, Fox News reported ...
Africa may be quickly becoming the international nexus of violent extremist groups, but the head of U.S. Africa Command doesn’t foresee much ramping up of the American presence there.
A formerly secret 2017 Africa Command document I obtained called for an inquiry into that "U.S.-Nigerian" operation that was never disclosed to Congress, much less the public.
The United States is assessing the future of its military command for Africa, its top general for the continent said on Tuesday, and called on African governments to make their views on its ...
The U.S. military is backing off its usual talk of good governance and countering insurgencies' underlying causes, instead leaning into a message that its fragile allies in Africa must be ready to ...
STUTTGART, Germany — U.S. Africa Command was in the political crosshairs even before it stood up 18 years ago in Germany’s automotive capital. From the outset, putting a four-star military ...
“America cannot afford to ignore Africa," Africa Command's outgoing leader said.
The U.S. military is pivoting from its long-standing focus on governance and development in Africa, instead urging fragile allies to take greater responsibility for their own security.