U.S. troops assigned to the East Africa Response Force participate in an exercise to provide security at the U.S. Embassy in Mogadishu, Somalia, April 20, 2022. (Staff Sgt. Alysia Blake/Air Force ...

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.

These changes — including dissolving the U.S. Agency for International Development and its programs in Africa — have direct and indirect impacts on U.S. Africa Command. The administration’s foreign ...

Army Gen. William “Kip” Ward, also African American, was the first commander of Africa Command when it was launched in 2007. Share: In Other News.

U.S. Marine General Michael Langley, head of Africa Command, speaks to reporters alongside Botswana Defence Force Commander Lt. Gen. Placid Segokgo at a defense conference in Gaborone, Botswana on ...

STUTTGART, Germany (AP) — Marine Gen. Michael Langley took over as the top U.S. commander for Africa on Tuesday, heading U.S. military operations on a continent with some of the most active and ...