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(Rich Pedroncelli/AP)]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.airforcetimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2026/06/03/experts-warn-terrorism-threat-is-rising-in-africa-as-us-pulls-back/</loc><lastmod>2026-06-03T21:17:36.516Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><news:news><news:publication><news:name>Air Force Times</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-06-03T21:17:36.516Z</news:publication_date><news:title><![CDATA[Experts warn terrorism threat is rising in Africa as US pulls back]]></news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://archetype-military-times-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/9Fp34f_HRPsI2TeDv6xDKQt3Mow=/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/archetype/ATUYJGK7NFGVDAOB3QU4CMCLRI.jpg</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[In this Thursday, Feb. 17, 2011 file photo, al-Shabab fighters march with their weapons during military exercises on the outskirts of Mogadishu, Somalia. 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(Jason Bortz/U.S. Navy)]]></image:caption></image:image></url></urlset>