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U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin, left and Kenya Cabinet Secretary for Defense Aden Duale, hold copies of a signed bilateral defense cooperation agreement, in Nairobi, Kenya, Monday Sept. 25, 2023.

US and Kenya sign defense agreement ahead of planned Haiti deployment

Kenya is poised to lead a multi-national peacekeeping mission to Haiti to combat gang violence.

8 days ago

Motorcyclists ride by the entrance of the airport in Niamey, Niger, Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2023.

Niger junta warned they’d kill deposed president, officials say

Niger’s junta told a top U.S. diplomat they would kill deposed President Mohamed Bazoum if countries attempted military intervention to restore his rule.

By Sam Mednick

8 weeks ago

Counter-terrorism experts say Africa is the world’s terrorism hot spot

Counter-terrorism experts say Africa is now the world’s terrorism hot spot, with half of the victims killed last year in sub-Saharan Africa.

By Edith M. Lederer, The Associated Press

4 months ago

US military launches annual Flintlock exercise in Africa

Soldiers from several African countries are being trained in counter-insurgency tactics as part of the annual U.S.-led exercise known as Flintlock.

By Sam Mednick, AP

7 months ago

Treasury designates Wagner Group a transnational criminal organization

The U.S. believes the Russian private military company has 50,000 personnel fighting in Ukraine, including 10,000 contractors and 40,000 convicts.

9 months ago

AFRICOM’s chief warned Mali about the Wagner Group. It didn’t work.

America’s top commander for Africa said Thursday he personally urged Mali’s ruling military junta not to invite in Russian mercenaries the Wagner Group before it did just that.

19 months ago