U.S. forces will leave one of its two bases in Niger this weekend, withdrawing from the air base in the capital city of Niamey as part of an agreement with the ruling Nigerien military government, according to an American general. Maj. Gen. Kenneth Ekman of U.S. Africa Command confirmed the plans on Friday, July 5, […]
A review into the Jan. 5, 2020 attack on U.S. troops at Manda Bay, Kenya, found some senior officers had been negligent.
A new ABC News documentary on Hulu reveals the truth behind a 2017 ambush on U.S. service members in Niger, Africa.
The US has suspended military assistance to Guinea after troops trained by Special Forces overthrew their government.
Two soldiers killed during an October 2017 ambush in Niger have been symbolically inducted into the Special Forces Regiment.
The U.S. military has conducted an airstrike in Somalia against al-Shabaab, a terrorist group linked to Al Qaeda.
The small country in Southern Africa is in turmoil as the continent’s last absolute monarch cracks down on pro-democracy protests.
60 Army special operators who fought in Operation Gothic Serpent, known as the Battle of Mogadishu, will have their valor awards upgraded.
Protocol requires them to read the statement on a spouse’s death. As the statement was read, the words seemed to hit me like a brick.
Chief Petty Officer Tony DeDolph is being sentenced to 10 years confinement for his role in the killing of Army Staff Sgt. Logan Melgar.
A member of the Navy’s SEAL Team 6 will plead guilty to killing Army Staff Sgt. Logan Melgar in Mali in 2017.
Three al-Shabaab militants were killed and one was injured in Friday airstrikes by U.S. Africa Command, according to a press release.
American troops are moving to other bases in East Africa, though they will continue the fight against Al-Shabaab, a U.S. general said.
The Air Force is testing a prototype of its new drone-killing microwave weapon “in a real-world setting” in Africa, Breaking Defense reports
President Donald Trump has ordered most of the roughly 700 U.S. troops in Somalia to leave the country by early next year
The U.S. Army on Saturday identified the five soldiers who were killed in a helicopter crash last week as part of peacekeeping operations with the Multinational Force and Observers mission in Egypt
French forces have killed Bah ag Moussa, a military leader of al Qaeda’s North Africa wing, during an operation in northeastern Mali, Armed Forces Minister Florence Parly said on Friday
Five Americans were killed in a helicopter crash in Egypt on Thursday, according to the international peacekeeping organization that monitors a peace treaty between Egypt and Israel
Navy SEALs reportedly killed all but one of the seven captors during a hostage rescue operation in Nothern Nigeria.
Russian mercenaries with the infamous Wagner Group are now flying combat missions in Libya, said Navy Rear Adm. Heidi Berg, director of intelligence for U.S. Africa Command.
Seven years before he was granted U.S. citizenship at a federal district courthouse in Des Moines, Pfc. Fortytwo Chotper was learning English from American cartoons in a Kenyan refugee camp. Born in Sudan as one of 13 children, his journey to the United States, the Iowa National Guard, and becoming a U.S. citizen was the […]
“The Russian-state sponsored Wagner Group is demonstrating a total disregard for the safety and security of Libyans."
