US Steps up Campaign to Transform Kenya-Led Force in Haiti to a UN Peacekeeping Force Russia and China refused to give a green light to the draft resolution proposed by the United States.
UN Official Calls for More Attention to Sudan’s 'Forgotten' War Amid Fresh Atrocities More than 14 million people were forced to flee their homes, making Sudan the world’s largest displacement crisis.
Russia Recruiting Africans to Make Drones for Use in Ukraine, AP Report Claims About 200 women ages 18-22 from across Africa have been recruited to work in a factory alongside Russian vocational students...
How 3 Young Americans Ended Up in the Middle of a Coup Attempt in Congo and Facing the Death Penalty The U.S. State Department has not declared the Americans wrongfully detained, making it unlikely that U.S. officials would...
Sudan's Paramilitary Fighters Killed 85 People in an Attack on a Central Village, Residents Say The offensive came after the residents put up resistance and repelled an attack by a small group of Rapid Support Forces...
US Hands Over the Last Military Base in Niger to the Ruling Junta The handing over of Airbase 201 in the city of Agadez came after the U.S. troops withdrew earlier this month from Airbase 101...
Russia's Wagner Has Deadliest Loss in Africa's Sahel, Highlighting the Region's Instability Dozens of Wagner mercenaries were killed by jihadis and rebels over the weekend in northern Mali in what one analyst...
A Year Has Passed Since Niger's Dramatic Coup. Life Has Become More Dangerous and Desperate When a group of military officers appeared on state television in Niger one year ago to announce a dramatic coup, they said...
US Says Troops Are Leaving Niger Bases This Weekend and in August After Coup The bulk of the forces will go to Europe, at least initially.
Paramilitary Forces Attack a City Under Military Control in Central Sudan, Opening a New Front Residents reported widespread looting of homes and shops in Singa by RSF fighters who seized private vehicles, mobile phones...
Musk, Ramaswamy Proposal to Slash Spending Could Include VA Medical Services Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy confirmed that they plan to target "unauthorized" federal spending, a category that includes...
Coast Guard Set to Receive New Icebreaker by Year's End, Bolstering US Presence in Arctic The need for ships with icebreaking capabilities is growing as China and Russia increase their presence in the Arctic...
Marine Corps F-35C Was Used in Combat for First Time to Strike Houthis, Military Confirms Traveling at speeds of 1,200 mph, the F-35C can carry Joint Direct Attack Munitions, or JDAMs, air-to-air missiles and other...
Military Diversity Is Not the Problem "The main reason for concern about the U.S. military and its performance has to do with the variety of U.S. commitments and...
MacDill Airman Gets 5 Years Of Probation in 'Undead Apes' Blockchain Fraud U.S. District Judge William Jung sentenced Devin Rhoden to five years’ probation, a reflection of Rhoden’s substantial...
![Maj. Gen. Kenneth P. Ekman](http://images04.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2024-07/ApNewsroom_United_States_Niger_Troops_32920.jpg?itok=kPm4sOtJ "Maj. Gen. Kenneth P. Ekman speaks in front of a "Welcome to Niamey" sign depicting U.S. military vehicles at Air Base 101 in Niger, May 30, 2024. (Christopher Dyer, U.S. Air Force via AP)")
