On the Hunt for al-Qaida in East Africa with the US Military's Most Secretive Unit An excerpt from "The Unit: My Life Fighting Terrorists as One of America's Most Secret Military Operatives" by Adam Gamal...
Gunmen Kidnap 300 Students in Northwest Nigeria. Two Days Later, Some Have Lost Hope of Finding Them The kidnappings are a stark reminder of the security crisis plaguing Africa’s most populous country.
A Paramilitary Group at War With Sudan’s Military Endorses a Cease-Fire During Holy Fasting Month The 15-member Security Council voted overwhelmingly in favor of the British-drafted cease-fire resolution, with 14 countries...
Blinken Pitches the US as an Alternative to Russia's Wagner in Africa's Troubled Sahel Blinken, who is visiting Nigeria as part of an Africa tour to strengthen bilateral relations, said the U.S. will continue to...
Ships and Aircraft Search for 2 Navy SEALs Missing After Mission to Confiscate Iranian Missile Parts The SEALs were on the USS Lewis B. Puller, a Navy expeditionary sea base vessel.
France Completes Military Withdrawal from Niger, Leaving a Gap in the Terror Fight in the Sahel France on Friday completed the withdrawal of its troops after they were asked to leave Niger by the country’s new junta...
At Least 85 Confirmed Killed by Nigerian Army Drone Attack, Raising Questions About Such Mistakes Since 2017, some 400 civilians have been killed by airstrikes the military said were targeting armed groups in the deadly...
Sierra Leone Declares Nationwide Curfew After Gunmen Attack Main Military Barracks in the Capital The country's Ministry of Information and Education said the government and security forces are “in control” of the situation...
A Newly Formed Alliance Between Coup-Hit Countries in Africa’s Sahel Is Seen as Tool for Legitimacy Niger’s junta leader, Gen. Abdourahmane Tchiani held separate meetings with his Mali and Burkina Faso counterparts.
An Alternative Way of Dealing with Human Shields Those of us who fought in Somalia in 1993 were the first Americans to experience firsthand the barbaric tactic of using...
Police Who Shot Florida Airman 6 Times in His Home May Have Entered Wrong Apartment, Family Says Senior Airman Roger Fortson lived in an off-base residence, and his special operations squadron at Hurlburt Field in the...
Florida Airman Was Shot by Deputy Within Seconds of Opening Apartment Door, Body Cam Footage Shows Only as Fortson is lying on the floor of his apartment fatally wounded does the deputy tell him to drop his weapon, a firearm...
'They Took My Gift Away': In Interview, Mother of Florida Airman Killed by Police Describes Shock Meka Fortson told Military.com in an exclusive interview Thursday that her son, Senior Airman Roger Fortson, had always...
Army Pumping Millions into Food Kiosks, But They May Soon Be Obsolete Kiosks are effectively small snack stands providing soldiers with sandwiches, candy, chips and soda -- offerings that hold...
Apache Crash Injures 2 Fort Riley Soldiers as Army Grapples with Nonstop Aviation Incidents The pair of soldiers with the 1st Infantry Division's Combat Aviation Brigade were being treated for injuries after the crash...