The effort currently utilizes as many as 25 flying counter-drones but has the potential to be built up into a swarm of ...

Deputy Commander, General John W. Brennan, said that the key to Libya’s long-term stability is unity, expressing hope for ...

Massad Boulos, President Donald Trump’s special adviser for African and Arab affairs, met this week with General Dagvin R.M.

In response to the rapidly evolving threat of low-cost, aerial drones, US Africa Command (Africom) is evaluating a new force ...

Deterring the spread of terrorism in Africa and countering China’s push to influence African governments got a lot harder after the Trump administration cut off billions in foreign aid earlier this ...

U.S. forces conducted an airstrike against the al Qaeda-linked al-Shabab over the weekend in Somalia. The airstrike by U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) targeted an area nearly 40 miles northwest of ...

Figure 1: A U.S. Airforce MQ-9 Reaper parked outside its sunshade at Creech Air Force Base, Nevada, April 15, 2025. (Photo by Clark Nieddu, 432nd Wing. U.S. Department of Defense. ) U.S. Africa ...

ARLINGTON, Va. — About a dozen servicemembers are expected to go to Liberia this year to help train that country’s military, said Theresa Whelan, deputy assistant defense secretary for African affairs ...

Accra, Feb. 03, GNA – The United States Africa Command (AFRICOM) has expressed concern over the growing threat by extremist groups linked to ISIS and al-Qaeda in West Africa. The Command warned that ...

U.S. Africa Command has begun cutting up to 10 percent of its forces from the continent in response to U.S. security challenges elsewhere, the top U.S. commander for Africa told reporters at the ...