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U.S. military service members interviewed for a congressional inquiry said intelligence reports about how bad the situation is were being suppressed....
Dressed in green military fatigues and a blue garrison cap, Colonel Major Amadou Abdramane, a spokesperson for Niger’s ruling junta, took to local...
Will the Biden administration reverse a course that the U.S. has been on since the early 2000s?
The Defense Department blew the deadline for a mandatory briefing to Congress on coups by U.S.-trained African military officers. The post Pentagon...
Famous for its repression and torture, Teodoro Obiang’s Equatorial Guinea got an aid delivery from U.S. Special Operations forces. The post Squeezed...
The junta denounced the “condescending attitude” of an American delegation that tried to save a quarter-billion-dollar U.S. base in Niger. The...
A 2007 Defense Department study found glaring problems with America’s Horn of Africa campaign plan. The U.S. military plunged ahead anyway. The post...
“We can’t take away the pain and suffering felt by this family, but the fact that we haven’t even tried is awful,” Rep. Jim McGovern told The...
Most Americans, including members of Congress, are unaware of the extent of War on Terror operations on the continent—or how little they have done...
The U.S. has a long history of killing civilians in air strikes, failing to investigate the deaths, and ignoring pleas for apology and compensation.
Omar urged the Pentagon to make amends following an Intercept investigation into a U.S. strike that killed a woman and her 4-year-old. The post Ilhan...
In war, people die for absurd reasons or often no reason at all. They die due to accidents of birth, the misfortune of being born in the wrong place...
A new Human Rights Watch report details "apparent war crimes" in attacks that killed 60 civilians in crowded marketplaces and at a funeral. The post...
A State Department official said a drone strike that killed 120 Nigerians was no “attack” and urged press to focus on “fun” aspects of the...
A State Department official said a drone strike that killed 120 Nigerians was no “attack” and urged press to focus on “fun” aspects of the...
Despite admitting the U.S. killed civilians in a 2018 attack in Somalia, the Pentagon has neither apologized nor offered compensation. The post Rep....
Human rights groups called on the Pentagon to make amends after an Intercept investigation into the deaths of a woman and child. The post Advocates...
“The United States cannot fix Syria,” an Obama administration official said. “I simply fail to understand why we have U.S. troops there.” The...
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“Few people ... have had a hand in as much death and destruction, as much human suffering, in so many places around the world as Henry Kissinger.”...
Documents reveal “sensitive weapons and equipment” were taken – and the Pentagon may be unaware of the scope of the thefts. The post Missiles...
America’s Global War on Terror has seen its share of stalemates, disasters, and outright defeats. During 20-plus years of armed interventions, the...
Since the United States ramped up its counterterrorism operations in Africa, terrorism has spiked 75,000%.
Indiscriminate airstrikes have been a U.S. hallmark from the “banana wars” to the forever wars. The post For a Century, the American Way of War...
The U.S. military has neither compensated nor apologized to relatives of the woman and child it acknowledges killing in 2018. The post Secret Pentagon...
The senator’s proposal would require Biden to withdraw forces from the West African nation within 30 days. The post Rand Paul Wants U.S. Troops Out...
Billions in security aid to Lebanon, along with off-the-books commandos, could embroil the U.S. in a regional conflagration. The post Secret U.S. War...
Victims’ relatives are fighting to hold Khalifa Hifter accountable for war crimes. Last week, a top Pentagon official held court with him. The post...
A general failed to mention six U.S. outposts and described a quarter-billion dollar drone hub as “low-cost.” The post Pentagon Misled Congress...