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The head of the U.S. military in Africa vigorously defended the country’s counterterrorism strategy on the continent and vowed to press forward with it despite a wave of criticism and a drift ...
High-ranking military officials from the U.S. and its top African allies watched intently as dust and flames shot up from pieces of the Sahara Desert hit by tank and artillery fire. The practice ...
The top U.S. general is making a rare trip to Africa to discuss ways to preserve some of the U.S. presence in West Africa after Niger decided to kick out the U.S. military in favour of partnering ...
The French Community in 1959.. Following the accession to independence of its African colonies beginning in 1959, [1] France continued to maintain a sphere of influence over the new countries, which was critical to then President Charles de Gaulle's vision of France as a global power (or grandeur in French) and as a bulwark to British and American influence in a post-colonial world.
In November 2024, the semi-autonomous state of Puntland declared a major military offensive, led by the Puntland Security Forces, Puntland Dervish Forces,Puntland Maritime Police Forces, with support from the United States Africa Command, and the United Arab Emirate Airforce against the Islamic State in the Bari region. [30]
The coup was also seen to have prompted internal reactions from other countries in Africa. In neighbouring Cameroon, President Paul Biya reshuffled the country's military leadership, while Rwandan President Paul Kagame "accepted the resignation" of a dozen generals and more than 80 other senior military officers. [84]
The United States warned Friday that the string of military takeovers in Africa’s Sahel region will hamper the fight against terrorism and demanded that Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers deny safe ...
The attacks began in the early morning of 17 September 2024 at around 05:00, [5] when gunmen attacked several locations across Bamako including the Banankabougou neighbourhood, [6] the Faladie military police school [7] housing elite units of the Malian gendarmerie [8] in the southeast of Bamako, and the nearby military airport, [6] which the JNIM claimed to have fully taken. [1]