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U.S. Army soldiers from the East African Response Force assigned to the Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa prepare to board a C-130J Super Hercules Jan. 21, 2021, in Somalia.

National Security

Extremist violence rises in Africa as Biden administration leans on allies for help

Abraham Mahshie · February 23, 2021 10:59 pm

The newest strike against al-Shabaab is part of stepped up U.S. operations in Somalia under President Trump. (AP Photo/Mohamed Sheikh Nor, File)

Kenyan man indicted in alleged ‘9/11-style’ terror plot by al Shabab

Jerry Dunleavy · December 16, 2020 6:40 pm

A Somali Soldier assigned to the 3rd DANAB, a highly trained Somali National Army infantry commando force, maintains a watchful eye during a short security halt a on patrol near the town of Wanla Weyn, Somalia on July 22, 2019.

National Security

US Army Africa commander explains why troops are needed in Somalia

Abraham Mahshie · November 2, 2020 7:57 pm

An armed member of the militant group al Shabaab attends a rally on the outskirts of Mogadishu, Somalia. (AP Image)

National Security

Airstrikes in Somalia degrade one of the ‘most capable of the terrorist organizations,’ but is stability possible?

Abraham Mahshie · April 20, 2020 12:43 pm

Ferry commuters walk through an automated disinfecting machine installed this week that sprays disinfectant onto all passengers boarding or disembarking ferries that cross the harbor of Mombasa, on the south coast of Kenya Wednesday, April 8, 2020. Kenya this week increased its restrictions to combat the coronavirus, announcing travel bans into and out of the capital city, Nairobi, the port of Mombasa and two counties.

African country says those not wearing masks during coronavirus pandemic will be arrested

Zach Halaschak · April 15, 2020 5:09 pm

Swarms of desert locusts fly up into the air from crops in Katitika village, Kitui county, Kenya Friday, Jan. 24, 2020. Desert locusts have swarmed into Kenya by the hundreds of millions from Somalia and Ethiopia, countries that haven't seen such numbers in a quarter-century, destroying farmland and threatening an already vulnerable region.

‘Unprecedented threat’: New locust outbreak threatens millions in eastern Africa

Mike Brest · April 11, 2020 4:40 pm

This photo taken Feb. 20, 2013 and released on March 6, 2013, by the French Army Communications Audiovisual office (ECPAD) shows French air force soldiers working on a Hartford drone returning from a mission over Mali, at the Niamey military base, in Niger. France said Monday for the first time that a key al-Qaida leader in Mali is probably dead. An activist close to the terror network's north Africa branch was also reported to have confirmed the death of Algerian-born warlord Abou Zeid.(AP Photo/Anthony Jeuland/ECPAD)

‘We’re not walking away’: Generals say US committed to Africa despite budget review

Abraham Mahshie · February 18, 2020 8:33 pm

Pentagon confirms Chicago mother’s claim that her son was US soldier killed in Kenya terrorist attack

Madison Dibble · January 6, 2020 1:29 pm

In this photo taken Aug. 26, 2019 and released by the U.S. Air Force, airmen from the 475th Expeditionary Air Base Squadron conduct a flag-raising ceremony, signifying the change from tactical to enduring operations, at Camp Simba, Manda Bay, Kenya.

Three Americans killed in al Qaeda-linked attack on Kenya military base used by US troops

Tim Pearce · January 5, 2020 4:50 pm

London, England, UK - June 9, 2013: The Shard, view of Heathrow Airport air traffic control tower and cargo area.

Stowaway falls from sky, lands in residential garden

Zach Halaschak · July 1, 2019 7:59 pm

The shadow of a helicopter carrying park officials and media is cast on an area of forest that was burned to the ground by forest fires on the slopes of Mount Kenya, the second-highest peak in Africa at 5,199 meters (17,057 feet), in Kenya Tuesday, March 20, 2012. Fires that have been raging across Mount Kenya may have been set by poachers trying to create a diversion from their illegal attacks on animals, a wildlife official said Tuesday.

Four Americans killed in Kenya helicopter crash

John Gage · March 4, 2019 3:49 pm

First lady Melania Trump is presented with a bouquet of flowers from Amani, 13, of Mombasa, Kenya, during her visit to the National Institutes of Health to see children at the Children's Inn in Bethesda, Md.

Melania Trump gifted necklace from Kenyan patient while delivering valentines

Caitlin Yilek · February 14, 2019 9:59 pm