Russia is making aggressive moves in Africa in a bid to dominate regions spanning from NATO’s southern doorstep in Libya to resource-rich parts of central Africa, a top U.S. general told Congress.
Russia is making aggressive moves in Africa in a bid to dominate regions spanning from NATO’s southern doorstep in Libya to resource-rich parts of central Africa, a top U.S. general told Congress.
A new international effort is under way to reverse Haiti’s rapid descent into lawlessness, but disagreements, tepid contributions and delays in deploying police forces have raised concerns that yet another mission to rescue the Caribbean nation is doomed to fail.
Kenya and Haiti signed a pact that will enable the East African nation to send 1,000 police officers to the island as part of a bid by donors to stop the country’s slide deeper into lawlessness.
Massachusetts National Guard soldiers with the 772nd Military Police Company conducted lethal and less-lethal weapons training Wednesday during the annual Justified Accord exercise in Kenya.
The U.S. Army on Monday launched a series of military drills in Kenya, where an elite contingent of Somali soldiers will join a multinational exercise in their first mission abroad, U.S. Africa Command said in a statement.
Officials detailed their efforts to partner with the military governments in a region where Islamic extremism is surging, and Russian influence expanding.
Russia is distributing free grain to countries facing food shortages, and in return it’s getting some valuable political support.
The Rapid Support Forces, headed by Hemedti, are accused by witnesses and activists of kidnapping civilians, including young women for sale as sex slaves.
U.S. Africa Command said Tuesday that it is investigating claims that two Cuban hostages were killed in an airstrike last week in Somalia that was aimed at the al-Shabab militant group.
Government security forces killed at least 60 civilians in an attack in Ethiopia’s northern Amhara region last month, a state-run human rights body said.