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 ...

STUTTGART, Germany — U.S. Africa Command is launching airstrikes in Somalia at a record-setting pace as the military seeks to counter an influx of Islamic State group fighters, military figures show.

In this interview, US Marine Corps General Michael Langley discusses his hands-on leadership of AFRICOM towards a partnership-driven philosophy, reshaping how AFRICOM supports Africa’s future. The ...

The Pentagon is reopening a worldwide search for a home for its Africa military command, which still lacks a permanent headquarters three years after it was created. Army Gen. Carter F. Ham, the Obama ...

A video recording of this podcast episode is available to watch here. On any given day, there are 2,500-3,000 United States Army personnel in Africa undertaking a variety of engagements with their ...

US Marine Corps General Michael Langley, commander of the US Africa Command (AFRICOM), concluded a key visit to Somalia from September 9-11, underscoring America’s ongoing commitment to combat ...

In 2007, I wrote the first definitive piece for Esquire on the kernel code for Africom: namely, the Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa. Back then, I described it as essentially a non-kinetic ...

The US Africa Command (AFRICOM) – the combatant command responsible for carrying out the US Department of Defence’s military operations, exercises, and security cooperation in Africa – could sow ...

The United States is turning Africa’s largest annual military exercise into a testing ground for next-generation warfare, as new AFRICOM chief General Dagvin Anderson moves to integrate drones, ...

On December 4 the representatives of the U.S. African Command (AFRICOM) and inspectors of the army of the Central African Republic were having a meeting. The meeting was held in Bangui. The parties ...

Growing up in a nomadic family in central Somalia’s Galgaduud region, Luul Dahir Mohamed, like many girls in her Bedouin community, never got the opportunity to go to school. But as she grew up, ...