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Under Trump, US strikes on Somalia have doubled since last year. Why?

As Trump hits the Horn of Africa, experts caution against drone strikes, saying the US needs to invest in peacebuilding.

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Can the US find new partners in West Africa after Niger exit?

Washington is now seeking a Plan B after troops were ejected from sprawling, expensive bases in Niger.

Al Jazeera

Islamic Jihadist Terrorist Numbers In Africa Increase Tenfold

Gen. Langley of AFRICOM discusses rising Islamic jihadist threats and foreign activities in Africa.

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20 Shabaab Militants Killed in Somalia

Somali state television announced on Wednesday that 20 al-Shabaab militants were killed in an airstrike in the country's central region of Hiran. The Somalian intelligence forces, in cooperation with international allied forces, carried out the airstrike. The attack targeted a vehicle belonging to al-Shabaab members, leaving 20 of them dead.…

Asharq Al-Awsat

US pressures allies to expel Russia's Wagner mercenaries from Libya, Sudan

The United States has stepped up pressure on Middle East allies to expel the Wagner Group, a military contractor with close ties to Russia's president, from chaos-stricken Libya and Sudan where it expanded in recent years, regional officials told The Associated Press.

France 24

US seeks to expel Russian mercenaries from Sudan, Libya

North African and Sudanese officials say the United States is ratcheting up pressure on Middle East allies and power brokers in chaos-stricken Libya and Sudan to expel a Russian private military contractor

The Independent UK

Somali President Accuses Iran of Implementing ‘Subversive Agenda’ Through Humanitarian Efforts

Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mahmoud accused Iran of interfering in his country, at a time when the US military announced that it had killed two members of the extremist Al-Shabaab movement, in an airstrike on a remote area near Haratiri, 396 km northeast of Mogadishu. Somali media quoted Sheikh Mahmoud…

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What's the US military doing in Africa?

“Keep your eye on Africa," journalist warns

Salon

US military says killed 27 al-Shabab fighters in central Somalia

Air strike on Sunday in Somalia’s Hiran region is sixth so far this year, US Africa Command says on its website.

Al Jazeera

U.S. says it kills 27 al Shabaab militants in Somalia air strike

The U.S. military said on Wednesday it had killed 27 fighters from the al Shabaab militant group in an air strike in Somalia's central Hiran region, where the army and allied forces have launched an offensive against the insurgents in the last month.

Reuters

US says it killed two al-Shabab fighters in Somalia air raid

US Africa Command says strike in southern Lower Juba region was carried out in response to attack on ‘partner forces’.

Al Jazeera

U.S. says it kills two al Shabaab militants in Somalia airstrike

The U.S. military said it had killed two fighters from the al Shabaab militant group in an airstrike in a remote part of Somalia's southern Jubaland state on Sunday.

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