Africa

Special Operations Exercise Holds Promise for Increasing Security, Stability: Flintlock 2026
Libya, Italy and the U.S. host the Flintlock 2026 Opening Ceremony demonstration in Sirte, Libya, April 14, 2026. Since 2005, Flintlock has served as U.S. Africa Command’s premier annual special operations exercise. This year’s exercise brought together more than 30 countries across Côte d’Ivoire and Libya to build lethality and readiness, strengthen counterterrorism skills and increase collaboration across borders. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Dylan Murakami)
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Special Operations Exercise Holds Promise for Increasing Security, Stability: Flintlock 2026

A destabilizing mix of crises is proliferating across Africa, largely as a result of humanitarian disasters fueled by internal conflict, and the rising presence of terror groups that thrive amidst…

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May 8, 2026
Fighting the Tide: Russian Disinformation in Africa
U.S. Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist John Pearl
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Fighting the Tide: Russian Disinformation in Africa

In addition to deploying military instructors across Africa, Russia’s grey zone operations on the continent include a well-funded effort to seed countries with anti-Western rhetoric and to promote pro-Russian narratives. …

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April 27, 2026
Losing Africa: China’s Economic Takeover Is America’s Strategic Disaster
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Losing Africa: China’s Economic Takeover Is America’s Strategic Disaster

As Washington indulges in bureaucratic inertia, focusing disproportionately on counterterrorism and short-term aid programs, China is executing a global coup right under America’s nose—starting with Africa. While U.S. policymakers fixate…

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October 31, 2024