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Africa: U.S. Military Adjusts Strategy in Africa Amid Rising Insurgency Threats
ENA, 26 May 2025
The U.S. military is pivoting from its long-standing focus on governance and development in Africa, instead urging fragile allies to take greater responsibility for their own… Read more »
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Kenya: Kenya's Major Non-Nato Ally Status Here to Stay - Langley
Capital FM, 27 May 2025
The United States has reaffirmed Kenya's position as a key strategic partner, maintaining its designation as a Major Non-NATO Ally (MNNA) despite growing unease in Washington over… Read more »
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Africa: Langley Stands By Criticism of Traore, Cites Inadequate Anti-Terror Funding
Capital FM, 27 May 2025
US Africa Command (AFRICOM) Commander General Michael Langley has defended his criticism of Burkina Faso's military leader, Captain Ibrahim Traoré, citing underspending on… Read more »
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Africa: U.S. Africa Command 2025 Posture Statement to Senate Armed Services Committee
Africom, 4 April 2025
U.S. Marine Corps Gen. Michael E. Langley, commander of U.S. Africa Command, testified yesterday before the Senate Armed Services Committee, delivering the command's 2025 posture… Read more »
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Somalia: U.S. Confirms Airstrike On Isis Fighters in Somalia's Cal Miskaad Mountains
Radio Dalsan, 13 May 2025
The United States Africa Command (AFRICOM) has confirmed that it carried out a targeted airstrike on May 11, Sunday, in Togga Miraale within the Cal Miskaad mountain range in… Read more »
U.S. Military Announces Plans To Adjust Africa Strategy
The head of U.S.-Africa Command, Gen. Michael Langley has urged fragile states to take greater responsibility for their security, which analysts say signals a pivot by the Trump administration to prioritize "homeland defense and reduce foreign military footprints".
The U.S. general spoke at African Lion 2025, the continent's largest joint military exercise, where over 40 nations drilled combat tactics and drone warfare.
There are fears that the U.S. scaling back, especially in volatile regions like the Sahel, where al-Qaida and Islamic State operate, risks losing ground to extremists.
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The Trump administration is adopting a new commercial diplomacy strategy for sub-Saharan Africa ''based on what we've seen that actually works,'' the acting head of the Africa Bureau at the U.S. State Department, Ambassador Troy Fitrell, said in a briefing for reporters. Fitrell also confirmed plans to host another U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit later this year.
Speaking last week in Abidjan, Fitell said the administration is committed "to increase
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The White House has announced that a U.S. military operation on May 19 left 10 militants dead, bringing the total number of insurgent casualties in Somalia to "over 100" since the start of the Trump administration.
Although the statement posted on X (formerly Twitter) did not specify whether the militants targeted in the latest strike were affiliated with Al-Shabaab or the Islamic State in Somalia (ISS), both groups have been the focus of an intensified U.S. military campaign in
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Two landmark U.S. initiatives face uncertain futures under the administration of President Donald Trump, prompting Anglican Archbishop Thabo Makgoba to issue an urgent plea to stop the cancellation of the programs that have saved millions of lives and transformed economies across Africa.
With PEPFAR's authorization having expired in March and AGOA set to end in September, Makgoba warns that 2025 could become a "historical watershed" in U.S.-Africa relations with devastating
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The U.S. has opposed a UN proposal on funding the African Union's new "stabilization and support" mission in Somalia, sparking significant concern about the future of the force. A spokesperson for the U.S. State Department said Somalia is not a suitable testing ground for the proposed hybrid funding model.
The U.S. decision comes ahead of a scheduled May 15 vote by the UN Security Council on the new
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U.S Army Staff Sgt. Christa Glass, a medical logistics noncommissioned officer
