A new war is unfolding across Africa. It is not fought only with guns and drones, but with ideas, alliances, and resolve.At ...

Attacks by Islamic militants are surging in western Africa, where the U.S. is struggling to track terrorist movements in the ...

The Defense Department created AFRICOM for two reasons. First, its leaders recognized the growing strategic importance of "all things related to Africa." Second, they realized that the department's ...

Jiis was a “was a long-standing, high-ranking leader in the al-Shabaab terrorist organization,” AFRICOM said in a press release that announced his death today. Jiis was among three Shabaab members ...

The U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) was established in October 2007, making it just over 17 years old—close to the age of majority. AFRICOM undertakes security exercises, civil affairs initiatives, and ...