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The article details Russia's extensive involvement in Africa through Wagner Group, using mercenaries and political advisors to support authoritarian regimes, exploit natural resources, and counter Western influence, despite accusations of human rights abuses and destabilizing activities.

The article focuses on the rise of military rule in Africa, particularly in the coup belt spanning six countries from Guinea to Sudan, Africa. It highlights the recent military takeover in Niger and the implications for democracy, regional stability, and the fight against Islamist militants in the Sahel region.

The article discuses the release of American aid worker, Jeffrey Woodke, who has been abducted by militants in Niger in 2016 and has been taken to Mali.

The article discusses that as fighting flared in northern Ethiopia, shattering a five-month truce and reigniting a destructive civil war, a small United States military aircraft carrying senior American diplomats crossed the front line on a secret mission to halt the bloodshed.

The article discusses that Navy cruiser San Jacinto had sailed off the West African island nation of Cape Verde on a secret mission aimed at helping deal a major blow to President Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela.

The article reports that French military forces in Mali had killed one of AI Qaeda's longest serving commanders in Africa, Abdelmalek Droukdal, and mentions the comments of Col. Christopher Karns of U.S. Africa Command on same.

The article reports that U.S. Military is reducing emergency casualty evacuation services in West Africa raising concerns that troops on mission can be left vulnerable and mentions views of Representative Michael Waltz on the same.

The article offers information related to the concerns of the U.S. over Russia's efforts to increase military influence in Africa by increasing arms sales, security agreements and training programs for unstable countries or autocratic leaders.

The article discusses the authors' claim that the Al Qaeda terrorist organization's branch in West Africa (Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb) has regrouped and is advancing into additional territories in places such as Senegal, Burkina Faso, and Ivory Coast as of 2016. According to the article, Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb have focused their attacks on West African hotels and seaside resorts that are frequented by Westerners and local elites. Terrorist activities in Mali are also assessed.

The article focuses on the U.S. government's plan to decrease the number of military personnel deputed for Special Operations missions in Africa and increase its focus on threats posed from China and Russia.

The article reports that terrorist organization the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) has created militant affiliate groups in Africa. Topics discussed include fears that the U.S. will become involved in a global war on terror, efforts by U.S. President Barack Obama to secure executive power to fight the Islamic State regardless of what country the group is in, and Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.

The article discusses terrorist threats facing the United States from decentralized affiliates of Islamist extremist organization Al Qaeda and other extremists as of May 28, 2014. Topics addressed include potential threats from extremist organizations operating in Middle Eastern and African countries such as Libya, Syria, and Somalia, as well as U.S. president Barack Obama's views on the appropriate U.S. response to such terrorist threats.

The article reports on the use of U.S. Special Operations troops in the training of Africans for counterterrorism purposes as part of the fight against terrorist affiliates and associates of Al Qaeda. Topics discussed include training carried out in Libya, Niger, Mauritania, and Mali, the role of former U.S. Pentagon official Michael A. Sheehan, and the impact of the terrorist attacks that took place in the U.S. on September 11, 2001 on U.S. counterterrorism efforts.

The article looks at the Africa Command (Africom) Unified Combatant Command of the U.S. Armed Forces, as of February 2013. It says the command is facing significant challenges that have expanded the scope of its mission beyond what was outlined when it was created in 2008. It discusses sites of military conflict or terrorist activity in Africa, including Mali, Libya, and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Carter F. Ham, a U.S. Army general and head of Africom, is profiled.

The article offers information on the meeting attended by more than 100 counterterrorism specialists from about 30 nations around the world in Algeria in June 2013 to devise strategies and discuss specific programs to combat the spreading threat of jihadists groups across Africa.

WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration has begun seeking a country, most likely in Africa, that might be willing to provide shelter to Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi if he were forced out of Libya, even as a new wave of intelligence reports suggest that no rebel leader has emerged as a credible successor to the Libyan dictator. The intense search for a country to accept Colonel Qaddafi has been conducted quietly by the United States and its allies, even though the Libyan leader has shown defiance in recent days, declaring that he has no intention of yielding to demands that he leave his country, and intensifying his bombardment of the rebel city of Misurata. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

WASHINGTON -- When the United States Africa Command was created four years ago, it was the military's first ''smart power'' command. It has no assigned troops and no headquarters in Africa itself, and one of its two top deputies is a seasoned American diplomat. Indeed, the command, known as Africom, is intended largely to train and assist the armed forces of 53 African nations and to work with the State Department and other American agencies to strengthen social, political and economic programs in the region, including improving H.I.V. awareness in African militaries and removing land mines. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Reports that the United States Senate has approved legislation on May 11, 2000 to promote commerce with Africa and the Caribbean. Provisions of the deal; Positive and negative implications of the bill's passage; Aim of the legislation.

Reports the United States House of Representatives' July 16, 1999 approval of a bill that offers trade benefits in exchange for adoption of free-market practices by African nations. Countries eligible for quota-free and duty-free imports; Focus of the African Growth and Opportunity Act; Senate opposition; Outlook for passage.

Presents information on the United States (US) House's approval of a broad trade bill with Africa which promotes private US investment for the 48 countries of sub-Saharan Africa. Indication that the bill needs Senate approval; Perception that the bill has more symbolic than substantive importance; Comments from Representative Doug Bereuter, a Nebraksa politician.

The article reports that Canadian Edith Blais and her Italian traveling companion Luca Tacchetto were abducted in Burkina Faso and have been released in Mali and mentions that the companions went missing in December 2018.

The article discusses coordination and planning issues amongst aid groups and government officials working to address an outbreak of the Ebola virus in Sierra Leone. Topics addressed include Sierra Leone's criticisms of Great Britain's aid efforts in the country, the possibility that the U.S. could become involved in aid efforts in Sierra Leone, and concerns that the Kerry Town Ebola clinic does not have enough trained personnel to treat the patients that it could potentially admit.

The article discusses the strategic outlook of terrorist organization Shabab as of September 22, 2013, highlighting the implications of an attack carried out by the group at the Westgate shopping mall in Nairobi, Kenya. Topics addressed include Shabab's origins and influence in Somalia, and its increasing focus on Kenya following Kenyan military intervention in Somalia. INSET: Witness to a Massacre.

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The article reports on the United Nations (U.N.) Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon's call for a peaceful solution and humanitarian assistance in South Sudan, so as to stem the social unrest in the country, as of December 24, 2014. An overview of the political aspects of South Sudan's social unrest, including the attempted coup d'etat of South Sudan's President Salva Kiir by the former Vice President Riek Machar, is provided.