Nairobi, Kenya (Prime Africa) Military leaders from across the African continent are convening in Nairobi this week for the 2025 African Chiefs of Defence Conference, a strategic high-level forum led by the United States Africa Command (Africom) and co-hosted by the Kenyan government. The annual gathering opens Wednesday and comes at a time of mounting political […]
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 security. At African Lion 2025, the continent’s largest joint military exercise, Gen. Michael Langley, AFRICOM’s top commander, stressed the need for “independent operations” and “burden sharing.” While over 40 […]
The US special envoy to Africa on Thursday called on Rwanda to withdraw all its troops from the Democratic Republic Congo and stop any support for the M23 rebel group. Eastern DR Congo has been wracked by decades of conflict but tensions have soared in recent months by the advance of the M23 armed group, […]
Adan Yabaal, Somalia – The United States and Somali armed forces have carried out a coordinated airstrike targeting al-Shabab militants in the embattled central Somali town of Adan Yabaal, Somali authorities announced on Thursday. The strike, conducted late Wednesday, came in direct response to an intense raid by the al-Qaeda-affiliated group on Adan Yabaal, a […]