From Barracks to Palace: Soldiers Who Led Military Coups to Become State Leaders Col. Michael Randrianirina has been sworn in as president of Madagascar after a military coup. Here are five other famous...
Lawsuit Says US Held West African Migrants in Straitjackets for 16 Hours on Flight to Ghana A lawsuit says some West Africans who were deported to Ghana were held in “straitjackets” for 16 hours on a U.S. military...
Armed Group Linked to al-Qaida Sets Fuel Trucks Ablaze as It Blockades Imports to Mali A West African armed group affiliated to al-Qaida set fire to fuel tankers in Mali over the weekend, videos showed, as the...
British Army Faces Criticism Despite a Historic Payout over Kenyan Wildfires The payout of 2.9 million British pounds to settle damages for a wildfire accidentally started by British soldiers in Kenya...
Russia Asks Central African Republic to Replace Wagner with State-Run Africa Corps and Pay for It The Central African Republic's government has been reluctant to agree to Moscow's demands, because it sees Wagner as more...
Rwanda Agrees to Take Deportees from the US After a Previous Migrant Deal with the UK Collapsed Rwanda became the third African nation to agree to accept deportees from the United States under the Trump administration's...
Islamic State and al-Qaida Threat Is Intense in Africa, with Growing Risks in Syria, UN Experts Say The threat from Islamic State and al-Qaida extremists and their affiliates is most intense in parts of Africa, and risks are...
Men Deported by US to Eswatini in Africa Will Be Held in Solitary Confinement for Undetermined Time Five immigrants deported by the United States to the small southern African nation of Eswatini under the Trump administration...
US Deports Migrants from Jamaica, Cuba, and Other Countries to the Small African Kingdom of Eswatini The United States sent five migrants it describes as “barbaric” criminals to the African nation of Eswatini in an expansion...
US Completes Deportation of 8 Men to South Sudan After Weeks of Legal Wrangling “This was a win for the rule of law, safety and security of the American people,” said Homeland Security spokeswoman Tricia...
Federal Government Shutdown Grinds into a Second Week as Tempers Flare at the Capitol As the federal government shutdown enters a second week, there’s no discernible endgame in sight.
Trump Targets Blumenthal, Calling for Investigation into Senator's Vietnam Service Claims President Donald Trump is targeting U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal again after Connecticut’s senior U.S. senator grilled U.S...
At 50, He Survived Marine Boot Camp — Then Fought at Peleliu and Okinawa When 50-year-old Paul Douglas showed up at Marine Corps boot camp in 1942, the white-haired economics professor looked more...
Ukrainian Drones Attack Russian Cavalry Troops in Rare 21st-Century Encounter A short video circulating online this month appears to show a Russian mounted patrol being struck by a Ukrainian drone near...
When The Government Can Afford Everything Except The Essentials Every shutdown forces the government to decide what counts as “essential.” Air traffic controllers and TSA agents fall into...
