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Human Rights Watch detailed the massacre by Burkina Faso’s military, which received U.S. training as part of a failed counterterrorism strategy.

U.S. forces were expelled from both Niger and Chad this week, dealing a serious blow to the Biden administration’s Africa policy.

U.S. forces were expelled from both Niger and Chad this week, dealing a serious blow to the Biden administration’s Africa policy.

WASHINGTON — The Pentagon will withdraw dozens of Special Operations forces from Chad in the next few days, the second major blow in a week to U.S. security and counterterrorism policy in a volatile swath of West and Central Africa, U.S. officials said Thursday. The decision to pull out about 75 Army Special Forces personnel working in Ndjamena, Chad’s capital, comes days after the Biden administration said it would withdraw more than 1,000 U.S. military personnel from Niger in the...

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An angry missive to Washington from N'Djamena does not bode well — and could feed hungry Kremlin appetites, too.

A subsidiary of systems integrator Tyto Athene has secured a five-year, $168 million Army contract to assist with network infrastructure modernization. The award was issued to Tyto Government Solutions as part of the service branch’s ITES-3S contract vehicle supporting the Army’s Europe Infrastructure Modernization Capabilities Set, the company announced from Herndon, Virginia on Tuesday.

CACI International has booked a potential $1.3 billion task order to provide U.S. European Command and Africa Command with communications and information technology expertise over a five-year period. Commenting on the award Monday, John Mengucci, president and CEO of CACI and a 2024 Wash100 Award recipient, said, "We are uniquely positioned to equip the warfighter to successfully execute their missions and enhance communication, collaboration and coordination with partner nations."

After a U.S. investment of about $1 billion in Niger, the welcome mat is being yanked out from under American troops' feet.

After a U.S. investment of about $1 billion in Niger, the welcome mat is being yanked out from under American troops' feet.