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Wagner offers “freedom” from Putin’s labor camps only to send those released convicts to the front lines of the conflict.

( Tomdispatch.com ) - The way mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin and his private army have been waging a significant part …

The way mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin and his private army have been waging a significant part of Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine has been well covered

Originally posted at TomDispatch. In late March, I was taken aback by a news story about a drone attack on American troops at a joint base with Kurdish - Andrea Mazzarino for Antiwar.com Original

The African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) said its troops have completed two-week road expansion work in the southern region to ease access to humanitarian aid in the drought-stricken country. The AU mission said in a statement issued in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia, on Sunday that its troops…

A campaign in the Horn of Africa is now the most active element in the “forever wars” the United States has waged since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.

Sean McFate’s thought-provoking new book predicts that the rise of private armies will return the world to the Middle Ages, when mercenaries determined the outcomes of conflicts. But we should not lightly abandon the state-centric principles that have served the world well.

The hunt for an elusive Somali militant illustrates why Al Shabab, despite a decade of American covert action, are at their strongest in years.

The partner in Fiola and Del Mar brought cocktails and handmade pasta to an international base in Mogadishu.

KDF DELIVERS FOOD AND MEDICINE TO DHOBLEY GENERAL HOSPITAL DHOBLEY, 22nd April 2021 – Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) troops serving under African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) have handed over medical supplies to support the delivery of health services at the Dhobley General Hospital in Jubaland State. The medical supplies were donated by KDF in collaboration with Bancroft Global Development and Give to the World – an American Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) working with AMISOM troops i...