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For over a decade now, there has been an alarming surge in the activities of extremist groups in different parts of Africa.

When China was making inroads into the continent, Obama established AfriCom to let Chine know, "We're watching you." Slowly but surely,

Long-term partnerships with at least six African countries expected, SFAB colonel says 5 hours ago Djibouti soldiers in the Rapid Intervention Battalion wait in a makeshift trench before moving towards an objective during a training exercise with SFAB advisers Sept. 28, 2020. (Tech. Sgt. Peter Thompson/Air Force) A recent deployment of Army advisors to Africa saw U.S. troops pull out of Somalia but increase their footprint on the continent, beginning training missions in Senegal, Kenya and Ghana. Col. Michael P. Sullivan, head of 2nd Security Force Assistance Brigade out of Fort Bragg, ...

US troops now ‘commuting to work’ to help Somalia fight al-Shabab 1 hour ago Spc. Kevin Martin provides security for a 75th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron C-130J Super Hercules during unloading operations at an unidentified location in Somalia on June 28, 2020. (Tech. Sgt. Christopher Ruano/Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa via AP) When President Donald Trump ordered roughly 700 U.S. troops to withdraw from Somalia late last year, it decreased the American footprint there, but not the mission to help that country’s military fight back against al-Shabab, al-Qaida’s larges...

Muhammadu Buhari President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday urged the United States to reconsider relocating US Africa Command (AFRICOM) from Stuttgart, Germany, to Africa, nearer the theatre of operation, admonishing the international community to support Nigeria and the sub-region in tackling growing security challenges. x President Buhari, in a virtual meeting with the US Secretary of State, Mr Anthony Blinken, said AFRICOM, which partners with countries to counter transnational threats, should be relocated to Africa to strengthen ongoing efforts to check the se...