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Massive Explosion Rocks Equatorial Guinea’s Largest City (Updated)
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Mar 7, 2021
The Story Of The Jet That Would Have Delivered South Africa’s Nuclear Bomb
By Thomas Newdick / Updated Jan 18, 2021
Nigeria’s MiG-21 Fighter Jet Force Is Up For Sale
By Thomas Newdick / Updated Dec 9, 2020
Russian-Supplied, Mercenary-Flown Su-24 Combat Jets Appear In Libyan National Army Video
By Thomas Newdick / Updated Nov 24, 2020
Russia To Establish Naval Base Capable Of Supporting Nuclear-Powered Ships In Sudan
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Nov 16, 2020
American Kidnapped In Niger, A Major Hub For Counter-Terrorism Ops in Northwest Africa
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Oct 31, 2020
The French Army Is Building Renaissance-Style Fortresses In Africa
By Thomas Newdick / Updated Aug 19, 2020
Two Su-24 Combat Jets Seen In Satellite Image Of Libyan Air Base As Air War Intensifies
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Jul 16, 2020
China’s Base in the Horn of African Has a Huge Underground Bunker
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Jul 5, 2020
MiG-29 Fighter Jet Reportedly Appears Over Key Libyan City That Is Now Under Siege
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Jun 10, 2020
Mysterious MiG-29 Fighter Appears At Libyan Air Base Held By Russian-Backed Forces
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated May 27, 2020
B-52 Bomber Spotted Flying Low Just Off Somali Coast (Updated)
By Tyler Rogoway and Joseph Trevithick / Updated Apr 6, 2020
Two Turkish Frigates Appear Off Libya Amid Reports Of Troops And Armor Landing Ashore
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Jan 28, 2020
President Erdogan Says Intel Operatives Are In Libya Ahead Of Turkish Troop Deployment
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Jan 28, 2020
Bizarre Airstrip Is Being Built Right Between Apartment Towers Near Libyan Capital
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Dec 30, 2019
The Air Force’s New Base In Niger Is Getting A Major Addition Before It Even Opens
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Aug 13, 2019
A Guide To The Pentagon’s Shadowy Network Of Bases In Africa
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Jul 16, 2019
Here’s What You Should Know About China’s New African Base
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Jul 10, 2019
Draken Picks Up a Dozen South African Cheetahs to Emulate 4th Generation Adversaries
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Jun 30, 2019
Armed UN Little Bird Helicopters Are a Big Deal for Peacekeepers in Mali
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Jun 29, 2019
Now in the Public Eye, American Troops in Niger Celebrate Thanksgiving
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Jun 29, 2019
US Air Force Reveals There May Have Been Another Attempted Terrorist Attack in Niger
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Jun 29, 2019
No One Seems Sure What’s Been Holding up Drone Strikes in Niger
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Jun 29, 2019
US Effort to Find Those Behind the Benghazi Attack Nets a Second Suspect
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Jun 29, 2019
Just How Closely Are US and French Forces Cooperating in Niger?
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Jun 29, 2019
All The New Details We Learned About The Ambush In Niger From America’s Top General
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Jun 29, 2019
The U.S. Military’s Incident In Niger Has Been a Long Time Coming
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Jun 29, 2019
The Army’s Latest Spy Planes Are Flying Hundreds of Hours Overseas
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Jun 29, 2019
US Military Reveals Contractors Flew to the Rescue in Niger, but Little Else
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Jun 29, 2019
What You Need To Know About Why U.S. Special Operations Forces Are In Niger (Updated)
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Jun 29, 2019
Militants Kill American and Nigerien Troops in Ambush Near the Mali Border (Updated)
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Jun 29, 2019
South Africa’s Gripen Fighter Jets Will Stalk Rhino Poachers
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Jun 29, 2019
U.S. Drones May Have Been Gunning For Top Somali Terrorists in New Strike
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Jun 29, 2019
U.S. Navy SEAL Dies in Somalia Raid as Pentagon Steps Up Operations
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Jun 29, 2019
The US Military is Formally Ending its Hunt For Joseph Kony and the LRA
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Jun 29, 2019
America Is Expanding Its Secretive War in Somalia
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Jun 29, 2019
The U.S. Army’s Newest Spy Plane Is in Action in Africa and Latin America
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Jun 29, 2019
The Flyover For South Africa’s Presidential Inauguration Was Absolutely Bonkers
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated May 25, 2019
U.S. Navy hovercraft evacuated Americans from Tripoli, Libya (Updated)
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Apr 7, 2019
USS Kearsarge Transits The Suez Canal With Anti-Drone Buggies Keeping Watch On Deck
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Jan 21, 2019
Air Force Rescue Helicopters Raced To The Aid Of Special Operators In Somalia
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Dec 2, 2018