Military

The Pentagon’s Failed War on Terror in Africa

Nick Turse / TomDispatch Nov 15, 2023 America's forever wars have yielded an astronomical 75,000% increase in terrorist attacks. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Pope Offers Christmas Message of Hope to a Suffering World

The Associated Press Dec 25, 2019 The pontiff calls for easing of tensions in conflict zones from Syria to Venezuela and spotlights the plight of migrants fleeing injustice. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

French President Says 33 Jihadists Killed in Central Mali

ALEXIS ADELE / The Associated Press Dec 21, 2019 During a visit to Ivory Coast, Emmanuel Macron vows that France will continue fighting terrorism in the Sahel region. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Vive La France! And a Lot of Other Nations, Too

RONALD BLUM / The Associated Press Jul 16, 2018 Immigrants, sons of immigrants and grandsons of immigrants bond together with scions of families that have been French for generations, all for the rouge, blanc et bleu. And for only the second time, France is the World Cup champion. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Drought-Stricken African Region May Finally Bloom, Thanks to Incoming Monsoon

By Tim Radford / Climate News Network Jul 8, 2017 European scientists say there is hope that a parched swath of Africa could suddenly start to receive heavy seasonal rainfall. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

The U.S. Military Pivots to Africa, and That Continent Goes Down the Drain

By Nick Turse / TomDispatch Aug 3, 2016 Over the past six years, each incoming commander of the U.S. Africa Command has offered a more dismal and dire assessment of the situation facing the American military there than his predecessor. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Air Algerie: Flight AH5017 Apparently Went Down in Mali

Staff / Truthdig Jul 24, 2014 Just a week after the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 killed 298 people in eastern Ukraine, another passenger jet has apparently crashed. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The French Method: How Africa’s Old Colonial Nemesis Fights Terrorism in the Sahara

Susan Zakin / Truthdig Oct 23, 2013 Few Americans outside the Pentagon have been watching Mali, where a midsummer election marked the end of a painful year of civil war and incendiary Islamic radicalism. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Heritage

Signe Wilkinson / Truthdig Mar 29, 2013 Dig deeper

Military Interventions Rarely Fulfill Their Goals

William Pfaff / Truthdig Feb 6, 2013 Military interventions by powerful nations into lesser ones, such as now continues in Mali (and Afghanistan), and is being urged by many into the Syrian civil war, are inherently reckless since even the most powerful states can have the whole project blow up on them. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Jihadism in North Africa Gets U.S. Attention

William Pfaff / Truthdig Jan 30, 2013 Is the Sahara the newest great threat to the United States -- "a terrorist training ground," hotbed of extremism, the new Afghanistan -- in the Great War against Islamic terrorism that still preoccupies the American political class and the foreign affairs community? Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

The Mastermind Behind

Luojie, Cagle Cartoons, China Daily, China Jan 24, 2013 Dig deeper