U.S. Army soldiers and Marines conduct sling load operations on Chabelley Air Field, Djibouti, July 14, 2008. (Credit: defense.gov) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES WASHINGTON DC – PENTAGON – President Biden on Monday authorized the Department of Defense to re-deploy U.S. troops
U.S. Army Gen. Stephen J. Townsend, commander of U.S. Africa Command, meets with troops assigned to the Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, Nov. 3, 2019, on Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti. (Photo: Senior Airman Codie Trimble/ Air Force) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES WASHINGTON
Al-Shabaab Emblem (Wikipedia Commons) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES WASHINGTON DC – Ranking Republican member of the Senate Armed Armed Services Committee Sen. Jim Inhofe Tuesday called on the Pentagon to consider re-deploying U.S. troops to Somalia to counter the sharp rise in extremist
Russian 56th Separate Guards Air Assault Brigade. (Credit/mil.ru/) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES US AFRICOM Commander Stephen Townsend said Russian Mercenaries are operating in West Africa nation Mali via the Wagner Group. “We have observed the Malian junta bring Russian mercenaries into their
Special Operations Command Africa forces concluded Joint Combined Exercise Training in Abidjan and Yamoussoukro, Côte d’Ivoire July 9, 2021. (Credit: AFRICOM.mil) DIPLOMATIC TIMES STAFF REPORT Special Operations Command Africa partnered with Côte d’Ivoire Forces Speciales Ivoirennes in a Joint Combined Exercise Training in Abidjan and