Following the delivery of 12 KİRPİ mine-resistant armored personnel carriers produced for the Somali army to the Somali authorities in the port of Mogadishu in August last year, Turkey made… Continue reading "Turkey Donates New Armored Vehicles – Including Mine-Resistant KİRPİ Vehicles To Somalia"
Members of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) will send an unconfirmed number of soldiers to Mozambique to “combat terrorism and violent extremism perpetrated by Ansar’ul Sunnan in Cabo Delgado.”… Continue reading "Southern African Countries To Send Peacekeepers To Mozambique To Fight Terrorism"
During an interview held last week in anticipation of his testimony before the Senate Armed Services Committee, USAFRICOM commander General Stephen Townsend called Africa “too important for Americans to ignore”.… Continue reading "General Townsend: “Africa Too Important to Ignore”"
The Commanding General of the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC), General Paul Funk, has been appointed to conduct an independent review of US Africa Command’s investigation into the… Continue reading "Independent Review Of AFRICOM Manda Bay Attack Investigation To Be Conducted"
Authorities in Mogadishu say that five civilians were killed and at least 15 hospitalized in an attack on the Hotel Afrik in Mogadishu, after ending a siege that lasted over… Continue reading "5 Civilians Killed In al-Shabaab Siege of Mogadishu Hotel"
With the deadline for withdrawal having been set for January 15th, by President Trump, the US military confirmed two days later that most of the 700-strong American contingent in Somalia… Continue reading "US Completes Withdrawal From Somalia"
A Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) officer has died of wounds he received during a counter terror operation in Somalia last weekend. Details are still vague but reports are circulating that… Continue reading "CIA Officer Killed in Somalia"
AFRICOM (US Africa Command) have reportedly requested authority to conduct drone strikes within Kenya. Along with providing close air support for US or Allied troops, including Kenyan partner forces, the… Continue reading "US Aims To Expand Drone Ops into Kenya"
The Armed Forces of Djibouti have taken receipt of 54 up-armoured HMMWVs (High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles) destined for the Army’s RIB or Rapid Intervention Brigade. The HMMWVs are one… Continue reading "Djibouti Receives US HMMWVs"
Early on 5 January 2020, jihadist terrorists from the Somalia-based al-Shabaab attacked Camp Simba, a joint Kenyan/US facility at Manda Bay, Kenya. Simba, south-west of the Somali border, is a… Continue reading "US SOF Base in Kenya Attacked by al-Shabaab"