U.S. soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division pull night guard shift in east Africa, Kenya, Jan. 20, 2020. (Staff Sgt. Shawn White/Army) All troops deploying to U.S. Africa Command now have to ...

The head of U.S. Africa Command is looking at security at all bases hosting U.S. troops on the continent following a deadly Jan. 5 attack on a base at Manda Bay, Kenya, which killed Army Spc. Henry ...

Smoke billowing from Manda Bay Military Camp after Al Shabaab militants' attack on Sunday morning. [ Photo: Gideon Maundu, Standard] Four al-Shabaab terrorists were killed during a raid on US military ...

The brazen Shabab assault at Manda Bay, Kenya, a sleepy seaside base near the Somali border, on Jan. 5 left three Americans dead, raising complex questions about the military’s mission in Africa. By ...

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Militants from the terrorist group Al-Shabab attacked and briefly gained entry to a small U.S. base in eastern Kenya recently, killing three Americans. U.S. Africa Command’s East Africa Response Force ...

Armed al-Shabab fighters on pickup trucks prepare to travel into Mogadishu, Somalia, in December 2008. (Farah Abdi Warsameh/AP) Al-Shabab, a terrorist group in East Africa with ties to al-Qaida, ...

A service member and two contractors became the first American military-related deaths in Africa since 2018. By Eric Schmitt and Thomas Gibbons-Neff WASHINGTON — A United States service member and two ...