Africa
15 US-backed officers had hand in 12 West African coups
But the State Department doesn’t know anything about it — or doesn’t want to. Why?
August 23, 2023
Nick Turse
Military Industrial Complex
Pentagon doesn't know if it trained Burkina Faso coup leader
Capt. Ibrahim Traore deposed the last guy who overthrew the government — Lt. Col. Sandaogo Damiba — who did extensive training with the Americans.
October 10, 2022
Military Industrial Complex
Report: post-9/11 era one of the most militarily aggressive in US history
America has conducted nearly 400 interventions since its founding, with more than a quarter in the last 30 years.
August 10, 2022
Africa
New report: Decades of US military aid has been a disaster for Nigerians
Washington's $2 billion counterterrorism program was supposed to enhance security, but it's had the opposite effect.
May 23, 2022
Military Industrial Complex
The military isn't tracking US-trained officers in Africa
AFRICOM says it promotes human rights and rule of law but doesn't know why trainees are overthrowing their own governments.
March 30, 2022
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