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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.

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Africa

US bombs Somalia for the third time this summer

These operations have been going on for 15 years straight — so long that mainstream media barely finds the energy to report on it.

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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.

Washington is not telling the truth about US troops in Somalia
Military Industrial Complex

Washington is not telling the truth about US troops in Somalia

The White House is being cagey, but despite 'withdrawal' the military has been operating non-stop on the ground there for 20 years.

Is the US military backtracking on airstrikes transparency?
Military Industrial Complex

Is the US military backtracking on airstrikes transparency?

A sudden shift in casualty information provided by AFRICOM after US attacks in Somalia should be cause for concern.

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Africa

Face it: 'New' counter-terror policy in Africa lacks political will to change course

The House passed a bill that sounds good superficially, but doesn't end the useless militarized approach or get to root problems.