Squeezed by African Coups, Biden Cozies Up to the World’s Worst Dictator
Famous for its repression and torture, Teodoro Obiang’s Equatorial Guinea got an aid delivery from U.S. Special Operations forces.
Nick Turse
Nick Turse is the editor of TomDispatch and a senior reporter for The Intercept, covering national security and foreign policy. He has reported from conflict zones from Libya and Somalia to Burkina Faso and the Democratic Republic of Congo and is the author, most recently, of “Next Time They’ll Come to Count the Dead: War and Survival in South Sudan” and the New York Times bestseller “Kill Anything That Moves: The Real American War in Vietnam.” Turse has written for the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, and Harpers, among other publications. He has received a Ridenhour Prize for investigative reporting, a Military Reporters & Editors Association Award for Best Overseas Coverage, and a Deadline Club Award for Reporting by Independent Digital Media.
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U.S.-Trained Niger Junta Kicks Out U.S. Troops, Drone Base
The junta denounced the “condescending attitude” of an American delegation that tried to save a quarter-billion-dollar U.S. base in Niger.
Who Could Have Predicted the U.S. War in Somalia Would Fail? The Pentagon.
A 2007 Defense Department study found glaring problems with America’s Horn of Africa campaign plan. The U.S. military plunged ahead anyway.
Three More Members of Congress Call on Pentagon to Make Amends to Somali Family
“We can’t take away the pain and suffering felt by this family, but the fact that we haven’t even tried is awful,” Rep. Jim McGovern told The Intercept.
Israel’s War on Gaza
State Department Declares “Ethnic Cleansing” in Sudan but Won't Say the Same About Israel's War in Gaza
The U.S. risks complicity with Israeli atrocities, experts say.
Ilhan Omar Demands Pentagon Compensate Somali Drone Strike Victims
Omar urged the Pentagon to make amends following an Intercept investigation into a U.S. strike that killed a woman and her 4-year-old.
Drone Strikes in Burkina Faso Killed Scores of Civilians
A new Human Rights Watch report details “apparent war crimes” in attacks that killed 60 civilians in crowded marketplaces and at a funeral.
Blinken Visits Nigeria as Questions Swirl About Civilian Deaths and U.S. Security Ties
A State Department official said a drone strike that killed 120 Nigerians was no “attack” and urged press to focus on “fun” aspects of the secretary of state’s tour.
Rep. Sara Jacobs Urges Pentagon to Make Amends to Family of Drone Strike Victims
Despite admitting the U.S. killed civilians in a 2018 attack in Somalia, the Pentagon has neither apologized nor offered compensation.
Advocates Demand Compensation for U.S. Drone Strike Victims in Somalia
Human rights groups called on the Pentagon to make amends after an Intercept investigation into the deaths of a woman and child.