Nick Turse

Before construction began on the base, polls showed half of the respondents in Niger believed the U.S. was fighting against Islam, not terrorism.

Libya has served as a laboratory for new drone warfare tactics.

MQ-9 Reapers may support operations in Libya and elsewhere in Africa.

In Strava's heat map, neon paths in remote parts of Africa likely signal Western troops and humanitarian workers wearing fitness trackers, such as Fitbit.

Nick Turse has reported extensively on secretive U.S. military operations — which is apparently why Africa Command has tried to freeze him out.

An official at U.S. Africa Command, in a conversation heard by The Intercept, said Johnson was alive during the search for him. He was later found dead.

A deadly attack on Green Beret soldiers in Niger has highlighted an expansion of U.S. military missions in the troubled region.

In a simulated exercise at U.S. war colleges, military planners envision an invasion of Mauritania after a Lincoln Tunnel bombing.

The PBS series by Burns focuses on soldiers' stories, with scant attention to the immense number of Vietnamese civilians who suffered and died.

Amid concerns about Ethiopia's human rights abuses, the NSA forged a secret relationship with the country that expanded exponentially over the years.