Africa

The number of U.S. troops in West Africa has risen to more than 2,100 and the first medical facility built by the military to...

Hassan Ali Dhoore had planned an attack that killed three Americans on Christmas Day 2014.

In the humid, lush jungle of Cameroon, 18 Marines shared tactics and skills with more than 80 soldiers part of the Forces...

Starving people on the move in search of food and water would complicate a stepped-up air campaign in Somalia, an official...

Defense Secretary Panetta says he now sees the murder of the U.S. Ambassador to Libya as a "terrorist attack."

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has maintained close contact with his counterpart, Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, through the...

The U.S. military was limited in what it could do to help rescue the kidnapped Nigerian girls by restrictions imposed by the...

U.S. Africa Command will lead the largest response yet by the U.S. to combat the deadly virus.

The U.S. military has scaled back the number of U.S. troops needed to combat Ebola in West Africa from 4,000 to 3,000...

ISIS is a growing presence in Libya and a threat to the stability of its interim government, the U.S. commander for Africa...