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Ghost Nation

Ghost Nation

In his heart, Simon Yakida knew he was digging his own grave. A few days earlier, clashes between government …

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Where the bodies aren't buried

Where the bodies aren't buried

One morning in February, people began telling me about "Abu Sala." They were all new arrivals, men and women …

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How the NSA Built a Secret Surveillance Network for Ethiopia

How the NSA Built a Secret Surveillance Network for Ethiopia

"A warm friendship connects the Ethiopian and American people," U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson announc…

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I Asked the U.S. Military for Its Leaflets About Joseph Kony. It Sidestepped the Request, Then Bu...

I Asked the U.S. Military for Its Leaflets About Joseph Kony. It Sidestepped the Request, Then Bu...

"Joseph Kony Est Mort," reads a leaflet bearing the murderous Central African warlord's visage and the messag…

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Pentagon Denies Knowledge of Cameroon Base Abuses - Despite Being Aware of Reports of Torture

Pentagon Denies Knowledge of Cameroon Base Abuses - Despite Being Aware of Reports of Torture

"To date, U.S. Africa Command has not received any reports of human rights abuses by Cameroonian forces at ei…

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Cameroonian Troops Tortured and Killed Prisoners at Base Used for U.S. Drone Surveillance

Cameroonian Troops Tortured and Killed Prisoners at Base Used for U.S. Drone Surveillance

Troops in the West African nation of Cameroon have tortured prisoners at a remote military base that is also …

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AFRICOM Becomes a "War-Fighting Combatant Command"

AFRICOM Becomes a "War-Fighting Combatant Command"

What the military will say to a reporter and what is said behind closed doors are two very different things -…

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U.S. Military Averaging More Than a Mission a Day in Africa

U.S. Military Averaging More Than a Mission a Day in Africa

The numbers tell the story: 10 exercises, 55 operations, 481 security cooperation activities. For years, t…

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For America, Life Was Cheap in Vietnam

For America, Life Was Cheap in Vietnam

OBITUARIES of Vo Nguyen Giap, the Vietnamese general who helped drive the American military from his country,…

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AFRICOM's Gigantic "Small Footprint" | TomDispatch

AFRICOM's Gigantic "Small Footprint" | TomDispatch

Here's a question for you: Can a military tiptoe onto a continent? It seems the unlikeliest of images, and ye…

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Was My Lai just one of many massacres in Vietnam War?

Was My Lai just one of many massacres in Vietnam War?

In 1968 US soldiers murdered several hundred Vietnamese civilians in the single most infamous incident of the…

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A My Lai a Month | The Nation

A My Lai a Month | The Nation

By the mid-1960s, the Mekong Delta, with its verdant paddies and canal-side hamlets, was the rice bowl of Sou…

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Civilian Killings Went Unpunished

Civilian Killings Went Unpunished

The men of B Company were in a dangerous state of mind. They had lost five men in a firefight the day before.…

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Lasting Pain, Minimal Punishment

Lasting Pain, Minimal Punishment

BINH DINH PROVINCE, Vietnam - On the morning of Feb. 25, 1969, Platoon Sgt. Roy E. Bumgarner Jr. led a five-m…

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A Tortured Past

A Tortured Past

In early 1973, Army Chief of Staff Gen. Creighton Abrams received some bad news from the service's chief of c…

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