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Report of Illegal $80 Million Arms Transfer by Erik Prince to Libyan Warlord Raises Question of Who's Backing Former Blackwater CEO

Former Blackwater CEO Erik Prince is accused of illegally transferring weapons to Libyan warlord Khalifa Haftar. (Photo: The Oxford Union/REX Shutterstock)

Number of Journalists Murdered in Retaliation for Their Work More Than Doubled in 2020: Report

Brett Wilkins, staff writer

Afghan journalist Rahmatullah Nekzad was shot dead while on his way to mosque in Ghazni, Afghanistan on December 21, 2020. (Photo: AFP/Getty Images)

"The fact that murder is on the rise and the number of journalists imprisoned around the world hit a record is a clear demonstration that press freedom is under unprecedented assault."

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UN Warns New Wave of Locust Swarms Threatens Food Security of Millions in East Africa

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

Amid the coronavirus pandemic, locusts move through the Arabian Peninsula in Dhamar, Yemen on June 7, 2020. (Photo: Mohammed Hamoud/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

"We must not waiver. Locusts keep growing day and night and risks are...

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Pentagon Says Almost All US Troops to Leave Somalia—But Military Operations Will Continue

Brett Wilkins, staff writer

A group of Somalian troops trained by the U.S. military stand at attention at a graduation ceremony. (Photo: U.S. Africa Command)

"This action is not a change in U.S. policy," said the Defense Department,...

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An armed U.S. military drone sits on a base runway. (Photo: Getty Images)

Latest US Military Report on Somalia Airstrikes Makes No Mention of Civilians Killed

Ilhan Omar Demands Pentagon Acknowledge, Compensate US Drone Strike Victims 'Illegally Killed' in Somalia

A 2019 coalition study found that U.S.-led forces in Iraq and Syria killed 1,302 people, but Amnesty International disputed that number as too low.

Critics Charge Pentagon 'Still Undercounting' Civilians Killed by US Military Overseas

Locust nymphs aggregated on the ground at a hatch site near Isiolo town in eastern Kenya on Feb. 25, 2020

'Unprecedented Threat' for East Africa as Larger Second Wave of Locust Crisis Arrives Amid Pandemic

Locusts swarm from ground vegetation

'A Scourge of Biblical Proportions': UN Leaders Sound Alarm on East Africa Locust Crisis in Call for Global Response

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Climate-Crisis Fueled Locust Swarms Pose 'Unprecedented Threat to Food Security and Livelihoods' in East Africa

Wreckage from a U.S. airstrike that killed three farmers in Somalia.

'Appalling Disregard for Civilians': Amnesty Investigation Details How US Military Killed Innocent Farmers in Somalia

Hodan Nalayeh filming an episode of "Integration TV" in Mogadishu, Somalia in October 2015.

Somalia and Canada Mourn Journalist Killed in Attack on Somali Hotel Friday

An MQ-9 Reaper drone flies a combat mission over southern Afghanistan.

US Killing Civilians With 'Impunity' in Hidden War on Somalia: Report

'Shameful': Trump Ends Rule Requiring US to Disclose Number of Civilians Killed by Drone Strikes

Corker-Kaine AUMF Would Only Expand Trump's Ability To Wage Endless War

"Slave Ship Conditions" for Somalis as Deportation Flight Sheds Light on Horrific Practices Under Trump

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Amnesty International - USA

AFRICOM Yet to Compensate Somali Families, Despite Casualty Admissions

Amnesty International - USA

U.S. Military Sheds Some Light on Civilian Casualties From Shadowy War in Somalia

Amnesty International

Somalia: Zero accountability as civilian deaths mount from US air strikes

Jubilee USA Network

Congress Passes Somalia Debt Relief

Amnesty International

U.S. Military Shows Appalling Disregard For Civilians Killed in Somalia Air Strike

Amnesty International - USA

Amnesty International Calls on US to Investigate All Claims of Civilian Casualties

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Abdi Nor Iftin

President Biden Needs to Step Up Efforts to Stop the War in Yemen by Ending All Arms Sales to Saudi Arabia

Pauline Muchina, Kennedy Akolo

Leaders Must Act to Protect Refugees and Internally Displaced People in Africa

Tom Engelhardt

The Killer-in-Chief

Tom Engelhardt

The Global War of Error

Ron Forthofer

Proposed Withdrawal of US Troops in Syria

Brett Wilkins

For 9th Straight Year, US Grants Waivers to Countries Violating Anti-Child Soldier Law

Allegra Harpootlian

Drone Strikes and Tears: Why I Weep While I Work

William Astore

The American Cult of Bombing and Endless War

Danny Sjursen

Where Is the Democratic Alternative to Forever War?

Phyllis Bennis

The Alarming Rise of Civilian Deaths in the War On Terror