My 10-Years of Reporting on AFRICOM

A decade ago,  Nick Turse embarked on a quest to cover what the U.S. military was doing in Africa. 




By Nick Turse
TomDispatch.com
What’s the U.S. military doing in Africa? It’s an enigma, wrapped in a riddle, straight-jacketed in secrecy, and hogtied by red tape. Or at least it would be i

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