Tag: Africa

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Beltway Confidential

Marco Rubio must stop doing China’s dirty work in Africa

Michael Rubin · October 26, 2026 6:00 am

Beltway Confidential

Why is the US ambassador to Ethiopia undermining Trump?

Michael Rubin · October 22, 2026 2:29 pm

The Kennecott Bingham Canyon Copper Mine.

China played the long game in Latin America. Africa is America’s next strategic test

Jessy Samuel Ejah · October 21, 2026 9:00 am

President Donald Trump walks from Marine One to board Air Force One, Friday, Oct. 16, 2026, at Dobbins Air Reserve Base, Ga. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Trump must hunt ISIS’s Somali ghost caliph before Africa’s jihad consolidates

Jose Lev Alvarez · October 21, 2026 8:00 am

President Donald Trump talks with reporters.

Trump is turning to Putin for fuel — and missing the diesel boom in Nigeria

Yagiz Sullu · October 16, 2026 7:00 am

President Donald Trump speaks with members of the media on the South Lawn of the White House.

Israel got it right: Somaliland is the strategic ally Trump needs now

Peter Harris · October 8, 2026 8:00 am

Oromo Liberation Army fighters attend an orientation session in Ethiopia.

Beltway Confidential

Will Ethiopia be the next 3 a.m. call?

Michael Rubin · October 8, 2026 6:00 am

Health workers attend to an Ebola patient at the Rwampara treatment Center in Ituri, Congo

Kenya reports first Ebola case amid outbreak brought from Congo

Rena Rowe · October 6, 2026 10:23 am

FILE - Glass, debris and overturned furniture are strewn inside a room in the gutted U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, after an attack that killed four Americans, including Ambassador Chris Stevens., Sept. 12, 2012. (AP Photo/Ibrahim Alaguri, File)

Libya’s government openly shelters the next Osama bin Laden

Michael Rubin · October 6, 2026 6:00 am

FILE - Guatemalans deported from the U.S. arrive at La Aurora airport in Guatemala City, Dec. 30, 2025, after deplaning a repatriation flight. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo, File)

Last call in America: You don’t have to go home, but you can’t stay here

Jay Rogers · October 1, 2026 10:00 am

south africa shooting

Separate mass shootings in South Africa townships leave at least 27 people dead

The Associated Press · September 27, 2026 9:10 am

Secretary of State Marco Rubio stares out ahead.

Beltway Confidential

The US can’t win if it keeps rebuffing allies

Michael Rubin · September 25, 2026 6:00 am