More and more former members of Colombia's armed forces are fighting and dying as mercenaries around the world.

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In the weeks since Bashar al-Assad was ousted as Syrian leader, Russia has launched multiple flights to an airbase in the ...

Hmeimim has been the hub from which Russian mercenary operations in Africa – at first in the ... to its Syrian bases,” analysts at the American Enterprise Institute’s Critical Threats ...

Since the Cold War ended in 1990, four legacy empires — those of China, France, Russia, and the United States — have ...

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In his first term, Donald Trump denigrated African nations, but leaders there are hopeful his return will bring more ...

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Trump has yet to outline any vision for Africa. In his first term, he threatened to slash aid budgets to Africa, and many ...