Al Shabaab fighters battled Somali troops and allied forces for control of a strategic army base in central Somalia on ...

Before his sudden, mysterious death, former Head of State, General Sani Abacha, left us with an enduring, prophetic soundbite.He said: "If an insurgency lasts for more than 24 hours, then, know that ...

to send a covert South African military force into Angola. The broad plan was to help Unita and the FNLA compel the MPLA to accept them as partners in a government of national unity. In a meeting of ...