The Official Blog of Amb. David H. Shinn

 Eurasia Review published on 10 June 2026 an article titled "T he Head of US Africa Command Testifies before Congress on American Coun...

 The Institute for Economics and Peace posted on 30 March 2026 its " Global Terrorism Index 2026 ." Of the ten countries most impa...

 The International Crisis Group published on 7 November 2025 an analysis titled " Why Is President Trump Threatening a Humanitarian Int...

  World Politics Review published on 6 November 2025 a commentary titled " Trump's Nigeria Delusion ." The commentary reviews...

 The BBC published on 6 November 2025 an article titled " Are Christians Being Persecuted in Nigeria as Trump Claims? " by Olaron...

Military Africa published on 22 September 2025 an article titled " Nigerian Air Force Acquires Chinese Sky Whale Drones for Training ...

 Military Africa posted on 1 May 2025 an article titled " Nigeria Looks to China's Norinco to Bolster Fledging Air Defence Structu...

 The Stimson Center published on 31 July 2024 an analysis titled " Chinese Counterterrorism in Africa " by Cobus van Staden. China...

  The Hill published on 1 May 2024 an article titled " US Losing Ground to Russia in Geopolitical Battle Over Africa " by Brad Dr...

 The Africa Center for Strategic Studies published on 9 August 2022 an analysis titled " Sahel and Somalia Drive Rise in Africa's M...

 The Voice of America posted on 24 May 2022 an article titled " Chinese Working in Africa Face Threat of Kidnapping " by Kate Bar...

 The CTC Sentinel published in September 2021 an article titled " Twenty Years after 9/11: The Threat in Africa--The New Epicenter of ...

  Reuters published on 26 August 2021 an article titled " Nigeria Signs Military Cooperation Agreement with Russia ." Nigeria and...

 A recent issue of Prism published an article titled " No Competition without Presence: Should the US Leave Africa? " by Katherin...

The New York Times published an article on 24 December 2019 titled " Pentagon Eyes Africa Drawdown as First Step in Global Troop Shift...

The American Enterprise Institute published in October 2019 a study titled " Beyond Counterterrorism: Defeating the Salafi-Jihadi Movem...

The Institute for Security Studies published on 24 July 2019 a policy brief titled " How Viable Is Dialogue with Al-Shabaab and Boko Ha...

The CTC Sentinel published in August 2018 an article titled " The Islamic State in Africa: Estimating Fighter Numbers in Cells Across ...

The Combating Terrorism Center at West Point published in February 2018 a study titled " Targeted Terror: The Suicide Bombers of Al-Sha...

The Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA), a London and Washington-based environmental advocacy organization, published in October 2017 a...