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An american Special Forces trainer gives instruction in the woods, during a Joint Combined Exchange Training on an army training base in Ouassa, Benin, on September 1st, 2023. Credit : Adrienne Surprenant/ MYOP for the Wall Street Journal

Militants Take Cover Amid Elephants, Lions in West Africa’s National Parks

The U.S. and its allies battle al Qaeda and Islamic State fighters at a bloody crossroads of wildlife, insurgency, geopolitics and military coups.

By

Michael M. Phillips

| Photographs and video by Adrienne Surprenant/ MYOP for the Wall Street Journal

November 19, 2023

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FILE PHOTO: An aerial view of makeshift shelters of Sudanese, who fled the conflict in Sudan's Darfur region, in Adre, Chad July 20, 2023. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra/Files To match Special Report SUDAN-POLITICS/DARFUR

The Militia at the Center of the Darfur Genocide Kills Hundreds in Sudan

A paramilitary group that grew from the infamous Janjaweed militia has been blamed for the killing of about 800 people, mostly boys and men, in a Darfur refugee camp.

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Nicholas Bariyo

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Gabriele Steinhauser

November 11, 2023

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FILE PHOTO: A Bayraktar TB2 unmanned combat aerial vehicle is seen during a demonstration flight at Teknofest aerospace and technology festival in Baku, Azerbaijan May 27, 2022. To match Special Report IRAQ-TURKEY/AIRSTRIKES REUTERS/Aziz Karimov/File Photo

Ignoring U.S. Calls for Peace, Egypt Delivered Drones to Sudan’s Military

Egypt sent drones to Sudan’s military to bolster its fight against a powerful warlord, a potentially dangerous escalation of a conflict that is drawing in more regional players.

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Nicholas Bariyo

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October 14, 2023

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A convoy of French troops based in Niger drives by as they prepare to leave Niger, in Niamey, October 10, 2023. REUTERS/Mahamadou Hamidou NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES

U.S. Says Niger Uprising Was a Coup, Limiting Aid to Counterterrorism Ally

The Biden administration had hoped to avoid a formal coup designation to preserve its strategy to combat al Qaeda and Islamic State.

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Michael M. Phillips

in Nairobi, Kenya, and

William Mauldin

in Washington

October 10, 2023

4 min read

Derna, Libya. September 21, 2023. A man trying to find his home surveys the destruction caused by the floods in one of the hardest hit neighborhoods of the city.

Libya Floods Wiped Out Entire Family Trees

Clans in the port city of Derna that can trace their bloodlines back centuries lost scores of relatives in the catastrophe.

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and Ghassan Adnan | Photographs by Moises Saman/Magnum for The Wall Street Journal

September 27, 2023

6 min read

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Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks to Members of Russia's Young Army Cadets National Movement members and children of fallen heroes of the special military operation in Ukraine, after the flower-laying ceremony at the monument of Minin and Pozharsky at Red Square in Moscow, during National Unity Day in Moscow, Russia, on Saturday, Nov. 4, 2023. (Mikhail Metzel, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

It’s Time to End Magical Thinking About Russia’s Defeat

November 16, 2023

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A man walks within the premises of Al Shifa hospital during the Israeli ground operation around the hospital, in Gaza City November 12, 2023. Ahmed El Mokhallalati/via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY.

Israel Releases Footage of Tunnel at Gaza’s Largest Hospital

November 16, 2023

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China's President Xi Jinping speaks at a dinner with business leaders during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) conference Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2023, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

U.S. Executives Get No Reassurance From Xi on Tougher China Business Environment

November 16, 2023

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FILE PHOTO: FILE PHOTO: Chinese Navy's nuclear-powered submarine Long March 11 takes part in a naval parade off the eastern port city of Qingdao, to mark the 70th anniversary of the founding of Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy, China, April 23, 2019. REUTERS/Jason Lee/File Photo To match Special Report USA-CHINA-TECH/SURVEILLANCE/File Photo

The Era of Total U.S. Submarine Dominance Over China Is Ending

November 20, 2023

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TOPSHOT - A member of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad militant group walks in a tunnel in the Gaza strip, on April 17, 2022, during a media tour amid escalating violence with Israel. - More than 20 Palestinians and Israelis were wounded in several incidents in and around Jerusalem's flashpoint Al-Aqsa Mosque complex, two days after major violence at the site. (Photo by Mahmud HAMS / AFP) (Photo by MAHMUD HAMS/AFP via Getty Images)

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November 17, 2023

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