A February 2024 file photo of the remains of South African soldiers who were killed in the Democratic Republic of Congo, arriving at Air Force Base Waterkloof in Pretoria, South Africa.

Roughly 21 000 children have been recruited as soldiers by government forces and armed groups across Africa in the past five years. In 2020, around 337 million children lived within 50 km of active ...

This year’s African Lion became real-world action for members of the 86th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, who airlifted a U.S. soldier with a gastrointestinal infection from Tunisia to Ramstein ...