Washington is preparing to move most of its MQ-9 Reaper drones from Africa to South America for counter-drug work. It is the Donroe Doctrine in hardware: a coalition of fourteen governments, joint operations with Ecuador, a new hard line in Bogotá, and a Secretary of State who found willing allies instead of creating them.
The Africa integration crisis deepens this week as the US and China race for cobalt, lithium, and rare earths across the continent. From AFRICOM's faith outreach to Djibouti's mounting debt to China, see the forces shaping Africa's future, and why America's investment model differs sharply from Beijing's extraction approach.
On June 23, 2026, four civilian herders in Mali were reportedly killed by Africa Corps. The group is also accused of arranging one victim's body into the shape of a swastika. According to RFI, neither the Malian army nor Africa Corps has commented. The world is not watching.
Africa's forgotten jihad has already killed over 10,000 people across Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger in 2025 alone. Christians are massacred during Sunday worship, two million people are displaced, and the West barely notices. JNIM and ISSP now push west toward the coast and north toward Europe. Pray for these persecuted nations.
