Niger's army says an attack by armed men in western Niger has left 12 soldiers dead in a border area that has long been a ...

The tri-border region has long been plagued by extremist violence. Just last month, a jihadi group attacked a village there, ...

Black, 35, was a medical sergeant assigned to the Alpha Company, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group when he was killed Oct. 4, 2017, during an enemy attack in Niger, West Africa that also ...

One of the vehicles reportedly used by US Special Forces in last October’s deadly ambush in Niger, captured by the Tuareg alliance in northern Mali. The Imghad and Allies Self Defense Movement (GATIA) ...

ambush near Tongo Tongo in the West African nation of Niger. Black, 35, was a Green Beret with the 3rd Special Forces Group from Fort Bragg, one of 11 American soldiers on a patrol with 30 ...

Black — along with three other Special Forces soldiers — died on Oct. 4, 2017 in Tongo Tongo, Niger when 100 members of the Islamic State attacked the reconnaissance patrol that he was part of.

DAKAR, Senegal — An attack by armed men in western Niger killed 12 soldiers ... the ruling juntas have expelled French forces and turned to Russia's mercenary units for security assistance.

The family of a 3rd Special Forces Group soldier killed in 2017 in Africa received his Silver Star this week. Staff Sgt. Bryan C. Black posthumously received the nation's third-highest award for ...