west africa

The United States' presence in West Africa diminishes as troops withdraw from Chad. Representative Matt Gaetz (R-FL) sent a letter on Friday to Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin asking for information regarding the withdrawal, hoping to avoid repeating the disastrous Afghanistan debacle of 2021 or the more recent events in Chad's western neighbor Niger. Late in April, […]

During the General Speeches on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives, Representative Matt Gaetz (R-FL) held nothing back in a fiery condemnation of the Biden Administration's handling of American servicemembers stuck in the West African country of Niger, saying the United States is "at the bended knee of Third World criminals and thugs […]

Last week, Representative Matt Gaetz (R-FL) released an explosive report detailing the coverup of the apparent abandonment of American troops in the West African country of Niger. Subsequently, the United States announced they would withdraw their presence from the country as negotiations with the new Nigerien government deteriorated. As a result, the Florida Congressman is […]

Last year, Representative Matt Gaetz (R-FL) grilled US Africa Commander Michael Langley about two coups perpetrated by American-trained soldiers in Guinea and Burkina Faso. In July, the Nigerien government was also overthrown by US-trained troops. Since then, American troops have been all but stranded by President Biden and Secretary of State Antony Blinken, as detailed in a report published […]

In March, Representative Matt Gaetz (R-FL) spoke of two coups in West Africa perpetrated by US-trained soldiers in his bid to remove the American presence from Somalia. Now, Rep. Gaetz is introducing an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) demanding the tracking of US-trained soldiers involved in coups. The Intercept reached Rep. Gaetz […]

U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R), who sits on the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, told The Floridian that even though the nation of Cameroon “is a strategic U.S. security partner,” those human rights issues ‘continues to be a major concern for the relationship” between U.S. and Cameroon.