On May 16, General Ray Odierno, the Army chief of staff, announced that AFRICOM, the American military mission in AFRICOM, would expand its activities, sending soldiers throughout the continent in a new plan of training, and it would involve a new combat detachment. Now—combat division, I should say. Now joining us to talk about this is Maurice Carney. He's the executive director and cofounder of Friends of the Congo, based in Washington, D.C.
Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya: "... a deliberate strategy used by the U.S. and its allies, including NATO, for opening the door into the African continent by expanding the so-called “Global War on Terror.” This will give purpose to the U.S. objective of expanding its military presence in the African continent and it will also justify the creation of the Pentagon’s AFRICOM, which is meant to manage Africa by creating an African version of NATO as a means for establishing Washington’s control. In this regard, the U.S. and its allies have already put budgets aside to fight the very terrorist organizations that they have cooperated with, encouraged, nurtured, armed, and proliferated across the map of Africa from Somalia, Sudan, Libya, and Mali to Mauritania, Niger, Algeria, and Nigeria."
As Côte d’Ivoire's post-electoral crisis continues, Pierre Sané discusses the circumstances leading up to the contested election results and stresses the need for the country to be left to solve its own problems. "Why did the international community not i
Markku Vesikon raportti Pakolaisavun ryhmän vierailusta Liberiassa tammikuun alussa. "Tämänhetkisen valmiussuunnitelman mukaan UNHCR varautuu vastaanottamaan noin 100,000 pakolaisen tarpeet ja on siksi valmistelemassa hätäavustuspyyntöä, johon tarvitaan
WSJ 20.9. "The Central Intelligence Agency operates the U.S.'s best known drone campaign against militants in Pakistan. Drone strikes in Yemen, Somalia and elsewhere in Africa are currently conducted by the U.S. military. Abdiweli Mohamed Ali, the prime m
Cameroonian writer Jean-Paul Pougala highlights some less known merits of Gaddafi. "It began in 1992, when 45 African nations established RASCOM (Regional African Satellite Communication Organization) so that Africa would have its own satellite and slash
Pambazuka 2011-04-14, Issue 525: "Given Côte d'Ivoire’s history, 'Alassane Ouattara’s entry into State House… will no more prove a cure than Laurent Gbagbo’s presidency ever was,’ writes Kalundi Serumaga."