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NOV 16, 2008
Stars and Stripes
http://www.stripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=58842
Those are some of the same places where many Africans have been leery of the United States and its heightened strategic interest in the continent, exemplified by its new military command, the U.S. Africa Command. In Africa, apprehension abounds about what America seeks to accomplish with AFRICOM. That it’s all about oil and military domination are among the suspicions...Could the good will from Obama’s election rub off on the military? And will a new administration mean new missions for AFRICOM in hot spots, such as Darfur?
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JUN 3, 2008
Africa: Critics Target U.S. Military Command
African Path
Streamlining the image of the command is proving every bit as demanding as putting personnel and equipment in place, however. Controversy has surrounded AFRICOM on both sides of the Atlantic since the start of the initiative, and appears unlikely to fade any time soon.
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APR 28, 2008
TPDF Officers Participate in Military to Military Peace Keeping Operations Lessons Learned Workshop
Embassy of the United States in Tanzania
Two military officers of the Tanzania Peoples Defence Forces (TPDF) are in Ghana for a U.S. Department of Defense sponsored workshop.
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MAR 28, 2008
Africa: What is Africom Really About?
Fahamu (via allAfrica.com)
One participant provides notes and commentary of the "Transforming National Security: Africom--An Emerging Command" conference organized by the Center for Technology and National Security Policy at the National Defense University in Virginia, February 19-20, 2008.
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MAR 7, 2008
Nigeria: In Guns They Trust
Vanguard (via allAfrica.com)
One Nigerian writer questions Foreign Minister Ojo Maduekwe's statement that Nigerians are in far greater danger rejecting AFRICOM than accepting it.
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