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JUN 23, 2009
AFRICOM Commander visits Senegal
Afrique en ligne
General William Ward, commander of the US Command for Africa (AFRICOM), will begin a three-day visit to Senegal from Thursday, the US Embassy informed PANA here on Tuesday.
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APR 23, 2009
Africa: Africom - Making Peace Or Fuelling War
AllAfrica.com
Arguing that shaping a new US security policy will require more than a mere move towards more active diplomacy, Volman and Minter underline the importance for the US of striving for an inclusive approach encompassing joint action.
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FEB 26, 2009
The Trouble with Africom
Toledo Blade
Based on the debacles in Somalia and the Congo, the Obama Administration should look closely at Africom and ask whether it is needed in a time of limited resources.
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FEB 1, 2009
Al Jazeera English To Air Appeal For Gaza Relief
The Peninsula
Al Jazeera English has pledged to run public service announcements on UK prime time on Al Jazeera English in support of the appeal of Disasters Emergency Committee’s humanitarian aid initiative for the victims of Gaza hostilities. The channel will not charge any sum for the service. The announcements started running on January 26 and were aired to the citizens of United Kingdom and in many countries across the world. Al Jazeera English reaches an estimated audience of over 130 million households.
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NOV 18, 2008
War on terror’s hidden front
Chicago Tribune
AFRICOM represents a stunning shift in U.S. military doctrine, despite its relatively modest start-up cost of nearly $400 million. It reflects mounting concerns like those outlined just last week by the director of the CIA, Michael Hayden, who warned that North Africa and Somalia are now second only to Pakistan's tribal areas as growing Al Qaeda threats...Many African governments complain that their own security worries aren't linked to international terrorism, but to more basic challenges of political stability. They also fear that the U.S. military's surprising new interest in Africa—even with its gentler, kinder face—masks a hidden agenda to secure the continent's increasingly valuable natural resources, oil foremost among them.
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