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JAN 5, 2010
Is Ghana a Model for Africa?
World Politics Review
Ghana has made impressive progress with regards to socio-economic and political development. This has lead to contemporary Western media and international donors portraying the country not merely as a success story, but as a model for Africa.
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DEC 7, 2009
South Africa Signals Tougher Zimbabwe Stance
World Politics Review
President Jacob Zuma's recent appointment of a team of envoys to monitor the unity government in neighboring Zimbabwe could mark a departure from the quiet diplomacy employed by South Africa under former President Thabo Mbeki. Analysts say that Zuma's team, which they described as "tough as nails," is likely to come up with recommendations that will put an end of Mugabe's obstructionism. Mugabe has previously taken advantage of South Africa's reluctance take a more muscular role in negotiations in order to maintain his grip on power, to the detriment of his coalition partners.
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DEC 1, 2009
U.S. Africa Command Hosts 3rd Annual HIV/AIDS Awareness Program
U.S. Africom Command
U.S. Africa Command health specialists, doctors, and staff members discussed the latest trends in HIV/AIDS at the AFRICOM headquarters in Stuttgart, Germany, November 30, 2009, in recognition of World HIV/AIDS Awareness Day on December 1.
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NOV 17, 2009
Think Again: Africom
Foreign Policy
For years, the Department of Defense split the continent between three existing commands - Central, European, and Pacific. But on February 6, 2007, the George W. Bush administration announced that Africa was finally going to get individual attention. If the move was meant as demonstration of Africa's crucial importance to the United States, however, it was received as more of an insult.
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NOV 17, 2009
Africa Command Begins its Premier Security Cooperation Conference
U.S. AFRICOM Public Affairs
The interagency representation at the conference also points to how Africa Command continues to be a listening and learning organization, Ward added. "This is a team effort...this helps us understand the environment in a more effective way and how we can do our very best to ensure that our programs are coordinated and synchronized in a way that brings coherency to the totality of our efforts to help bring stability to the African continent."
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