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OCT 14, 2009
Misguided Intentions: Resisting AFRICOM
Combined Arms Center
Afria's profile rose sharply during the George W. Bush administration. President Bush expressed the strategic change in unequivocal terms: “Africa is increasingly vital to our strategic interests." However, Africans themselves met AFRICOM with skepticism and suspicion.
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SEP 9, 2009
AFRICOM To The Rescue
Strategy Page
Earlier this year, the U.S. donated $9 million worth of vehicles, weapons and equipment to enable a battalion of the Tanzanian Army to join the peacekeeping force in Darfur (western Sudan).
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AUG 19, 2009
Stop “Crimes Against Humanity and Geological Scandals”: Give AFRICOM a Chance In Congo
The Huffington Post
10,000 women are expected to receive assistance in the form of medical care, counseling, economic assistance and legal support. Clinton's uncompromising condemnation of perpetrators of sexual violence has not been thoroughly emphasized or analyzed, but sniping has already begun about AFRICOM's involvement in her initiative.
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AUG 13, 2009
Envoys Resisted Arrival of Pentagon Africa Command, Report Says
Bloomberg
Africom, led by U.S. Army General William "Kip" Ward, seeks to nurture defense ties with 53 African nations. There continues to be some public and considerable internal debate about the wisdom of military funding of U.S. developmental and public diplomacy activities in Africa, according to the inspectors' report.
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JUL 1, 2009
Re-Packaged AFRICOM Still Not Good for Motherland
Final Call News
Increased attention on the White House Africa policy came ahead of President Barrack Obama's first trip to the continent as head of state, initially to Egypt in June and then Ghana in July. Africa policy has been a source of concern of analysts since the first days of Obama's administration mostly over the U.S. African Command (AFRICOM), an initiative started by former President George W. Bush, the U.S. Department of Defense and led by four-star General William “Kip” Ward.
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