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AFRICOM - African Coverage
SEP 1, 2009
American African Command; (AFRICOM): Western Self-Serving Interests Or African Security?
Nigeria Exchange News
America's establishment of the so-called African Command should be seen for what it is. This is America's self-interested armada of protection for America, and her allies. As Africa have steadily and increasingly become more important, playing the role for Westerners, as repository of energy resources which powers the engine-rooms of Western economies.
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AUG 28, 2009
Obama Escalating Military Activity in Africa
Allafrica.com
In May 2008, the United States Army War College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, hosted "Unified Quest 2008," the army's annual war games to test the American military's ability to deal with the kind of crises that it might face in the near future. "Unified Quest 2008" was especially noteworthy because it was the first time the war games included African scenarios as part of the Pentagon's plan to create a new military command for the continent
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JUL 1, 2009
Goals for AFRICOM: Stop Extremists and Narcotics Trade
Somaliand Press
Recently General Kip Ward the Commanding Officer of the Highly Controversial US African Command (AFRICOM) gave an Interview to NPR (National Public Radio). Some of the Statements made by General Ward indicate that there is some major concern in Washington over Events currently unfolding in Africa.
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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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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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