29/1/08

AFRICOM Continues to Expand
By GI
The State Department and the US Agency for International Development will place staff at AFRICOM. The Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps also are forming small component commands to address needs in Africa that are specific to those …
forwarddeployed.com/2008/01/29/africom-continues-to-expand/

Why George Bush is coming to Tanzania
IPP Media – Guardian – Dar es Salaam,United Republic of Tanzania Answering another question on claims that President Bush`s visit was intended to facilitate the establishment of the United States Africa Command (Africom) …
www.ippmedia.com/ipp/guardian/2008/01/29/107257.html

African oil in the Financial Times
By Crossed Crocodiles(Crossed Crocodiles)
In response to this concern, President Bush last year ordered the creation of Africom, a dedicated US military command centre for Africa which is expected to be situated in a yet-to-be chosen country on the continent. …
crossedcrocodiles.blogspot.com/2008/
01/african-oil-in-financial-times.html

[Must Read] Africom Threatens the Sovereignty, Independence, and Stability of…
Monthly Review – Herndon,VA,USA
Further, Africom is designed to violate international law standards that protect rights to self-determination and that prohibit unprovoked military…
mrzine.monthlyreview.org/ncbl290108.html

US defers sensitive Africa HQ decision for now
Reuters South Africa – Johannesburg,South Africa
Largely carved out of US European Command, based in Stuttgart, Germany, the new Africa Command (Africom) will stay there for now as its leaders try to…
africa.reuters.com/wire/news/usnL28687775.html

AFRICOM staff to grow to 1300 as it takes over military activities
By the time it becomes fully operational on Oct. 1, the US Africa Command will be home to about 1300 Defense Department personnel: 500 more than originally estimated, a top command official said Monday.
www.stripes.com/article.asp?section
=104&article=52009&source=rss

28/1/08

Nigeria’s resurgence is flowing from its oil diplomacy
Daily Star – Lebanon – Beirut,Lebanon
Last October, Yar’Adua joined South Africa and Libya in opposing US plans to deploy AFRICOM, its new African regional military command, on the continent. …
www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition
_id=1&categ_id=5&article_id=88463

Ex-General Assesses US Military Command in Africa
Fulford (USMC, ret.) said he would consider the decision to “stand up” AFRICOM successful if in four years there is no conflict on the continent, US peacekeepers have moved on, and African countries are participating in global trade.
watsoninstitute.org/news_detail.cfm?id=775