31/1/08

US Africa Command Says No Plans to Re-colonize Africa
By admin
The United States Africa Command, Africom, is intended enable the US Department of Defense and other elements of the US government to work better in concert with African partners to achieve a more stable environment in which political …
www.netnewspublisher.com/?p=3511

AFRICOM staff to grow to 1300 as it takes over military activities
Stars and Stripes – Washington,DC,USA
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…
www.stripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=52009

No plans to invade N’Delta, US tells Reps
Daily Sun – Apapa,Lagos,Nigeria
Geoffrey Martineau told the House that US was not planning to locate the headquarters of AFRICOM in Africa stating that for the meantime, AFRICOM will …
www.sunnewsonline.com/webpages/news/national/2008/jan/31/national-31-01-2008-005.htm

30/1/08

Just In: AFRICOM Still not in Africa
By scout prime
Last September I noted that AFRICOM was still mainly located outside Africa despite this from the White House in February 2007…. “We will also work closely with our African partners to determine an appropriate location for the new …
www.first-draft.com/2008/01/just-in-africom.html

The Rising Mercenary Industry and AFRICOM
By Xcroc
The Iraq war will inevitably wind down, and these corporations need new contracts and new jobs. They are looking to Africa…AFRICOM can be the pass through vehicle for covert actions and “off the books” operations, “security assistance …
www.africanloft.com/the-rising-mercenary-industry-and-africom/

The Argument Against Africom
The Africa Command (Africom) – the US military command headquarters for Africa – infringes on the sovereignty of the continent’s states, say Mark P Fancher, Jeffrey L Edison and Ajamu Sankofa.
us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/82254

US Defers Sensitive AFRICOM Decision
A year after President George W. Bush approved its creation, the new US military command for Africa is finding its feet but has quietly dropped talk of basing itself on the African continent.
digg.com/world_news/US_Defers_Sensitive_AFRICOM_Decision

The Rising Mercenary Industry and AFRICOM
By Crossed Crocodiles(Crossed Crocodiles)
Over at the African Loft I have a new article up on The Rising Mercenary Industry and AFRICOM. The Bush administration has created a huge industry of military and intelligence contractors. They are already operating in Africa, …
crossedcrocodiles.blogspot.com/2008/01/
rising-mercenary-industry-and-africom.html

African Command Can’t Find African Home
By Cernig(Cernig)
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 switch the debate away from the controversial headquarters issue and on to the “added …
cernigsnewshog.blogspot.com/2008/01/
african-command-cant-find-african-home.html

January 29, 2008 — US reaction to Kenya crisis gives clue to …
US responds to violence in Kenya by increasing military aid to neighboring countries and troop movements.
www.waynemadsenreport.com/articles/20080129_1