31 May, 2009

Washington Area Literary Calendar: June 01-07, 2009
Washington Post – United States
6 PM David Vine, author of Island of Shame: The Secret History of the US Military Base on Diego Garcia, takes part in a panel discussion on AFRICOM and the …
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/
article/2009/05/29/AR2009052901901.html

US MILITARY BASE IN GHANA: From “Baloney!” To “What’s In It For Us …
“Despite the warm words, Ghana is refusing to host any US facility or base on its territory under Africom, whose creation was announced a year ago. The idea of setting up a military command in Africa is an unpopular idea,…
www.modernghana.com/news/219328/1/us-
military-base-in-ghana-from-baloney-to-whats-in.html

Nana Akyea Mensah’s Corner: REMOTE CAUSES: US MILTARY BASE IN …
By Nana Akyea Mensah
I am personally suspending judgement until Obama clearly asks for the establishment of AFRICOM in Ghana. Even if these were Ananse stories, we would do well with what we do with such stories, “We keep them, we don’t believe them”! …
nanaakyeamensah.blogspot.com/2009/05/money-changers.html

30 May, 2009

Ghana: Why Obama’s Visit to Country is Not That Significant
AllAfrica.com – Washington,USA
Before we get onto the issue of oil, let us concentrate for a moment on AFRICOM. AFRICOM is an initiative or policy that was conceived by the neo-cons in …
allafrica.com/stories/200905290835.html

Mal d’Africa “ Bye Bye Uncle Sam
By byebyeunclesam
“L’US Southern Command ed Africom vogliono lavorare insieme”, ha spiegato l’ambasciatrice Yates. “I narcotrafficanti arrivano in Africa dall’America Latina, così noi dobbiamo lavorare sia in funzione del rafforzamento delle autorità …
byebyeunclesam.wordpress.com/2009/05/29/mal-dafrica/

29 May, 2009

RGB Returns To Mayport After AFRICOM Deployment
MayportMirror – Jacksonville,FL,USA
By Ensign Rajiv Seth , USS Robert G. Bradley PAO The guided-missile frigate USS Robert G. Bradley (FFG 49) returned to Mayport on May 23 after a six-month …
www.mayportmirror.com/stories/052809/may_rgb.shtml

US soldier: “The US govt. has deceived not only the American …
He wants to keep pushing for AFRICOM, the U.S. command for Africa based in Stuttgart, and he’s pushing for the missile shield to try to encircle Russia and Iran. These things show me that Barack Obama is not going to change anything. …
www.rawa.org/temp/runews/rawanews.php?id=1085

Obama in Ghana – Abibitumi Kasa Afrikan Language and Liberation …
By Okyeame Kwame
On February 6, 2007, George W. Bush announced that the U.S. Would create a new military command for Africa, known as the Africa Command or Africom. However, in 2008, during his visit to Ghana he unequivocally denied establishing a …
www.abibitumikasa.com/forums/oppression-
afrikans-militarily/39888-obama-ghana.html

28 May, 2009

Ghana: Obama’s Visit- What’s in It for Us And US?
AllAfrica.com – Washington,USA
But this was given when America’s strategic flirtation with Ghana was purely based on its interests in Ghana as a geographical location for AFRICOM rather …
allafrica.com/stories/200905270716.html

AFRICOM’s top civilian headed back to U.S. | Stars and Stripes
US Africa Command’s deputy for civil-military activities will be departing the command in the coming weeks for a new assignment in Washington, AFRICOM officials have confirmed.
www.stripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=62964

War On Terror News: Africa Partnership Group Convenes
By Hope
U.S. AFRICOM Engagement Division – GARMISCH, Germany, May 26, 2009 — The first-ever Africa Partners Group (APG) met May 18-20, 2009 in Garmisch, Germany. The group was formed based on the recognition by a number of partner nations that …
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05/apg-nations-coordinate-op-issues.html