Africom

Kony 2012 and the Failed Fantasy of Firepower in Libya, Syria, Uganda...

Lisa Schirch | Posted 05.10.2012

Read More: Syria, Libya, Kony 2012, Africom, Libya Rebels, Joseph Kony, Syrian Rebels, US Policy, Plan Colombia, World News

Echoes of victims call out to us over television or even twitter with bloodied images of civilians suffering. Those with empathy want to stop it. There is vast appeal for a fast fantasy of firepower solution

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Libya and the Law of Unintended Consequences

Conn Hallinan | Posted 06.08.2011

Read More: Oil, Africom, Obama Libya, France, Nukes, Consequences of War, Libya No Fly Zone, Muammar Gaddafi, Libya Intervention, Nato, The Fog of War, World News

War always has consequences, although not all of them are initially obvious. In war, as Carl von Clausewitz noted, the only thing you can determine is who fires the first shot. After that it is all fog and plans gone awry.

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Why We Pay Attention to Piracy

Marcia DeSanctis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Energy, Obama Diplomacy, Africom, Somalia Pirates, National Security, Africa, Nigeria, Pirates, Obama National Security, Diplomacy, Gulf of Aden, Captain Phillips, US Navy, World News

There is no government in Somalia to speak of, and the pirates are self-governing anyway. It is dramatic, challenging, surprising and odd place for a test of America's strength in the post-Bush world.

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AFRICOM's Effective Public Diplomacy Venue

Philip Seib | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Maghreb, Africom, Department of State, Public Diplomacy, Department of Defense, World News

One of the most impressive online U.S. public diplomacy venues is Magharebia, a website and news service for North Africans that is published by the ...

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AFRICA: The Mother of All PMC

David Isenberg | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Private Military Contractor, Africom, State Department, Dyncorp, Africa, Business News

With all the attention being paid to private military and security contractors working in Iraq and Afghanistan it is easy to forget they operate in ot...

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Military Still Fumbling Humanitarian Projects

Dan Madden | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Pentagon, Foreign Aid, Yemen, Africom, Counterterrorism, Horn of Africa, Gao, Tom Ricks, Irregular Warfare, Djibouti, World News

The U.S. military has been conducting development-like activities in Africa regularly since 2002 -- and we're still building white elephants.

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Liberia: The Real Danger is Not Spending Enough

Ruthie Ackerman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Rape, Massacre, Child Soldiers, Africom, Guinea, War, Ruthie Ackerman, Violence, Liberia, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Education, Military, Conflict, Colonel Moussa Dadis Camara, Job, Ceasefire, World News

Conservatives will ask why during an economic recession should we spend even more money in Liberia. My answer: for the security of Liberia and the entire West African region.

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Satellite Imagery Proves Catastrophic Failure of Joint Rwanda/Congo Military Exercises

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Satellite Imagery, Rwanda, Rape, Fdlr, Hrw, Joseph Kabila, Fardc, Kimia II, Huffington Post, Umoja Wetu, Truth, American Association of the Advancement of Science, Democratic Republic of Congo, Burning, Cndp, Africom, Hillary Clinton, Laurent Nkunda, World News

Reported have said that joint military operations between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo have been a catastrophic failure. Now satellite imagery of the Busurungi area in North Kivu clearly shows burned villages.

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Anthropology Association Condemns Work with U.S. Counterinsurgency

Jeff Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Africom, Cia, Counterterrorism, Centcom, Anthropology, Social Science, Spying, Military-Intelligence, Espionage, Counterinsurgency, Afghanistan War, Paccom, U.S. Army, World News

Anthropologists should not be helping U.S. military forces gather information about Afghan villagers and their way of life, a study commission sponsored by their academic organization said today.

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Happy Birthday, AFRICOM!

Brian Palmer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Africom, Military, Pentagon, Africa, Special Forces, Department of Defense, Liberia, Nigeria, Department of State, U.S. Africa Command, Inside DC, World News

Unbeknown to most Americans, the Departments of Defense and State maintain a wide web of military programs across Africa. Collectively, they fall under the jurisdiction of AFRICOM.

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Support Our Troops: Combat Climate Change

Charles London | Posted 05.25.2011

Displaced, vulnerable populations are a breeding ground for extremism and contribute to the instability and failure of states. Now, U.S generals say climate change acts as a "threat multiplier."

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Stop "Crimes Against Humanity and Geological Scandals": Give AFRICOM a Chance In Congo

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Rwanda, Women, Africom, Rape, Andrea Mitchell, Goma, War, Foreign Service, Global Research, Internally Displaced Persons, Georgianne Nienaber, Media, Ngo, Media Distortions, Msnbc, Chidren, Mugunga I, Think Tanks, Embedded Journalists, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Joseph Kabila, Paul Kagame, Hillary Clinton, Office of Inspector General, State Department, Usaid, Citizen Journalists, Af, Oig, Obama, Community Organizing, Lord's Resistance Army, Laurent Nkunda, Joseph Kony, World News

This is going out to the end of a very long limb, but contrary to the rumblings in progressive think tanks, let's suggest that AFRICOM must be given a chance in eastern Congo.

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America: Gassed to Death

John Feffer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Energy, Gas Prices, Africom, Gas Station Tv, Niger Delta, Green News

In 2008, when oil prices spiked, Americans drove less, and that saved lives. When gas prices went up by a couple dollars per gallon, we saved more lives than perished in the September 11 attacks.

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How Much Does the U.S. Empire Cost?

John Feffer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Pentagon, Ghana, Empire, Africom, Obama, Africa, World News

Obama's product -- America -- has taken a beating in the marketplace over the last eight years or so. The president has to do some serious rebranding.

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Piracy and Us

Marcia DeSanctis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Pentagon, Africom, National Security, Africa, Pirates, Security, Barack Obama, Politics News

Piracy in the Gulf of Aden might seem like a pebble dropping, but the ripples may be felt everywhere.

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As Opposition Grows, Africom Could Be A Headache For Obama

GroundReport | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Barack Obama 2008, Africom, President Obama, Africa, Oil, Nigeria, Nigeria Oil, Obama, Airlines, Opposition to Africom, Barack Obama, Groundreport, World News

Originally published on GroundReport.com, the citizen journalism platform that covers world news at the local level. By Charles Rukuni United State...

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AFRICOM: Why The Global Community Should Reject An Expansion Of American Military Might

Huffington Post | Hanna Ingber Win | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ellie Walton, Africom Opposition, Africom, Africa Faith and Justice Network, Africa, American Military Involvement Africa, Opposition to Africom, World News

Africa Faith and Justice Network, the Institute for Policy Studies, the Resist AFRICOM Coalition, and filmmaker Ellie Walton have created an interesti...

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Reshaping U.S. Military Policy in Africa

Ken Bacon | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Africa Economy, AFRICOM, Bush Africa, State Department, Africa, Politics News

Pentagon programs in Africa fund immediate, short-term security programs rather than the broader U.S. commitment to aid the growth of prosperous, stable countries.

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