Liberia: The Real Danger is Not Spending Enough
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.
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.
Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 10.13.2009 | World
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.
Brian Palmer | Posted 10.05.2009 | World
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.
Charles London | Posted 09.21.2009 | World
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."
Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 09.19.2009 | World
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.
John Feffer | Posted 08.21.2009 | Green
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.
John Feffer | Posted 08.14.2009 | World
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.
Marcia DeSanctis | Posted 05.10.2009 | World
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.
GroundReport | Posted 02.09.2009 | World
Originally published on GroundReport.com, the citizen journalism platform that covers world news at the local level. By Charles Rukuni United State...
Huffington Post | Hanna Ingber Win | Posted 01.22.2009 | World
Africa Faith and Justice Network, the Institute for Policy Studies, the Resist AFRICOM Coalition, and filmmaker Ellie Walton have created an interesti...
Marcia DeSanctis | Posted 02.16.2009 | Politics
Piracy in the Gulf of Aden might seem like a pebble dropping, but the ripples may be felt everywhere.
Ken Bacon | Posted 08.12.2008 | Politics
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.
Ruthie Ackerman | Posted 11.03.2009 | World