5 August 2008

Reshaping US Military Policy in Africa
Huffington Post – New York,NY,USA
Scheduled to become fully operational October 1, 2008, the new Africa Command, known as AFRICOM, is developing at a time when the Pentagon controls an …
www.huffingtonpost.com/ken-bacon/
reshaping-us-military-pol_b_116760.html

4 August 2008

Comparisons between Obama and McKinney on Key Issues
By deesings(deesings)
Africa: Obama supports the creation of the new Pentagon Africa Command (AFRICOM) saying that the command will “facilitate” fighting terrorism on the continent. McKinney opposes the new command saying “the last thing Africa needs is …
deesings.livejournal.com/577525.html

NigeriaÅñs resurgent oil diplomacy
The Punch – Lagos,Nigeria
Last October, YarÅñAdua joined South Africa and Libya in opposing US plans to deploy AFRICOM, its new African regional military command, on the continent. …
www.punchng.com/Articl.aspx?theartic=Art200808043525468

The Three D’s: Defense, Diplomacy, Development
By Telemachus
Edelman said that AFRICOM, the United States Africa Command, has been working to integrate civilian and military capabilities within the military’s command structure, and that the civilian presence at AFRICOM is intended to leverage the …
pervertedtruth.wordpress.com/2008/08/02/
the-three-ds-defense-diplomacy-development/

Africom
Mit-Atlantic Azores could new home for Africom, the US African military command.
earideas.com/earideas/explore/show/51797/Africom

China and AFRICOM Hand-in-Hand?
By abelida@yahoo.com (Reporter)
We have given them three dates. We are currently waiting for the Chinese to come back to us with a response on those dates. “ Maybe they’ve been too busy with the Olympics to reply? Anyone at AFRICOM or the Pentagon know?
reporterregrets.blogspot.com/2008/08/
china-and-africom-hand-in-hand.html

China-AFRICOM Dialogue?
By Reporter(Reporter)
During a hearing before a House of Representatives subcommittee on July 15, 2008, Deputy Defense Secretary for African Affairs Theresa Whelan, was asked by Representative John Tierney (D-Mass) what the US was doing, if anything, …
africomwatch.blogspot.com/2008/08/china-africom-dialogue.html

Comment on Around the Web by Zoe
By Zoe
AFRICOM is one example, SOUTHCOM’s new humanitarian face (personified in Admiral Stavridis) is another. What we have here is not an intellectualization or humanitarianization of the military, its an elimination of independent …
savageminds.org/2008/07/28/around-the-web-23/#comment-457306

August 1 2008

Military’s Role Towards Foreign Policy
US Department of State – Washington,DC,USA
We are pleased that DoD is giving senior leadership positions within AFRICOM to State Department officials, positioning them well to advise the command on …
www.state.gov/s/d/2008/107613.htm

31 July 2008

Militarization “creeps” into foreign policy
Talk Radio News Service – Washington,DC,USA
This shift in relations is exemplified by the creation of groups like United States Africa Command (AFRICOM) and United States Southern Command (SOUTHCOM). …
talkradionews.com/2008/07/militarization-creeps-into-foreign-policy/

Iraq: NCCI’s Weekly Highlight – 31 Jul 2008
ReliefWeb (press release) – Geneva,Switzerland
The US military’s new Africa Command (AFRICOM) is poised to become the dominant influence over US policy on the continent. Originally, AFRICOM was promoted …
www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900SID/AMMF-7H3HVL?OpenDocument

Yemen-djibouti Bridge Threatens Africom Security
As of October 1, the African continent came under the auspices of a newly created US military command, AFRICOM, establishing one staff responsible for affairs with the 53 African states (www.africom.mil). …
www.djibnet.com/mabraze/index.php?showtopic=15865

After Bobby Kennedy
By Sharon(Sharon)
A new military command, Africom, is being set up to fight proxy wars for control of Africa’s oil and other riches. With US missiles soon to be stationed provocatively on Russia’s borders, the Cold War is back. None of these piracies and …
thinkforyourselfatalltimes.blogspot.com
/2008/07/after-bobby-kennedy.html

Hearing — AFRICOM: Rationales, Roles, and Progress on the Eve of …
By Shirl Kennedy
What is clear is that AFRICOM will bring three existing commands with responsibilities for parts of Africa into one Africa-centric command. AFRICOM’s geographic jurisdiction has been carved from CENTCOM (which focused on the Horn of …
www.docuticker.com/?p=21788

Postcard from…Freetown
Foreign Policy In Focus – USA
It will launch AFRICOM (US-Africa Command) on October 1, as the sixth Combatant Command. The Command’s area of responsibility includes the entire continent …
fpif.org/fpiftxt/5430

House FY-09 Defense Bill Would Boost ISR Funding, Slash AFRICOM
InsideDefense (subscription) – Washington,DC,USA
As for AFRICOM, the legislation would cut funding for the military’s newest combatant command by $308 million, citing a “lack of a suitable location” for …
defense.iwpnewsstand.com/showdoc.asp?docid=7302008_july30a

30 July, 2008

House FY-09 Defense Bill Would Boost ISR Funding, Slash AFRICOM
InsideDefense (subscription) – Washington,DC,USA
As for AFRICOM, the legislation would cut funding for the military’s newest combatant command by $308 million, citing a “lack of a suitable location” for …
defense.iwpnewsstand.com/showdoc.asp?docid=7302008_july30a

AFRICOM’S Origins: Pressing Ahead With ACOTA Despite A Shortage of …
By abelida@yahoo.com (Reporter)
The Bush Administration pressed ahead in 2003 with ambitious plans for training African troops in peacekeeping and other soldier skills. I reported from the Pentagon in August that year that consideration was even being given to an …
reporterregrets.blogspot.com/2008/07/
africoms-origins-pressing-ahead-with.html

US, NACOB Sign MOU On Counter-Narcotics
By David
The project is a joint effort between the US Africa Command (AFRICOM), the US Embassy in Accra and the NACOB. The facility, when completed and fully operational is expected to amplify the ability of the NACOB and its partners to detect …
www.ghana.gov.gh/ghana/us_nacob_sign_mou_counter_narcotics.jsp

Gordon Brown’ll lead us astray
Vanguard – Apapa,Lagos,Nigeria
But if the Yar’Adua government decides to fall for the Gordon Brown and
AFRICOM military gambit, the Niger Delta crisis may escalate from a protest
to a …
www.vanguardngr.com/index.php?option=
com_content&task=view&id=13203&Itemid=0

29 July, 2008

AFRICOM’s Origins: ACOTA — More Than Just a New Name
By abelida@yahoo.com (Reporter)
The five-year-old US military training program for Africa known as ACRI, or Africa Crisis Response Initiative, has a successor. It is called ACOTA, which stands for Africa Contingency Operations Training Assistance. …
reporterregrets.blogspot.com/2008/07/
africoms-origins-acota-more-than-just.html

Africom Deployment, 2007-2008
By Howard(Howard)
Here I am, being the Spanish CNO for a few moments. Actually, my stateroom was “volunteered” to the the personal staging area for his and his entourage’s personal things while they toured the ship for an underway period, so me and a few …
asubmarinerstale.blogspot.com/2008/07
/africom-deployment-2007-2008.html

What’s Pharaoh doing in Pretoria ???
By average joe
Is he here as an emissary of Bush to persuade Mbeki to embrace Africom? Or is he here to campaign against the Western Sahara’s freedom from Morocco’s occupation on behalf of Europe? While many questions abound, one thing is certain: …
www.flyafrica.info/forums/showthread.php?t=12909

28 July, 2008

Will He or Won’t He?
Foreign Policy In Focus – USA
Congress is finally starting to ask some hard questions about the Pentagon’s new Africa Command (AFRICOM). FPIF contributor Beth Tuckey describes a recent …
fpif.org/fpifzines/wb/5419

Militarization of US Aid to Africa Raises Concerns
By Steve DeAngelis
“The headquarters of the new African command post, known as Africom, has not been determined, and many African leaders have rejected hosting it. A temporary headquarters is being set up in Stuttgart, Germany, and is expected to begin …
enterpriseresilienceblog.typepad.com/enterprise
_resilience_man/2008/07/militarization.html

The US Navy: Building Maritime Security One Fish at a Time
By Augustus Vogel
An interesting contrast is how CNE-C6F did what US Africa Command (AFRICOM) has proposed to do- partnership. AFRICOM got harpooned by concerns of militarized development. Yet when AFRICOM came up, the response from Africans was …
forums.csis.org/gsi/?p=992

USA arms war-torn Africa under the guise of humanitarian aid
By Proletarian Revolutionary
The USA will soon set up a new organization, Africa Command (Africom), which will try to reach balance between US financial efforts in Africa, the interests of the Department of State, USAID and the Pentagon. Most likely, Africom will …
stalin-mao.net/2008/07/28/usa-arms-war-
torn-africa-under-the-guise-of-humanitarian-aid/

Another Pariah State on the Rise in West Africa?
By africanpress
So with the formation of AFRICOM (AFRIca COMmand) this means that the US could have an increased role in any future Crisis in the Region. This is a concern of those who fear that the US is Militarizing the Continent of Africa. …
africanpress.wordpress.com/2008/07/28/
another-pariah-state-on-the-rise-in-west-africa/

Contemplating Nigeria’s Future
TheNews – Ikeja,Nigeria
Nevertheless, a relationship does exist between AFRICOM and US dependence on the oil in the Gulf of Guinea, but never admitted publicly by officials of the …
thenewsng.com/article/884

Winning the world’s hearts and minds
ISN – Zurich,Switzerland
That the provision of humanitarian assistance is a strategic Pentagon priority was highlighted by the launch of the US Africa Command, or AFRICOM, in 2007. …
www.isn.ethz.ch/news/sw/details.cfm?id=19238

FROM THE ARCHIVES: AFRICA, THE FINAL BATTLE ON THE CONTINENT
By Ann
The new AFRICOM, or Africa Command, is now official. The US has been involved militarily in Africa for a long time. Many believe that since the Somalia 1993 conflict where 18 servicemen died, that the Pentagon is un-interested in Africa …
kathmanduk2.wordpress.com/2008/07/27/from
-the-archives-africa-the-final-battle-on-the-continent/

On Monday 22nd July 2008 Wits University and The Weekender hosted …
By David Ansara(David Ansara)
The second driver of policy has been Washington ’s war on terror, one of whose consequences has been the establishment of the controversial Africom ( US Military Command for Africa ). These imperatives will remain, even though a …
quidproquoza.blogspot.com/2008/07/opens-in-new-window.html

27 July, 2008

FIST discusses LGBT oppression, Africa
By fistyouth
What is the latest on AFRICOM? Other discussion topics included: What’s the situation with immigrants in South Africa? How is the current capitalist economic crisis affecting Africa? What is the land question in Zimbabwe and South …
fistyouth.wordpress.com/2008/07/27/fist-discusses-lgbt-oppression-africa/

AFRICOM is a “back door”
Global Voices Online – Cambridge,MA,USA
by Jennifer Brea Parole de Democrate [Fr] thinks AFRICOM is a backdoor for expanding US influence in Africa and says that American troops are already…
globalvoicesonline.org/2008/07/27/africom-is-a-back-door/

26 July, 2008

The US War Machine Leaves an Ugly Slick of Oil & Blood
By Mantis Katz & Zeus Hussein Canary(Mantis Katz & Zeus Hussein Canary)
AFRICOM — a Department of Defense military operation — was designed by Bush-Cheney to enhance our efforts to bring peace and security to the people of Africa and to promote the development of health, education, democracy and economic …
canarypapers.blogspot.com/2008/07/
us-war-machine-leaves-ugly-slick-of-oil.html

Nigeria’s Major AA Mohammed on AFRICOM and the Niger Delta
By xcroc
About AFRICOM he says:. It is another form of colonial-imperialist agenda to siphon our resources-oil, mineral resources, forest resources and the use of our soldiers to advance their selfish interests. We know they have continuous …
crossedcrocodiles.wordpress.com/2008/07/26/nigerias
-major-a-a-mohammed-on-africom-and-the-niger-delta/

Integration of US Military 60 Years Ago Became Model for …
July 26 is the 60th anniversary of President Truman’s executive order integrating US armed forces.
www.africom.mil/getarticle.asp?art=1940

25 July, 2008

Face Lift
By Team AfriCom(Team AfriCom)
Our office has a new look – we have painted the walls and done a few touch ups here and there. It looks great: the result of amazing team work! The whole team is together for a few more days and we are trying to make the most of it. …
commsteamafrica.blogspot.com/2008/07/face-lift.html

Analysis: AFRICOM mission prompts concern
Washington (UPI) Jul 23, 2008 – Several recent reports have raised concerns over the balance between military and civilian roles at US Africa Command, highlighting fears about a potential militarization of American aid to the continent.
www.terradaily.com/reports/Analysis_
AFRICOM_mission_prompts_concern_999.html

Africa: Help us create a Film – Resist AFRICOM
2008-07-24 As a collective of concerned organizations and individuals, the Resist AFRICOM campaign is comprised of organizations and individuals that are dedicated to speaking out against this extension of the military industrial …
www.pambazuka.org/en/category/socialmovements/49682

Analysis: AFRICOM mission prompts concern
By STEVEN DAVYUPI CorrespondentWASHINGTON, July 23 (UPI) — Several recent reports have raised concerns over the balance between military and civilian roles at US African Command, escalating fears about a potential militarization of aid.
news.outsidethebeltway.com/2008/07/
analysis-africom-mission-prompts-concern-4/

24 July, 2008

AFRICOM’s Origins: Is US Training of African Peacekeepers In Doubt?
By Reporter(Reporter)
The Defense Department is hinting that the future of US involvement in training African peacekeeping units may be in doubt. In light of the recent critique from Refugees International about an alleged militarization of US policy towards …
reporterregrets.blogspot.com/2008/07
/africoms-origins-is-us-training-of.html

Africom: Military Spending Instead Of Development Aid? Follow The …
The American government is spending far more on military activity in Africa than it is on civil development assistance creating a civil-military imbalance. Over the past several years this imbalance has grown enormously. …
www.afrora.com/site/news/index.php?op=view&id=112622

Testimony to the Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign …
Reuters AlertNet – London,England,UK
I am honored to be here today to discuss with you US Africa Command (AFRICOM), in the context of a serious civil-military imbalance in America’s foreign …
www.alertnet.org/thenews/fromthefield/219053/121690888543.htm

Analysis: AFRICOM mission prompts concern
… fears about a potential militarization of American aid to the continent. A Refugees International report suggests the Pentagon could overstep its authority with AFRICOM, while the Center for American Progress argued US […]
blackpoliticsontheweb.com/2008/07/23/
analysis-africom-mission-prompts-concern/

AFRICOM: Rationales, Roles, and Progress on the Eve of Operations …
Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs Wednesday, July 23, 2008, 10:00 AM in 2154 Rayburn House Office Building Click here for more information.
oversight.house.gov/story.asp?ID=2107

23 July, 2008

Congress Challenges AFRICOM
Foreign Policy In Focus – USA
In mid-July, Congress held a hearing on the progress of the new AFRICOM planned to become fully operational in October. Chairman John Tierney (D-MA) and at …
fpif.org/fpiftxt/5398

Cameroonian Marine Corps members display their certificates of …
By xcroc
Having the Pentagon dictate foreign policy, with AFRICOM poised to become the dominant influence in US Africa policy is precisely the problem with AFRICOM. Add to that the use of military contractors, mercenaries or PMCs, …
crossedcrocodiles.wordpress.com/2008/07/22/60/

US-Africa Relations to Militarize?
By News hound
Bush toured Africa in February, he found African leaders steering the conversation to the Pentagon’s new US Africa command, or Africom. Africom is slated to begin operations in September. It marks the Pentagon’s first centralized …
xmlwatcher.com/news/index.php?blog=3&title=us_
africa_relations_to_militarize&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1

AfriCom Commander, Gen Kip Ward
The general focused on AfriCom’s mission to work with African partner nations in building regional security and crisis-response capability. He tried to dispel rumors that the US is attempting to “militarize” Africa, adding that it is …
gregpoladfellow.spaces.live.com/
blog/cns!D3ED2B768D6D095C!208.entry

ed rackley: africom is stillborn for now, and we hope it stays …
By ed rackley
africom is stillborn for now, and we hope it stays that way. a classically flatfooted american proposition—do they have any idea how suspicious they look promoting such a thing? deaf, dumb and blind—but still stumbling along with …
www.washingtonindependent.com/view
/u-s-africa-relations#content_26238

A Final Note on Zanzibar And A Preview
By Reporter(Reporter)
… the attention I paid to Africa issues while reporting from the Pentagon between 2000 and 2004, I want to draw on my past reports plus documents and statements where appropriate to first trace what I see as the origins of AFRICOM. …
reporterregrets.blogspot.com/2008/07/
final-note-on-zanzibar-and-preview.html

22 July, 2008

USA arms war-torn Africa under the guise of humanitarian aid
Pravda – Moscow,Russia
The USA will soon set up a new organization, Africa Command (Africom), which will try to reach balance between US financial efforts in Africa, the interests …
newsfromrussia.com/world/africa/22-07-2008/105848-africa-0

US-Africa Relations to Militarize?
Report finds jobs once performed by ambassadors moving to Pentagon. When President George W. Bush toured Africa in February, he found African leaders steering the conversation to the Pentagon’s new US Africa command, or Africom. …
www.truthout.org/article/us-africa-relations-militarize

Sierra Leone: Cocaine – Should Africom Come?
AllAfrica.com – Washington,USA
But when Washington’s military oversight structure for Africa, the United States Africa Command (AFRICOM) offered to have a base in the continent,…
allafrica.com/stories/200807211400.html

21 July, 2008

New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman on Zimbabwe: A case of …
World Socialist Web Site – Oak Park,MI,USA
In response, the US government in 2007 established Africom, a military command with responsibility for a unified African policy. President Bush explained in …
www.wsws.org/articles/2008/jul2008/zimb-j21.shtml

Report Challenges Militarization of US Foreign Aid, Calls for US …
Common Dreams (press release) – Portland,ME,USA
The report recommends that the US Africa Command, or AFRICOM, remain focused on security sector and peacekeeping capacity building, rather than hunting …
www.commondreams.org/news2008/0717-23.htm

19 July, 2008

Russia does an end run around AFRICOM
By xcroc
Although department of defence officials are loath to publicly acknowledge any direct relationship between Africom’s formation and a growing US reliance on that continent’s oil, they are less inhibited in private briefings. …
crossedcrocodiles.wordpress.com/2008/07/19
/russia-does-an-end-run-around-africom/

America, Somalia and AFRICOM
American Chronicle – Beverly Hills,CA,USA
The US military´s new Africa Command (AFRICOM) is poised to become the dominant influence over US policy on the continent. Originally, AFRICOM was promoted …
www.americanchronicle.com/articles/68905

The militarization of aid to Africa
By Vanessa Parra(Refugees International)
Mark urges AFRICOM, or the US Africa Command, to play a productive role in support of a more stable and secure Africa: “AFRICOM will dominate US foreign policy in Africa for the foreseeable future, and we need to make sure it gets off …
www.refugeesinternational.org/blog/2008/
07/militarization-of-aid-to-africa.html

18 July, 2008

AFRICOM: State Dept., USAID Concerned About “Militarization” of …
Mother Jones – San Francisco,CA,USA
The US Africa Command (AFRICOM), an organizational construct intended to unify the entire African continent (except Egypt) under a single US commander, …
www.motherjones.com/mojoblog/archives/
2008/07/9050_africoms_growin.html

ADM Mike Mullen when visiting AFRICOM senior staff:
By Thomas P.M. Barnett
“You, in many ways, represent the face of the future with respect to our combatant commands.” Prophetic words from the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs. Read on.
www.thomaspmbarnett.com/weblog/2008/
07/adm_mike_mullen_when_visiting.html

[News] AFRICOM already catching flak
By Darksaga
A report by the Washington-based relief agency Refugees International said US Africa Command, or AFRICOM, lacks the funding necessary to address the continent’s need for competent policing and criminal justice operations. …
www.armyparatrooper.org/dropzone/showthread.php?t=14049

Report: AFRICOM needs balance
WASHINGTON, July 18 (UPI) — Reorganizing US development and diplomatic capabilities will be crucial for the US African Command, a new report from Refugees International says.
news.outsidethebeltway.com/2008/07/report-africom-needs-balance/

AfriCom Partners With African Nations to Promote Stability, Security
By Raymond
By Gerry J. Gilmore American Forces Press Service July 15, 2008 – US Africa Command works in partnership with African nations to help make the continent more secure against terrorism and criminal enterprises and to promote prosperity, …
www.policecommand.com/?p=2851

Report: US Africa Aid Is Increasingly Military
Washington Post – United States
The headquarters of the new African command post, known as Africom, has not been determined, and many African leaders have rejected hosting it. …
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/
article/2008/07/17/AR2008071702550.html

Relief group criticizes new US Africa command
Reuters South Africa – Johannesburg,South Africa
A report by the Washington-based relief agency Refugees International said US Africa Command, or AFRICOM, lacks the funding necessary to address the…
africa.reuters.com/wire/news/usnN17427653.html

Hearing held on concerns over AFRICOM
WASHINGTON, July 16 (UPI) — US Defense Department officials gave testimony Tuesday attempting to smooth over concerns about the exact role of the US military’s new African Command.
news.outsidethebeltway.com/2008/07/
hearing-held-on-concerns-over-africom-2/

17 July, 2008

Africa: The Next Victim in Our Quest for Cheap Oil
By Knowledge for LIFE (K4L)(Knowledge for LIFE (K4L))
President Bush’s 2006 plan to establish the United States African Command (AFRICOM), an ominous Department of Defense program to network operations and combatant command across the African continent, is another such example, …
know4life.blogspot.com/2008/07/africa-next-victim-in-our-quest-for.html

US Defense Secretary Warns Against “Militarization of Foreign Policy”
Says Military Should Clearly Be Seen Supporting Civilian Agencies.
www.africom.mil/getarticle.asp?art=1915