Africom
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The Yemen Hidden Agenda: Behind the Al-Qaeda Scenarios, A Strategic Oil Transit Chokepoint By F. William Engdahl
For some months the world has seen a steady escalation of US military involvement in Yemen, a dismally poor land adjacent to Saudi Arabia on its north, the Red Sea on its west, the Gulf of Aden on its south, opening to the Arabian Sea, overlooking another desolate land that has been in the headlines… Continue reading
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2010: U.S. To Wage War Throughout The World By Rick Rozoff
31 December, 2009 — Stop NATO January 1 will usher in the last year of the first decade of a new millennium and ten consecutive years of the United States conducting war in the Greater Middle East. Beginning with the October 7, 2001 missile and bomb attacks on Afghanistan, American combat operations abroad have not Continue reading
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AFRICOM: Not the Peace Corps by Mark P. Fancher
The U.S. military’s AFRICOM forces pretend their mission on the continent is humanitarian. In reality, AFRICOM is the sharp edge of U.S. imperialism, a killing force eager to impose American dominance. The military command ‘locks Africa into a state of dependency and maintains favorable political and social conditions for U.S.-based corporations that exploit Africa’s natural… Continue reading
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AFRICOM Year Two: Taking The Helm Of The Entire World By Rick Rozoff
Africom’s creation signalled several important milestones in plans by the United States and its North Atlantic Treaty Organization allies to expand into all corners of the earth and to achieve military, political and economic hegemony in the Southern as well as the Northern Hemisphere. Continue reading
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Video: Africom or Africon? Part 1
In this four-part series, Rageh Omaar travels across Africa, investigating the consequences of US involvement in the region. In this first part, he investigates the genesis of Africom, the US military command for Africa which was launched in October 2008, and asks whether Barack Obama can turn US-African relations in a new direction. Continue reading
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AFRICOM: Western Self-Serving Interests or African Security? By Paul I. Adujie
America’s establishment of the so-called African Command(AFRICOM), should be seen for what it is: America’s self-interested armada of protection for America, and her allies and not for Africa’s security. Continue reading
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AFRICOM: The Pentagon's First Direct Military Intervention In Africa By Rick Rozoff
Africa’s 53 nations are 28% of the 192 countries in the world. The size and location of the continent along with its human and natural resources – oil, natural gas, gold, diamonds, uranium, cobalt, chromium, platinum, timber, cotton, food products – make it an increasingly important part of a world that is daily becoming more… Continue reading
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Global Poverty and The Economic Crisis – Selected Articles 22-27 August, 2009
Global Poverty and The Economic Crisis. Selected Articles 22-27 August, 2009 Continue reading
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Obama Visits Africa’s "Oil Gulf" By Emira Woods
With heightened interest in Africa’s oil, the U.S. has moved to strengthen its military (and naval) presence in Africa’s “Oil Gulf”. In October 2008, the U.S. Africa Command was officially established. Transplanting a framework from the Middle East, U.S. military assets would be aimed at securing Africa’s oil, and seeking so-called “terrorists”. The U.S. Africa… Continue reading
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Revealing the Real U.S.-Africa Policy By Gerald LeMelle
It’s time for some straight talk on U.S. foreign policy as it relates to Africa. While Obama administration officials and the U.S. African Command (AFRICOM) representatives insist that U.S. foreign policy towards Africa isn’t being militarized, the evidence seems to suggest otherwise. Continue reading
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Stephen Roblin, "Lessons from History: The Case against AFRICOM"
In contrast to proponents, I argue that, given the history of U.S. involvement in Africa, past and present, there is ‘sufficient reason’ to think that AFRICOM will be potentially disastrous for citizens of African countries. Continue reading
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Global Energy War: Washington's New Kissinger African Plans
It is here that then EUCOM and NATO top military commander Jones arranged the foundation of the future AFRICOM. Continue reading
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Africa Bound By William Bowles
The irony of Dowden’s many misleading notions about Africa are that they could just as easily apply to Europe or indeed anywhere on Earth, perhaps in different forms due to different circumstances and at different times, but always reflecting the nature of who holds real political and economic power. That Dowden chooses to make a… Continue reading
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China and the Congo Wars: AFRICOM. America’s New Military Command By F. William Engdahl
Just weeks after President George W. Bush signed the Order creating a new US military command dedicated to Africa, AFRICOM, events on the mineral-rich continent have erupted which suggest a major agenda of the incoming Obama Presidency will be for the son of a black Kenyan to focus US resources, military and other, on dealing… Continue reading
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Anti-Empire Report, June 6, 2008 By William Blum
6 June 2006 — Anti-Empire Report Read this or George W. Bush will be president the rest of your life The Empire — A Status Report There are a number of expressions and slogans associated with the Nazi regime in Germany which have become commonly known in English. ‘Sieg Heil!’ — Victory Hail! ‘Arbeit macht Continue reading
The New Dark Age 