Adam Taylor, Washington Post, 21 May 2014) adds to Craig Whitlock’s May 21 Washington Post report to conclude that the U.S. military currently has “boots on the ground” in 13 African countries. Here is an abstracted summary of their reports: . Burkina … Continue reading
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US Military Averaging More than a Mission a Day in Africa
Nick Turse’s data and map (below) from AFRICOM and the DOD reminds us of the explosion of the militarization of US Africa policy – both in missions in Africa with (1) “a 94% increase in all activities by Army personnel from 2011 … Continue reading
Mali as the model for future U.S. counter-terrorism in Africa
The US Army’ s Combating Terrorism Center (CTC) at West Point has emerged as one of the key DOD research and policy centers among many sites of research and planning on “terrorism in Africa.” In the lead article in this … Continue reading