February 05
Africa: Blinken's Trip Signals Growing U.S. Concern Amid Six Simultaneous Crises Across Africa
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken's trip to four African countries - Cape Verde, Cote d'Ivoire, Nigeria, and Angola - on January 21-26, 2024, demonstrates just how worried US… Read more »
January 23
Africa: The Minerva Research Initiative - The Military-University-Industry Complex Targets Africa
The Pentagon launched the Minerva Research Initiative in 2008 as a "DoD-sponsored, university-based social science research initiative that focuses on areas of strategic importance… Read more »
January 09
Africa: U.S. Scholar/Activists on Africa Issue Gaza Statement and Chart New Course
On 1 December 2023, members of the Association Concerned Africa Scholars (ACAS) met in San Francisco at the African Studies Association annual meeting, with co-chairs Teresa Barnes… Read more »
January 04
West Africa: Biden Administration Responds to the Collapse of U.S. Counterterrorism Strategy in Niger
For two months after the coup in Niger on 26 July 2023, the Biden administration refrained from calling or chose not to call it a "coup" because that would have triggered American… Read more »
October 15, 2023
West Africa: Collapse of U.S. Counterterrorism Strategy in the Sahel
For two months after the coup in Niger in August, 2023, the Biden administration refused to declare that a “coup” had taken place. They did this because using the… Read more »
October 04, 2023
Africa: Can the U.S. Military Hold the Line in Africa? Defence Secretary Austin's Trip to Djibouti, Kenya and Angola
On 25 September 2023, US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin addressed reporters in Nairobi, Kenya. He was in the country during his first official visit to Africa for meetings… Read more »
April 03, 2023
Africa: U.S. Military Commander Reveals African Secrets
Four-star Marine General Michael Langley, the new commander of the U.S. Africa Command (Africom), revealed two astounding secrets about U.S. military operations in Africa on 16… Read more »
March 12, 2023
Nigeria: Biden Faces Nigeria Crisis
President Biden faces three simultaneous crises in his policy toward Nigeria in the aftermath of the elections on Saturday, 25 February, when 24 million Nigerians voted in national… Read more »
March 13, 2008
Africa: U.S. Proposes $500 Million in Military Spending
For Fiscal Year 2009 (which begins on 1 October 2008), the Bush administration is asking Congress to approve the delivery of some $500 million worth of military equipment and… Read more »
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