The Forever Failure of America’s Failed Forever Wars
Dressed in green military fatigues and a blue garrison cap, Colonel Major Amadou Abdramane, a spokesperson for Niger’s ruling junta, took to local television last month to criticize the United…
AFRICOM
The Pentagon Proclaims Failure in its War on Terror in Africa
America’s Global War on Terror has seen its share of stalemates, disasters, and outright defeats. During 20-plus years of armed interventions, the United States has watched its efforts implode in…
Imperial Footprints in Africa: The Dismal Role of AFRICOM
No power in history has exercised such global reach. With brutal immediacy, forces from the United States may be dispatched and deployed within hours to combat any designated adversary. From…
What U.S. Africa Command Doesn’t Want You to Know
What’s the U.S. military doing in Africa? It’s an enigma, wrapped in a riddle, straight-jacketed in secrecy, and hogtied by red tape. Or at least it would be if it…
The United States Extends Its Military Reach Into Zambia
On April 26, 2022, the United States Africa Command (AFRICOM) announced that they had set up an office in the U.S. Embassy in Lusaka, Zambia. According to AFRICOM Brigadier General Peter Bailey,…
AFRICOM Envisions Two Years Of Open-Ended Warfare In Somalia
The Pentagon has submitted operational plans to the White House which outline at least two years of combat operations in Somalia against the militant group Al-Shabaab. The plans coincide with…
Terse Turse Take
"Oh no, you don't call people from Niger and Nigeria by the same name!" -- the author's home schooled youngest in 2006 I have reservations about Democracy Now!, but…
Controlling Africa With Western “Democracy”
The west uses “democracy”, as in elections, to control Africa. This has resulted in over half a century of murder and mayhem because all but one African country is a…
Keeping Track Of U.S. Special Ops In Africa
Sometimes the real news is in the details -- or even in the discrepancies. Take, for instance, missions by America’s most elite troops in Africa. It was September 2014. The…
When AFRICOM Evaluates Itself, The News Is Grim
It’s rare to hear one top military commander publicly badmouth another, call attention to his faults, or simply point out his shortcomings. Despite a seemingly endless supply of debacles from…
AFRICOM Clams Up After Commander Peddles Contradictory Statements To Congress
General David Rodriguez might be a modern military celebrity -- if he hadn’t spent his career ducking the spotlight. After graduating from West Point in 1976, he began his long…
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