The military isn’t tracking US-trained officers in Africa
AFRICOM says it promotes human rights and rule of law but doesn’t know why trainees are overthrowing their own governments.
AFRICOM says it promotes human rights and rule of law but doesn’t know why trainees are overthrowing their own governments.
Washington is looking for ways to rationalize its primacy over China and the media is all too happy to comply.
Nine US mentees have overthrown governments since 2008, including one last week. Meanwhile, extremist attacks have increased 70 percent.
The Economic Community of West African States is sanctioning the military-dominated regime for delaying a transition to a full civilian government.
The House passed a bill that sounds good superficially, but doesn’t end the useless militarized approach or get to root problems.