Africa: Branding guns as roses

Wednesday, May 7th, 2008 @ 13:51 UTC

by Ndesanjo Macha

Countries:
Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia, Sudan, Zimbabwe
Topics:
War & Conflict, International Relations, Politics
Languages:
English

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Malagasy: Afrika : Mirongo basy ravahana raozy...

Khadija discusses US military interest in Africa: “According to the US African Command website, Somalia -– invaded by US backed Ethiopian troops in Jan 2007, under the guise of hunting Al–Qaeda –- is in desperate need of assistance.”

1 comment

  • Mwangi - the Displaced African

    I think it was refreshing to see the Tanzanians recently reject the American diplomatic visit. To assume that America is visiting us out of anything but self interests is to ignore our history for far too long.
    I definitely think that we should begin to discuss at the civil level just what we will do with the proliferation of American troops and bases all over the world. The large scale abuse, rape and threat of violence must somehow come to an end.

    # 2008-05-8 at 13:52 pm
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