Catégorie : Africa

  • The Nature of the U.S. Military Presence in Africa

    On July 12th, TomDispatch posted the latest piece in Nick Turse’s “changing face of empire » series: “Obama’s Scramble for Africa.” It laid out in some detail the way in which the U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) has, in recent years, spread its influence across that continent, establishing bases and outposts, sending in special operations forces and…

  • U.S. expands secret intelligence operations in Africa

    The U.S. military is expanding its secret intelligence operations across Africa, establishing a network of small air bases to spy on terrorist hideouts from the fringes of the Sahara to jungle terrain along the equator, according to documents and people involved in the project. At the heart of the surveillance operations are small, unarmed turboprop…