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In Africa, a step forward

Center for Security Policy February 8, 2007

On Tuesday, President Bush announced his approval of plans to stand up a new Unified Command (inter-service military command) for...

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Ethiopia and Somalia

Frank Gaffney, Jr. January 1, 2007

Paul B. Henze. Paul B. Henze, a former US National Security Council Staff Officer, has been a student of, and...

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An African Taliban

Center for Security Policy October 4, 2006

By David McCormack Thirteen years ago this week, a pitched battle erupted in Mogadishu that led to the deaths of...

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Securing Africa

Center for Security Policy September 26, 2006

By David McCormack For decades, the United States has regarded its security interests in Sub-Saharan Africa as insignificant, instead treating...

Dragon at the fount of Africa

Fred Stakelbeck April 26, 2006

Fresh off important visits to the U.S., Saudi Arabia and Morocco, Chinese President Hu Jintao is expected to arrive in...

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Nigeria ablaze

Center for Security Policy March 29, 2006

By David McCormack It was hoped by many that President Bush's meeting today with Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo augurs a...

Sudan’s Chinese guardian

Center for Security Policy March 26, 2006

By Fred Stakelbeck Sudan's brutal Islamist President Omar al-Bashir and Chinese President Hu Jintao have become fast friends as of...

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Recolonizing Africa

Center for Security Policy August 31, 2005

By David McCormack The overthrow of Mauritanian president Maaouiy Ould Sid Ahmed Taya last month by a military junta calling...

The red continent?

Center for Security Policy May 10, 2005

By Fred Stakelbeck China's rapid ascension as an influential economic and political force in Africa is raising complex questions concerning...

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African jihad

Center for Security Policy March 10, 2005

By David McCormack The unfolding of events in Sudan in recent months - to say nothing of years - has...

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An African vortex

David McCormack January 1, 2005

Although not widely considered an African faith, roughly one fifth of the world's adherents to Islam reside in sub-Saharan Africa. ...

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President Clinton, do something

Center for Security Policy December 10, 1999

December 9, 1999 President William Jefferson Clinton The White House Washington, DC Dear Mr. President: The moment of truth for...

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