Training and Raids: US Prepares African Surge
• antiwar.comAFRICOM's Training Only Part of the Picture
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Africa: On the Map
U.S. Army Hones Antiterror Strategy for Africa, in Kansas
• New York TimesThousands of soldiers once bound for Iraq or Afghanistan are now gearing up for missions in Africa as part of a new Pentagon strategy to train and advise indigenous forces to tackle emerging terrorist threats and other security risks so that
Zimbabwe: Poachers poison 91 elephants
• Associated PressThe stench of rotting elephant carcasses hangs in the air in western Zimbabwe where wildlife officials say at least 91 elephants were poisoned with cyanide by poachers who hack off the tusks for the lucrative illegal ivory market.
Rwanda: Construction Industry Urged to Adopt Green Technologies
• allafrica.comExperts have called for innovation in the construction sector to ensure conservation of energy and protection of the environment.
Wildlife crime ranks among trafficking in drugs, arms and humans
• environmentguru.comAn economic crime perpetrated by criminal syndicates in the most remote regions, exploiting local people and lax lawsJust this week, in Zimbabwe's largest game park, more than 80 elephants were killed for their ivory by poachers who poisoned a waterh
U.S. Agents Already Sifting Rubble of Kenya Mall Attack
• ABC NewsU.S. federal agents have joined a team of international investigators to sift through the still smoking rubble of the Kenyan shopping mall that was the site of a four-day terrorist rampage, beginning the painstaking process of looking for clues about
Terrorist Attack on Kenyan Shopping Mall Should Cause Americans to Pause
Ivan ElandThe horrible carnage inflicted by the Somali Al-Shabab Islamist group on a Kenyan shopping mall should cause the U.S. government to reassess its foreign policy of profligate worldwide intervention.
Shebab threaten new attacks if Kenya stays in Somalia
• AFPSomalia's Shebab insurgents warned Tuesday they would follow the ongoing siege in Nairobi's Westgate shopping mall with further attacks if Kenyan troops did not pull out of Somalia immediately. "If not, know that this is just a taste of what we wi
Kenya Mall Attack: Terrorists Still Hold Hostages in Westgate Mall
• liveleak.comTerrorists Still Hold Hostages in Westgate Mall..
Gun battles continue at Kenya mall after extremist attack kills 59; militants hold hostages
• APKenyan military forces engaged in sporadic gun battles with Islamic extremists holding hostages inside an upscale Nairobi mall, as officials said the death toll from a grenade-and-gunfire siege a day earlier rose to 59, with at least 175 wounded.
Special report: We all thought Libya had moved on – it has, but into lawlessness and ruin
• independent.co.ukLibya has plunged unnoticed into its worst political and economic crisis since the defeat of Gaddafi
Gaddafi's River
•The ‘rivers’ are a 4000-kilometer network of 4 meters diameter lined concrete pipes, buried below the desert sands to prevent evaporation. There are 1300 wells, 500,000 sections of pipe, 3700 kilometers of haul roads, and 250 million cubic meters of
Dangerous, Toxic, and Necessary — Photos Go Inside DIY Oil Refining in the Niger Delta
• http://www.wired.com, By Pete BrookNigeria is the largest oil-producing country in Africa and the continent’s biggest supplier of crude petroleum to the United States. More than 2 million barrels of oil are extracted from the Niger Delta, the main oil-producing region, every day. This
'Biotech ambassadors' engaging in massive Monsanto-backed PR operations to push GMOs into Af
• naturalnews.comThere is a lot of shady business going on in Africa these days, where so-called "biotech ambassadors" are now actively touring the continent and aggressively pushing for acceptance of genetically-modified organisms ......
Obama's War on Yemen
Stephen LendmanYemen
Ron Paul: Why Are We at War in Yemen?
• Ron Paul's Texas Straight TalkMost Americans are probably unaware that over the past two weeks the US has launched at least eight drone attacks in Yemen, in which dozens have been killed. It is the largest US escalation of attacks on Yemen in more than a decade.
As Kenyan Airport Burns, Keynesians Predict Economic Boost
• zerohedge.comIf destruction is nothing but a boost to the economy as the global Keynesian brotherhood of voodoo priests believes, than Kenyan (not to be confused with Keynesian of course) GDP is about to go vertical.
Militants Shoot Down Army Helicopter in Yemen; 8 Killed
• BreitbartYemeni officials say that militants have shot down an army helicopter, killing all eight people on board including a military commander. The officials say the helicopter was downed by a missile over the al-Qaida stronghold of Wadi Ubida in central
America Bombs Yemen; Americans urged to leave
• CNNA pair of suspected U.S. drone strikes killed four al Qaeda militants in Yemen as the United States maintained a heightened security alert in the country and urged all Americans to leave immediately.
Deforestation in Congo basin slows, but for how long?
• newscientist.comGood news from the jungles of Africa. The rate of deforestation in the centre of the continent is down by more than a third – and the savannah woodlands to the north and south may actually be increasing.
South Africa's challenges
• youtubeFormer president Nelson Mandela retired from any public activity nearly a decade ago. In his absence, South Africa's political, economic and social systems would be unlikely to change dramatically but many in the country are striving to safeguard his
Secret Space War III: Marduk Lands In Africa ?
• govtslaves.infoOccasionally a good rumor is entertaining as well as distracting from the often negative barrage of daily world news which is usually slanted to indicate the demise of populism which is far from true.
Horace Campbell: Obama Takes "Imperial Tour" of Africa As World Honors
• youtubePresident Obama's three-nation tour of Africa moves from Senegal to South Africa today before wrapping up in Tanzania. Obama's stated goals are to raise investment opportunities for U.S. businesses, address development issues such as food security, a
Blowback in Somalia
• The NationHow US proxy wars helped create a militant Islamist threat.
French special forces took part in Niger operation - government
• ReutersFrench special forces took part in an operation at an army base in Niger on Friday to flush out Islamist militants suspected of involvement in an attack the previous day, Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said.
Benghazi Emails Directly Contradict White House Claims
• The Weekly StandardThe White House on Wednesday released 94 pages of emails between top administration and intelligence officials who helped shape the talking points about the attacks in Benghazi, Libya, that the CIA would provide to policymakers in both the legislativ
This Satellite Contract Shows Just How Much China Is Winning In Africa
• http://www.businessinsider.com,American satellite communication over Africa is so bad that the Department of Defense contracted Chinese satellite Apstar 7 to provide communications for AFRICOM.
Contractors’ Next Payday: Commando Logistics for Africa Shadow Wars
• Wired.comHere’s how serious the U.S. is about its African war on terror.
Regional leaders refuse to recognize Central African Republic coup leader
• ReutersAfrican and Western leaders have already condemned the rebellion in the mineral-rich but chronically unstable nation. The African Union suspended Central African Republic and imposed sanctions on Djotodia while Washington said he was not a legitimate
Hunt for Joseph Kony, elusive African warlord, is halted
• Washington PostUgandan and American troops have suspended their joint hunt for war crimes suspect Joseph Kony and his Lord’s Resistance Army, delivering a major setback to efforts to capture a notorious warlord accused of abducting tens of thousands of children.
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