As of March 2017, Africa had barely registered in President Donald Trump’s book. In January and February, he had managed to speak to a couple of African leaders, namely Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari as well as South African Jacob Zuma.
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General Thomas Waldhauser sounded a little uneasy. “I would just say they are on the ground. They are trying to influence the action,” commented the chief of U.S.
Tagged under Human Security AFRICOM, Camp Lemonnier, US Militarism, War on Terror, Joseph Kony, Muammar Gaddafi, Obama and AfricaUnited States President Donald Trump has pledged to intensify the war against the people of Somalia which has gone on for decades.
Tagged under Human Security Somalia, IGAD, War on Terror, Al-Shabaab, AFRICOM, US MilitarismSome parents in Kenya would pay a hefty bribe or use their secret networks of influence to have their son enlisted with Kenya Defence Forces. And then the family turns up at their church to offer special prayers of thanksgiving to God for the “miracle breakthrough” of their son’s employment.
Tagged under Human Security Al-Shabaab, War on Terror, Terrorism, KDF in Somalia, AMISOM, Military industrial complexIntroduction
The US and its coalition have been carrying out stepped-up terror attacks in Iraq and Syria, killing almost 1,000 civilians since the beginning of March, according to the UK-based monitoring group Airwars.org.
Tagged under Human Security War on Terror, ISIL, War in Syria, War in IraqOn 22 March 2017 Khalid Masood perpetrated on the grounds of England’s Westminster Palace what was described by the British security forces and the media as a “terrorist attack”.
Most concerned observers and analysts have deplored the phenomenon known as ISIL, a movement in the Middle East asserting a particularly abominable form of governance that deviates majestically from the norms of international law and world order, while calling itself a “state.” The prevalence of
At first blush, President Donald Trump is correct to identify the safety of the American Republic and its citizens as a top concern for him, and his administration. On this, there is no daylight between him and his predecessor, as well as the vast majority of the American people.
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