AFRICOM Related News Clips 6 September 2011

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USAFRICOMrelated news stories

Good morning. Please find attached news clips related to U.S. Africa Command and upcomingevents of interest for September 6, 2011.

Of interest in today's news clips: BBC reports that a Libyan military convoy has made its wayinto Niger.

Several African publications examine the effects of the fall of the Qadhafi regime on the rest ofthe continent; the Nation from Lagos claims Nigeria and South Africa are in a cold war over

their different reactions to the crisis in Libya;Nairobis Daily Nation says Qadhafis fall has ledto a tailspin in the AU; and The Citizen from Tanzania speculates on who will be the nextAfrican leader to fall.

AllAfrica.com reports on the Obama administrations naming of two experienced diplomats,including former DCMA Ambassador Mary Yates, to respond to developing problems in theSudans.

The Southern Times from Namibia carries a well researched commentary on AFRICOM basingand claims that the command will announce the location of its headquarters base on the continentsometime in 2012.

Finally, CNN reports that China denies that it sold arms to Libya and the Wall Street Journalexamines Chinas rise in Africa.

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Libya conflict: Army convoy crosses border into Niger (BBC)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/worldafrica14799075By Unattributed Author6 September 2011A Libyan army convoy has crossed the desert border into Niger, reports say.
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Libya: Nigeria, South Africa in cold war over Gaddafis fate (The Nation, Lagos)

http://www.thenationonlineng.net/2011/index.php/news/18342libya:nigeria,southafricaincoldwarovergaddafisfate.htmlBy Yusuf Alli4 September 2011A cold war is brewing between Nigeria and South Africa over the fate of the

embattled Libyan leader, Muammar Gaddafi.

Libyan Rebels Throw the AU Into a Tailspin (Daily Nation, Nairobi))

http://allafrica.com/stories/201109020188.htmlBy Argaw Ashine and Fred Oluoch1 September 2011The African Union has been behaving like a headless chicken as the 42yearold regime of Libyan strongman Muammar Gaddafi falls.

After Gaddafi, who is next in Africa? (The Citizen, Dar es Salaam)http://thecitizen.co.tz/editorialanalysis//14321aftergaddafiwhoisnextinafricaBy Mobhare Matinyi

1 September 2011Another tyrant from the Maghreb States, in the northern end of the Africancontinent, has been ousted. Who is next? Will the winds of revolutionary change blow down tothe SubSaharan African countries despite a considerable difference between the two Africas?

Libya Turns From Africa to the West (VOA)

http://www.voanews.com/english/news/africa/LibyaTurnsFromAfricatotheWest129119088.htmlBy James Brooke3 September 2011Moammar Gadhafis Libya was known for cultivating support in Africa andtangling with Europe, the United States and moderate Arab governments. But now there appearsto be a big foreignpolicy shift toward the West in the air.

Africa must come to terms with change of guard in Tripoli (Daily Nation)

http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Opinion/Africa+must+come+to+terms+with+change+of+guard+in+Tripoli+//440808/1229770//11rqepjz//By Mukhisa Kituyi3 September 2011On Thursday, September 1, 2011, exactly 42 years since 27yearoldColonel Muammar Gaddafi toppled King Idris and took power in Libya, leaders of 60 countriesand the UN met in Paris with the Transitional National Council (TNC).

Obama Names Two Experienced Diplomats to Team As Problems Mount (allAfrica.com)

http://allafrica.com/stories/201109011417.htmlBy Reed Kramer1 September 2011President Barack Obama has tapped two experienced U.S. diplomats torepresent him in Khartoum and Juba as tensions grow between Sudan and South Sudan.

A US military base in Africa (The Southern Times, Windhoek, Namibia)http://www.southerntimesafrica.com/article.php?title=A%20US%20military%20base%20in%20Africa&id=6209By Felox Njini
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5 September 2011The United States military is likely to announce in 2012 where on thecontinent it will headquarter its muchmaligned Africa Command (AFRICOM).

Hundreds Protest in Swazi Capital (VOA)

http://blogs.voanews.com/breakingnews/2011/09/05/hundredsprotestinswazicapital/

By: Unattributed Author5 September 2011Hundreds of demonstrators have marched through the capital of Swazilandagainst the government of King Mswati III, considered Africa's last absolute monarch.

Why protests will not unseat Swaziland's King Mswati (BBC)http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/worldafrica14750993By: Louise Redvers5 September 2011Motherofthree Salom Gamedze may be struggling to feed her family andpay school fees for her children's education but she is unlikely to take part in antigovernmentdemonstrations which Swaziland democracy activists have called, starting on 5 September.

China denies report, says it did not sell weapons to Libya (CNN)http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/09/05/libya.war/By: Unattributed Author5 September 2011Documents showing that China offered to sell arms to Moammar Gadhafi inthe waning days of his rule are "the real deal," a senior member of Libya's transitionalgovernment said Monday.

In Africa, U.S. Watches China's Rise (Wall Street Journal)http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111903392904576510271838147248.htmlBy Peter Wonacott5 September 2011Ethiopia and Zambia Are Among Fans of Continent's New Top TradePartner; Washington Presses for Accountability.

Less Severe Drought Forecast For Horn of Africa (VOA)

http://www.voanews.com/english/news/africa/LessSevereDroughtForecastForHornofAfrica128891273.htmlBy Lisa Schlein1 September 2011The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) says the Horn Of Africacan look forward to weaker drought conditions in the coming months. In its latest El Nino/LaNina update, the WMO says near neutral or weak La Nina conditions, which lessen the severityof drought, are the most likely scenarios for the rest of 2011.

Somalia famine: UN warns of 750,000 deaths (BBC)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/worldafrica14785304By Unattributed Author5 September 2011As many as 750,000 people could die as Somalia's drought worsens in thecoming months, the UN has warned, declaring a famine in a new area.

While some Kenyans starve, others have bumper crop (AP)
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http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gVquaU6cH_t9wtHQcCHzzyNjjsA?docId=bb0029c94ae84f80b2a699a97ce94b6aBy Katharine Houreld3 September 2011In central and western Kenya, farmers have had a bumper crop of plumpears of corn and earthy potatoes. Yet in the north, skeletal children wait for food aid amid a

growing emergency.

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UN News Service Africa Briefshttp://www.un.org/apps/news/region.asp?Region=AFRICA

(Full Articles on UN Website)

Somali regions agree to end dispute at UNbacked consultative meeting5 SeptemberThe leaders of two of Somalia's semiautonomous regions today committed to a

peaceful settlement of their dispute and adopted a fourpoint plan to ensure that hostilitiesbetween the two territories do not recur, the United Nations political office for the country said

UN peacekeepers help put out fire at radio station in Cte d'Ivoire5 SeptemberThe Moroccan battalion serving in the United Nations peacekeeping mission inCte d'Ivoire over the weekend helped put out a huge fire in a radio station near the westerntown of Dukou, the mission said today.

Horn of Africa food crisis remains dire as famine spreads in SomaliaUN5 SeptemberThe United Nations agricultural agency today called for greater efforts bring thefood crisis in the Horn of Africa under control, saying that famine conditions had spread to asixth area in Somalia, putting an estimated 750,000 people in the country at risk of starvationover the next four months.

Sudan: Ban urges end to fighting in Southern Kordofan and Blue Nile states2 SeptemberSecretaryGeneral Ban Kimoon called today for an immediate end to thefighting in Sudans Southern Kordofan and Blue Nile states and for access for humanitarianagencies to the affected areas.

UN official welcomes Sudans pardon of journalists prosecuted for reporting on rape2 SeptemberThe United Nations official spearheading efforts to combat sexual violence intimes of conflict today welcomed a presidential pardon granted by the Sudanese authorities lastweek to local journalists prosecuted for reporting on cases of alleged rape.###

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WHAT: Ten Years LaterPublic Diplomacy and the Arab World, Center on Public Diplomacyat the Annenberg School, Conversations in Public DiplomacyWHO: Several Panelists (see website)WHERE: USC; Tutor Campus Center ForumCONTACT:[email protected] Media contact:

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WHEN: September 8, 2011, 2:004:00 p.m.WHAT: Woodrow Wilson Center Discussion on "Sudan: From the CPA to Separation." WHO:Tim McKulka, UNMISS; Jok Madut Jok; and Nureldin Satti, UNESCO Representative inEthiopia, Djibouti, the African Union and IGAD.WHERE: WWC, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, 5th floorCONTACT: 2026914000; web site:www.wilsoncenter.org

WHEN: September 8, 2011, 6:008:00 p.m.

WHAT: Center for a New American Security (CNAS) Book Discussion on Counterstrike: TheUntold Story of Americas Secret Campaign Against al Qaeda. WHO: Eric Schmitt and ThomShanker,New York Timesnational security reporters and Steve Inskeep, host of NPRs MorningEdition.WHERE: Willard InterContinental Hotel, 1401 Pennsylvania AvenueCONTACT:www.cnas.org

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WHEN: September 20, 2011, 12:00 p.m.WHAT: Pakistan, the U.S. and Public Diplomacy with Consul General Riffat Masood CPDConversations in Public DiplomacyWHO: Riffat Masood, the Consul General of PakistanWHERE: USC; SOS B40CONTACT :[email protected] Media contact:http://uscpublicdiplomacy.org/index.php/events/events_detail/17070/

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Libya conflict: Army convoy crosses border into Niger (BBC)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/worldafrica14799075By Unattributed Author6 September 2011

A Libyan army convoy has crossed the desert border into Niger, reports say.
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The vehicles rolled into the town of Agadez; one report said they were accompanied by wellarmed Tuareg tribal fighters.

Earlier, Col Gaddafi's spokesman said he was in "excellent health" and still in Libya.

Col Gaddafi has vowed to fight to the death despite major advances of Libyan rebels, who nowcontrol most Libya's key cities, including Tripoli.

In a separate development, documents uncovered in Tripoli show a close relationship betweenWestern intelligence agencies and Col Gaddafi's government, which is known to have usedtorture, the rebels say.

The documents mention the names of several people targeted for renditionthe extrajudicialarrest and transfer of terrorism suspects.

'In high spirits'

The Libyan convoy crossed the Niger border and arrived in Agadez late on Monday, militarysources from France and Niger told Reuters.

They said the convoy was made up of between 200 and 250 vehicles and was given an escort bythe army of Niger.

However, a local resident was quoted by the Associated Press as saying that convoy consisted ofmore than a dozen trucks carrying wellarmed Libyan troops.

He added that the Libyans were also accompanied by wellarmed Tuareg tribal fighters.

The claims by both the military sources and the Niger resident have not been independentlyverified.

Meanwhile Col Gaddafi's chief of security, Mansour Daw, is reported to have crossed into Niger.

Earlier on Monday, Col Gaddafi's spokesman Moussa Ibrahim said that the Libyan leader was"in very high spirits".

"He is in a place that will not be reached by those fractious groups, and he is in Libya," MrIbrahim told Syrianbased Arrai TV.

Fears of revenge

Libyan rebels from the National Transitional Council (NTC) have now moved into position nearBani Walid, 150km (95 miles) southeast of Tripoli.


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Bani Walid is one of four towns and citiesthe others are Jufra, Sabha and Col Gaddafi'sbirthplace in Sirtestill controlled by Gaddafi supporters.

Senior members of the antiGaddafi forces surrounding the town say the negotiations have nowstoppedand were never serious because proGaddafi forces continued to fire while the talks

were going on.

However, NTC leader Abdul Jalil said the talks would continue until a deadline on Saturday.

Mr Jalil said the proGaddafi bastions were being given humanitarian aid and time to surrender"to avoid further bloodshed".

Abdullah Kenchil, one of the negotiators, told the BBC the loyalists had wanted antiGaddafiforces to enter the town unarmed.

He said he feared civilians could be shot in revenge or used as human shields.

As well as being a Gaddafi stronghold, Bani Walid is also the home of the biggest and mostpowerful Libyan tribe, the Warfalla.

Mr Kenchil said his son Saif alIslam Gaddafi had only left the town on Saturday, heading to anunknown destination further south.

For now, the NTC is preaching a gospel of reconciliation, says BBC Middle East editor JeremyBowen, who is Tripoli. The NTC does not want to start off as a government with a bloody fightin Bani Walid, he adds.

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Libya: Nigeria, South Africa in cold war over Gaddafis fate (The Nation, Lagos)

http://www.thenationonlineng.net/2011/index.php/news/18342libya:nigeria,southafricaincoldwarovergaddafisfate.htmlBy Yusuf Alli4 September 2011 A cold war is brewing between Nigeria and South Africa over the fate of theembattled Libyan leader, Muammar Gaddafi.

While Nigeria is backing the rebelcontrolled Transitional National Council (TNC) in Libya,President Jacob Zuma of South Africa is supporting Gaddafi.But the Federal Government has been trying to manage the situation to avoid it degenerating intoa major crisis.

There was however concern and panic over the likely release of Henry Okah, who is standingtrial as a mastermind of the October 1, 2010 bomb blast in Abuja.

Investigation by our correspondent revealed that the administration of President GoodluckJonathan has maintained a parallel position with President Zuma over Gaddafis fate.
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But while Nigerias position on the TNC is being supported by 34 African countries, onlyUganda and Zimbabwe have teamed up with South Africa to align with Gaddafi.

Although South Africa initially headed an Ad hoc Committee on Libyan crisis, the panel could

not achieve much.

It was learnt that a meeting held last week in Addis Ababa also broke the AU into two camps butwith Zuma being humiliated because of a large following Nigeria attracted against Gaddafi.

A top government official, who spoke in confidence, said: Nigeria has a sharp disagreementwith South Africa on how to address the Libyan crisis but we would not allow it to degenerate asto affect the cordial ties between the two countries.

South Africa and two others are claiming that the AUs Constitutive Act does not allow theUnion to recognize the TNC because it is an illegal force. They are saying that any government

in Africa can only be removed through constitutional process.

Nigeria and other African countries are maintaining that Constitutive Principle is the last listedin Section 14 of the Constitutive Act and the Act cannot be implemented in isolation of otherprinciples like democracy, good governance, respect for human rights and social justice amongothers.

Nigeria and others have said that Libya under Gaddafi has never being ruled under any knownconstitution since he took over in 1969. The last constitution Libya had was under King Idris,who was deposed by Gaddafi.

So, we are also arguing that the Constitutive Act cannot apply to Gaddafi who had never run aconstitutional government.

Apart from that, the Constitutive Act did not take into account popular revolt as being witnessedin Egypt, Tunisia and Libya when it was drafted. It only applied to military regimes.

It was also gathered that Nigeria challenged South Africa why it accepted the revolts in Tunisiaand Egypt and decided to raise eyebrow on Gaddafi.

Another top source added: We are suspecting that Zuma has his own agenda because Gaddafisupported him to replace exPresident Thabo Mbeki. It is payback time.

It was the same thing Zuma did in Cote DIvoire when a committee he headed merelyrecommended a recount of votes instead of outright validation of Alassane Quattaras mandate.I think this rivalry between Nigeria and South Africa also has to do with a jostle for seat in theUN Security Council. Both countries are after the slot.


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So, those who are against the TNC within the AU are in two groups. They are those benefittingfrom Gaddafis largesse directly or who are his friends and countries being governed byautocrats.As at press time, there were fears that the cold war between Nigeria and South Africa may affectthe ongoing trial of an exmilitant leader, Henry Okah, who is standing trial over the October 1,

2010 bomb explosion in Abuja.

A reliable source said: South Africa may end up mismanaging Okahs case in order to slightNigeria for not having its way on Gaddafi.

Okah may either be released or his case poorly prosecuted to enable him to regain his freedom.The frosty relationship between the two countries is pointing towards this direction.

Even from hiding, Gaddafi is instigating South Africa against Nigeria but there is no cause foralarm. If Okah is released through a circumvented process, Zuma will be the loser at the end ofthe day.

Zuma is angry with Nigeria over Gaddafi but the Federal Government is insisting on itsrecognition for the rebels. With the backing of Nigeria by 34 countries in Africa, its position isvindicated.

That is why Nigeria is also monitoring the situation and at the alert on what South Africa is upto.

But a security chief said: The Rule of Law in South Africa is very strict; it is not what aPresident can violate with impunity.

Henry Okah is on trial in South Africa for terrorism, Zuma (no matter how powerful) cannotinterfere with the process.

We do not envisage the release of Okah by South Africa as a retaliatory step. But we are alsowatching development closely.###

Libyan Rebels Throw the AU Into a Tailspin (Daily Nation, Nairobi))

http://allafrica.com/stories/201109020188.htmlBy Argaw Ashine and Fred Oluoch1 September 2011

Addis Ababa and NairobiThe African Union has been behaving like a headless chicken as the42year old regime of Libyan strongman Muammar Gaddafi falls.

In the past week or so the 53nation bloc was a Tower of Babel as members squabbled overadopting a common position on Libya, which under Gaddafi had towered over the organisationin a manner unlikely to be replicated by any other country.
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Ahead of the August 26 minisummit of the 15 heads of state who sit on the Peace and SecurityCouncil which is charged with enforcing bloc decisions, it seemed that the key decision would behow to recognise the rebels "fashionably" while saving face after being relegated to the sidelinesby the Nato alliance.

A lowerlevel meeting of the Council had failed to take a common position on the country withonly resolving to defer the decision to their heads of state.

"There was clear confusion, and we agreed to forward the issue to our respective leaders," aSouth African diplomat present at the August 22 meeting said.

Only three heads of state eventually attended the Council meeting, after which South Africa'sJacob Zuma said that the AU would not recognise the rebels National Transitional Council as alegitimate government but that individual members were within their sovereign rights to do so.

It was an indicator of the confusion that AU Commission chief Jean Ping, after meeting with

Turkish Foreign minister, Ahmet Davutoglu, and holding telephone conversations with UNsecretarygeneral Ban kiMoon, tersely told journalists that he would not be fielding anyquestions related to Libya.

The AU's stance on Libya has only fuelled the relentless criticism that the African Union is anorganisation that prefers to bury its head in the sand and only reacts to crises when the initiativehas already been seized by other quarters.

Only this week the bloc came in for more sustained criticism over its late reaction to thehumanitarian crisis in the Horn of Africa.

In its defence, the African Union blamed the feet dragging on its poor logistical capacity andbelatedly organised a poorlyattended pledging conference that raised $351 million.

One bloc, different positions

Since its establishment as the successor to the Organisation of African Union, the AU has beenbetter known for siding with the status quo rather than with peopledriven revolts.

That so many African countries had decadeslong relations with Gaddafi may have contributedto the situation where individual members recognised the rebels but could not take a clearposition once in Addis Ababa.

The OAU and its successor, the AU, radiated panAfricanism and Arab nationalism pridingthemselves as defenders of the continent against European imperialism.

Gaddafi supported many countries independence struggles, arming and bankrolling rebel andopposition movements.

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For South Africa's ruling African National Congress (ANC), throwing Gaddafi under the train isa difficult decision given his support for the antiApartheid struggle.

Bearing this in mind, Mr Zuma and former President Thabo Mbeki groused rather loudly over

Nato's military support for the rebels, adding that a negotiated solution would have saved manylives.

"Those who have the power to bomb other countries have undermined the AU's efforts andinitiatives to handle the situation in Libya," Mr Zuma said at a press conference at Tuynhuysafter a Tuesday meeting with Ghana's President John Atta Mills.

Indeed, South Africa opposed to the last minute a UN decision to hand over $1.5 billion infrozen Libyan assets to the rebels, only relenting when the National Transitional Councillettering was replaced with the "governing authority" in a resolution.

Zimbabwe and Uganda also received cash and training from the Gaddafi regime during theindependence struggle in the 70s.

This largesse has been more evident over the last three decades as many African countriesenjoyed Gaddafi's support, including subsidies to their economies and personal gifts to leaders.

The Libyan government's continentwide investment in key and sensitive sectors in manycountries such as oil and banking was further testament to his influence in the region.

While Gaddafi's dogged pursuit for a United States of Africa with him presumably as the headrubbed many leaders the wrong way, his role in raising the profile of the bloc has left manyAfrican leaders indebted to him.

This relationship, in addition to the "African Solutions to African Problems" mantra has been themain driving force behind efforts to give Gaddafi a dignified exit.

Since February 2011 the AU issued four strong statements, urging Nato to suspend its bombingcampaign as a negotiated solution that locked out Gaddafi from a further term was sought.

Cleaning up their mess

Gaddafi acceded to the proposal, but Nato ignored the AU's repeated calls, further emboldeningthe rebels to give short shrift to the idea.

The AU had tasked the Presidents of South Africa, Uganda, Mali, Mauritania and EquatorialGuinea with easing Gaddafi out."We know our solution is a lasting solution but they (Nato) do not want to listen to us," said MrPing. At the end of the day they will call us for the dirty job of cleaning up the mess theycreated," he bitterly told reporters in May.


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But the AU's bumbling over the Ivorian conflict earlier this year may have weakened its hand inthe eyes of the west.

Challenged to take a position on the disputed election, the bloc's leaders dithered, preferring todispatch delegation upon delegation to convince the deposed Laurent Gbagbo to cede power.

They were eventually forced to eat humble pie and recognise new leader Alassane Ouattara afterthe UN and France chased Gbagbo out of office.

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After Gaddafi, who is next in Africa? (The Citizen, Dar es Salaam)

http://thecitizen.co.tz/editorialanalysis//14321aftergaddafiwhoisnextinafricaBy Mobhare Matinyi1 September 2011

Another tyrant from the Maghreb States, in the northern end of the African continent, has beenousted. Who is next? Will the winds of revolutionary change blow down to the SubSaharanAfrican countries despite a considerable difference between the two Africas?

Once a feared man, Colonel Muammar ElGaddafi, is finished as one teenage rebel told theinternational press after the fall of Tripoli. He called us rats, now he is the real rat; where is he?He must be hiding inside a bunker. No one can stop the people of Libya from celebrating.

The Brother Leader of Africa, the egomaniac who succeeded in buying his fame by dishinghandouts to African leaders and tribal chiefs and making long rumbling crazy speeches, finally,has no man to defend him. Even the African Union (AU) which tried a bit in the beginningfinally has no business with him.

The debate in Africa about Gaddafi is hot and will continue to be hot long after he is gone, butthe fact remains: Libyan people kicked Gaddafi out. The mere military support from the Westshould not be construed to discredit their revolutionary achievement. The Libyans fought for sixmonths, died and ultimately won. This is their victory.

People may make a lot of noise that the West is trying to get oil from Libya, but the truth is,Gaddafi was already exporting 80 per cent of Libyan oil to Europe, and had contracts with oilcompanies from six European nations. The likely thing to happen now is for France and GreatBritain to squeeze Italy which enjoyed the lions share of Libyan oil; thats it.

The West also may exercise some influence over Libyan affairs, especially in the areas ofeconomic, foreign and security policies, but that will be the choice of Libyans themselves. Wecannot teach them how to run their own country.

In 2004 Gaddafi himself caved in and decided to build relations with the West, starting withWashington when he denounced his dream for nuclear weapons, took responsibility for his past
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and paid large sums of money as compensation. He was no exception to other African leaders assome Africans may wish to think; he was just crazy!

Sympathisers to Gaddafi may point out several development projects he accomplished in his 42years rule, but come on, with an income of $150 million a day in a country of about twothree

million people, who would have failed to have at least five things to show off for?Of course, sympathisers wont tell you that he personally had more than $100 billion stashed inthe West, not Libya or Africa, and was preparing his son, Seif AlIslam, to inherit his chairbecause other Libyans were rats.

Gaddafi will be remembered not only as a man who killed thousands of Libyans, but also as aman who funded the murder of many Africans in Chad, Sudan, Sierra Leone, Liberia, andBurkina Faso in the name of fighting against imperialism. Let us not forget that in 1979 heunsuccessfully helped Ugandan savage, Idi Amin, to dodge the wrath of Tanzanians.

As we contemplate the demise of Gaddafis regime, the question is: who is next in Africa?

Today, Africa suffers from Gaddafism, a chronic pandemic in which a leader stays in powerforever, thinking that he owns the people and the country; imprison and kills his opponents,plunders his countrys wealth, and prepares his children or cronies to take over after him. This iswhat is killing Africa!

Consider the following list of leaders and their years in power: Angolan Eduardo dos Santos(32), Equatorial Guinean Teodoro Nguema (32), Zimbabwean Robert Mugabe (31),Cameroonian Paul Biya (29), Ugandan Yoweri Museveni (25), Burkinabe Blaise Compaor (24),Sudanese Omar alBashir (22), Chadian Idris Dby (21), and Congolese Denis Sassou Nguessowhose two terms total 27 years so far.

I dont have to mention the leaders of Eritrea, Gambia and Ethiopia who have 18, 17 and 16respectively. We also have those who in principle, inherited power from their fathers, such asTogolese Faure Gnassingbe and Gabonese Ali Bongo, each pair of the fathers

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Libya Turns From Africa to the West (VOA)

http://www.voanews.com/english/news/africa/LibyaTurnsFromAfricatotheWest129119088.htmlBy James Brooke3 September 2011

Moammar Gadhafis Libya was known for cultivating support in Africa and tangling withEurope, the United States and moderate Arab governments. But now there appears to be a bigforeignpolicy shift toward the West in the air.

Two political snapshots capture the new directions for the foreign relations of Libya, holder ofthe largest oil reserves in Africa. Last week, South African President Jacob Zuma, speaking forthe African Union, refused to recognize Libyas rebels as the new
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government of Libya.

This week, Mustafa Abdel Jalil, chairman of Libyas transitional authority, was feted in Paris at aLibya meeting by the leaders of France and Britain and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

On the streets of Tripoli, the view is that Libya will turn away from African states south of theSahara and cultivate relations north of the Mediterranean.

"We cant flee Africa. We are part of the continent, but we want the U.S. and Europe to helpus," said Abdurazeg Akhmeda Jamour, a rebel leader:

Moammar Gadhafi, Libyas fugitive leader, spent billions of dollars to cultivate African leaders.A decade ago, he launched the Africa Union. Two years ago, he styled himself Africas Kingof Kings. He called for the formation of the United States of Africa.

Peter Cole, a Libya expert, says Mr. Gadhafis generosity toward subSaharan leaders explains

the African Unions reluctance to followthe lead of the 75 nations worldwide that have extended diplomatic recognition to LibyasNational Transitional Council.

[They are] very, very tiny countries Libyan spending in there could be a significant part ofGDP. So there is a lot of genuine fear among AU members that they will lose out, Cole said.

Libyans are watching who is slow to extend diplomatic recognition to the rebels. Russia, Algeriaand the African Unionall friends of Mr. Gadhafihave been the laggards.

Rafa Rejeibi, who once taught Arabic in the United States, pauses from celebrating the rebels'seizure of Tripoli to offer an explanation.

Libyans now are a little bit sensitive to the way the African countries had reacted to the Libyanrevolution. We were counting more on them, and really we saw the opposite, Rejeibi said.

Instead, Rejeibi and others say, Libyans now want to open up to the wider world.

Libyan people are just very thirsty and hungry to open up to all nations and cultures. It is notjust to the U.S. and to France, as people say, because they were pioneers to take action to protectLibya against Gadhafi militias, Rejeibi said.

During Mr. Gadhafi's era, Libyas foreign policy included giving weapons to European terroristgroups and blowing up two passenger jetsone American and one French. Now Libyans stressthat Mr. Gadhafis hostility toward the West is not shared by modern Libyans. Amar, a rebelunit fighter, speaks at a victory celebration.

The people of Libya were not an enemy of America [loud bangs] Gadhafi was an enemy,Amar said.


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In a neighborhood near a walled compound that once served as the nerve center of Mr. Gadhafi'srule, Ali Azoz is the imam of a local mosque. He also leads his neighborhoods undergroundresistance organization.

"People dont have any problems with America or any other country. The whole world should

know that Gadhafis character only represents himself," he said.

Inside the compound, Nale, a 20yearold dentistry student, is touring with her father, Khalid, anengineer. Nale says she wants to discover the world. She resents Gadhafis past restrictions onstudying English.

"We are not allowed to speak English, to study English in schools. And his (Gadhafi's) son goesto London and studies in the best unis [universities.] And we are not allowed to do that. Its soweird," Nale said.

Libyans caution that they want future relations with the West to built on the levels of mutual

respect. They know their 20thcentury history: an Italian colony for three decades, administeredby Britain for a decade, home to a massive American air base until 1970, a close trading partnerfor the Soviet Union during the Gadhafi era. But Libya has changed, and Libyans have changed.

In an upper middle class home, Fatma Ghobtan says Libyans are fast embracing the future.

We dont want the back history [such as his ties with] Russia. We want new faces, we wantnew people, we want new education. We want everything new. Its 2011. Everyone with acomputer, with a mobile. Everything has changed, Ghobtan said.

Agreement comes from Milad Mohammed Arier, a 30yearold fire extinguisher salesman, whois relaxing with neighbors on a street corner on a hot evening.

We are so near to Europe. Even our mentality is so open, because we are reading. Technology.Internet access. Mobile phones, they are coming, and they are changing everything. Even nowif you are working in Tripoli, you will see the difference in the knowledge between the old menand the new guys, between 20 years and 40 years, Arier said.

With half of Libyas population under 15 years of age, the demographic momentum seems to beon the side of big changes in how Libya relates to the world.

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Africa must come to terms with change of guard in Tripoli (Daily Nation, Nairobi)

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On Thursday, September 1, 2011, exactly 42 years since 27yearold Colonel MuammarGaddafi toppled King Idris and took power in Libya, leaders of 60 countries and the UN met inParis with the Transitional National Council (TNC).

As the leading countries of the world declared unfreezing US$15 billion of Libyan money held

in their territories and together with the leading humanitarian agencies plotted how to help theNTC stabilise the country, it was clear that the world had come to terms with the change of guardin Carthage, the homeland of Hannibal the Great.

Legitimate leaders

Mustafa Abdel Jalil, the chairman of the National Transitional Council (NTC) of Libya, andMahmoud Jibril, his prime minister, have for all purposes been accepted as the legitimate leadersof Libya by the world. Not so, with Africa.

In Addis, the Africa Union is still holding out with the sterile calls for peaceful negotiations

between different groups including Gaddafi and his loyalists as what they call a road map to thefuture.

In Oslo, South Africas Zuma was amplifying his musings that Nato had helped rebels withoutconsulting leaders who matter. Ugandas Museveni was still ruminating in similar vein.

Zimbabwes Mugabe was busy chasing away the Libyan ambassador who had the temerity toacknowledge the change of guard back home and replace the Gaddafi flag with the new flag ofLibya.

Kenya was even worse. A week ago, the then acting Foreign minister, Prof George Saitoti,issued a statement urging an early restoration of peace and stability after the impending collapseof the regime of Gaddafi.

A week later, as the world sized up the new leaders in Tripoli and the UN won the mandate tocoordinate stabilisation efforts with the new government, Kenya issued another statement goingback on Saitotis feeble attempts to be relevant.

The impression that Kenya has recognised the NTC is inaccurate, said Nairobi. What isneeded, they rattled, is political dialogue leading to an allinclusive transitional government. Wewant to act like Kofi Annan did for us. Never mind that the crisis in Libya is not a result of anelectoral dispute.

As Gaddafi hops about in a labyrinth of tunnels and other hideouts like a desert rat, Nairobi isdissenting into the group of Gaddafi friends mired in denial.

They find themselves in the company of Syria, the only country broadcasting Gaddafis piratedtapes announcing the imminent invasion of Tripoli by 2,000 tribes to burn the ground on whichthe rebels walk.


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If ever the price of this irreverent posturing was to be counted, two events brought it homeclearly. Early in the week, the NTC flatly rejected a UN proposal for a Kenyan contingent in thestabilisation force being put together for Libya.

For a country with international renown for excellent peace keeping performance, we had invited

unnecessary flak.

This comes in the wake of an attack on the Kenyan embassy in Tripoli when the rebels overranproGaddafi forces there; an experience repeated at the Algerian mission when that countryallowed safe passage to members of Gaddafis family. TNC is sending a message to Nairobi.Kenya must send a new message back to Tripoli. We must be seen to be friends of Libya, notGaddafi.

It is an open secret that many regimes in subSaharan Africa have benefited immensely from thelargesse of the Gaddafi regime. The AU had become so dependent on him that some were callingit a Gaddafi project. Some rulers are still sharing proceeds of the Libyan investments in their

countries as the situation in Tripoli remains unsettled.

But why pretend away the reality that the gravy train is gone? Gaddafis generosity spread to allcorners of the world. European beneficiaries of his money have ditched him for the next man intown.

The Arab countries supporting the NTC know where the interests of the Libyan people lie morethan distant Zimbabwe. The moment the countries of the Arab League, EU, the UN agencies andRussia started doing business with the NTC, a new government had taken over Libya.

Rather than pretend that their sense of being orphaned by Gaddafi will detain internationalattention, African leaders must wake up to the new reality. Their massive absence at the Parisforum has reduced Africas role in the shaping of one of the most important governments on theAfrican continent in the coming days.

Having remonstrated irrelevantly during the crisis in Ivory Coast, one would have expected theAU to do better in the Libyan situation. Instead we hear the same mouthings of sterile clichsabout inclusive dialogue.

The Libyan people who shed blood to free themselves from the yoke of an eccentric dictator aretaking note as we totter in our narrow ambivalence.

Dr Kituyi is a director of the Kenya Institute of Governance. [email protected]

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Obama Names Two Experienced Diplomats to Team As Problems Mount (allAfrica.com)

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President Barack Obama has tapped two experienced U.S. diplomats to represent him inKhartoum and Juba as tensions grow between Sudan and South Sudan.

Mary Carlin Yates, who has served as U.S. ambassador to Ghana and Burundi and as deputy to

the commander for CivilMilitary Activities of the United States Africa Command (Africom),takes up her new position today as interim Charg d'Affaires at the U.S. Embassy in theSudanese capital. The naming of a fulltime ambassador has been delayed by ongoing U.S.concerns about the Khartoum government's military actions in two troubled regions of Sudan,Darfur and Southern Kordofan.

Obama has also nominated Susan D. Page as the first U.S. ambassador to newlyindependentSouth Sudan. Page, who is currently deputy assistant secretary in the State Department's Africabureau, is a Harvardtrained attorney who helped draft the 2005 Comprehensive PeaceAgreement (CPA) for Sudan that ended decades of civil war between the north and south.

The appointments coincide with calls for stepped up action by the United States and others toprevent further killing and suffering in a region that has experienced war and conflict for fourdecades. John Prendergast, a prominent peace advocate, warned in a recent report that thechallenges facing South Sudan and the menace posed by "an angry, isolated, and besieged"regime in Khartoum, call for a new U.S. policy "rooted in the international responsibility toprotect civilian life and democracy promotion."

While no immediate shift in policy is anticipated, the administration spoke out again yesterdayon the worsening situation in Southern Kordofan, where human rights groups say bombings bythe Sudan Air Force have killed dozens of civilians and displaced thousands more. A statementissued jointly by the White House and State Department called on the government of Sudan "toimmediately cease aerial bombings, particularly of civilian areas," which the statement said havecontinued "despite the Government of Sudan's announcement of a unilateral twoweek ceasefirelast week."

The American statement also expressed concern over reports that South Sudan is supporting therebel movement fighting against Sudanese control of South Kordofan. Aid organizations saythey have been barred from the area. This has placed "many people in a lifethreatening situationwithout any prospect of relief," Valerie Amos, the United Nations undersecretarygeneral forhumanitarian affairs said on Tuesday.

A report released this week by Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch accuses theSudan Air Force of "indiscriminately bombing civilian areas" in Southern Kordofan and"preventing aid from reaching desperate displaced people."

Yates told AllAfrica the growing crisis in Southern Kordofan will be one of her first priorities.The U.S. government wants "both sides to provide unfettered humanitarian access to affectedpopulations," she said in a telephone interview prior to her departure. She also called for theresumption of negotiations to work out a "permanent cessation of hostilities and a politicalsettlement."


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Since January, Yates has been in charge of Africa at the National Security Council, where, shesaid, "Sudan was a major focus for me as well as for the more senior administration officials,"including the president.

The 2005 peace agreement promised Southern Kordofan and Blue Nileboth administrativeregions of Sudan which border on South Sudanpopular consultations to determine their future.But those consultations have not happened and tensions have escalated since disputed electionsin Southern Kordofan in May in which the incumbent governor appointed by Khartoum wasdeclared the victor.

A framework for peace was agreed in June between the Khartoum authorities and the SPLMN,the northern affiliate of the ruling party in the south, the Sudan People's Liberation Movement.But implementation has stalled and Khartoum has sharply criticized the SPLMN for forging analliance with two factions of the Darfur insurgent group that is opposing Khartoum in thatregion. The Sudan government has also refused to allow the presence of United Nations

peacekeepers in Southern Kordofan and Blue Nile.

Yates conceded the complexity of problems she will be addressing in her post. "I've got my workcut out for me," she said. She stressed that the administration "remains committed to thedevelopment of two viable states in Sudan and South Sudan" and to improving ties with theSudanese regime. "I certainly hope that my presence in Khartoum signals this intention clearly tothe government," she said.

While seeking improved relations, the administration remains committed to "international effortsto bring those responsible for genocide and crimes against humanity," she said. The InternationalCriminal Court has issued an arrest warrant for Sudanese President Omar alBashir on chargesof war crimes and crimes against humanity arising out of the conflict in Darfur. The UnitedStates does not support deferral of the ICC prosecutions against Bashir and other Sudaneseofficials, she said.

After Bashir agreed to accept the outcome of the January referendum in which southerners votedoverwhelmingly for independence, the U.S. government offered a 'roadmap' to normalizebilateral relations. That process included a review of Sudan's inclusion on the U.S. list of statesponsors of terrorism. John Brennan, the president's chief counterterrorism advisor, visitedKhartoum in June as part of the review, and, according to a White House statement,"underscored President Obama's deep concern over the continued presence of Sudanese ArmedForces in Abyei and urged a rapid and peaceful resolution to the crisis and to resolvingoutstanding CPA issues."

The 2010 list of state sponsors of terrorism, issued by the State Department two weeks ago, againincludes Sudan, while also labeling the government "a cooperative partner in globalcounterterrorism efforts against alQa'ida." The report said although Sudan has restricted theactivities of foreign terrorist groups, "gaps remained in the Sudanese government's knowledge ofand ability to identify and capture these individuals as well as prevent them from exploiting theterritory for smuggling activities."


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Yates said Khartoum also needs to show willingness to resolve the dispute over another borderarea, Abyei, and to work out its economic relationship with South Sudan, which includes issuesrelated to currencies and debt. She said she would be working closely with the president's specialenvoy for Sudan, Princeton Lyman, on these issues.

During Senate testimony in July, Lyman pointed to continuing problems in Darfur as a factordelaying the lifting of remaining U.S. sanctions, which include trade bans and foreign assistancerestrictions adopted by both the executive branch and the Congress. He said the administration ispressing Khartoum to ease access in Darfur for humanitarian assistance and for UNpeacekeepers, for serious engagement in peace negotiations, and for "an end to the use of proxymilitias and targeting of civilians and an improvement in justice and accountability so the reignof impunity in Darfur does not continue."

While Yates' appointment allows her to begin work immediately, Page's nomination asambassador requires Senate confirmation, which normally takes several months. Prior to her

current State Department appointment as one of four deputies to Assistant Secretary JohnnieCarson, Page worked on east and southern Africa at the National Democratic Institute and servedin the United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS), assisting with implementation of the 2005agreement. Previously, she headed the Human Rights and Justice Unit for the United NationsDevelopment Programme in Rwanda and, as a foreign service officer from 1993 to 2001, servedin State Department and USAID posts in Rwanda, Botswana and Kenya.

Even with the appointments of Yates and Page, officials say Lyman is expected to maintain hiscurrent role. His distinguished career, which included ambassadorships in Nigeria and SouthAfrica, along with his calming personality, have earned him wide respect and make him 'firstamong equals on the Sudan team', in the words of one former official who has watched himperform in varying situations.

Lyman became special envoy in March but has been a key interlocutor for the administrationsince August 2010, when he was brought onto its Sudan team to work alongside Scott Gration,his predecessor as special envoy. Gration, a former Air Force major general whose outspokenstyle sometimes caused friction, ended his tenure when Obama named him as U.S. Ambassadorto Kenya in February.

The administration's Sudan lineup also includes Dane Smith, a former ambassador to Guinea andSenegal and special envoy for Liberia, who has served as lead U.S. negotiator for Darfur sinceDecember.

Yates's replacement at the National Security Council is Grant Harris, who has been a senior aideto Ambassador Susan Rice and the United States Mission to the United Nations. He is the thirdNSC senior director for Africa under Obama. The first person to hold that job, Michelle Gavin,has been U.S. Ambassador to Botswana since April.

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A US military base in Africa (The Southern Times, Windhoek, Namibia)http://www.southerntimesafrica.com/article.php?title=A%20US%20military%20base%20in%20Africa&id=6209By Felox Njini5 September 2011

WindhoekThe United States military is likely to announce in 2012 where on the continent itwill headquarter its muchmaligned Africa Command (AFRICOM).

The proposed military base is presently based in Stuttgart, Germany because no African countryhas as yet expressed willingness to host American troops.

The US has military bases dotted around the globe and Africa is the only continent that has so farresisted a formal and permanent American military presence.

However, that resistance appears to be on the verge of vanishing.

The past decade has seen the US increasingly casting a covetous eye on Africa's mineralresources and huge energy reserves and it is secure these and other strategic interests that thecountry wants to establish a military base on the continent.

Controversy over AFRICOM returned to the fore recently when the Youth League of SouthAfrica's ruling ANC party labelled Botswana's government a 'puppet regime' that is likely to hostthe American military base.Botswana has denied the charge.

However, defence and security experts told The Southern Times that it was just a matter of timebefore the US realizes its dream of establishing a permanent military presence in Africa.

The US military has strong collaborative relationships with several countries in all five regionsof the continent.

America describes AFRICOM as a combatant command 'plus', meaning it will have all theresponsibilities of a traditional geographic combatant command, including facilitation of andleading full military operations.

The force includes a broader 'soft power' mandate that the US says is aimed at building a stablesecurity environment through incorporation of a large civilian component from Americangovernment agencies.

AFRICOM's first commander, General William Ward, has said the force will play a supportingrole to the US Department of Statewhich conducts diplomacyand USAID.

In a Congressional Research Service paper for members and committees of the US Congress onJuly 22, 2011, Lauren Ploch, an American expert on African Affairs, said AFRICOM could findan African home next year.
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'A decision on AFRICOM's final headquarters location has been postponed to 2012 to allow thecommand to gain greater understanding of its longterm operational requirements,' Ploch wrotein 'AFRICOM: US Strategic Interests and the Role of the US Military on Africa'.

The paper analyzes the US military's current activities in Africa, and reveals that AFRICOMfired the first shots in NATO's illegal invasion of Libya.

AFRICOM attacked Libya in March this year before handing over the official military commandto NATO on April 1.

Citing statistics from US defence officials, Ploch said America already had around 3 500 troopsin Africa.More than 2 000 of these are at Camp Lemonnier in Djibouti.

The US has a fiveyear lease with the Djibouti government for the Lemonnier base and has the

option to extend this to 2020.

Lemonnier hosts the Combined Joint Task ForceHorn of Africa (CJTFHOA).

'CJTFHOA has a semipermanent troop presence at enduring forward operating site, CampLemonnier in Djibouti with more than 2 000 US military and civilian personnel in residence,'Ploch wrote.

The same report outlines Camp Lemonnier's publicly acknowledged expenditure plans.

In 2008, the US military base in Djibouti received US$68.6 million, US$31.4m in 2009 and anestimated US$41.8m last year.

This year a budgetary requirement of US$51.6m has been requested and some of the money willbe used to finance construction of a Horn of Africa Joint Operations Centre.

The estimated budget for 2012 is US$89,5m.

While it is publicly known that the US also has military ties with Kenya and Uganda in EastAfrica, CJTFHOA also lists Burundi, Chad, Comoros, the DRC, Madagascar, Mauritius,Mozambique, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda and Yemen as 'areas of interest'.

The US uses military facilities in Kenya for its 'antiterrorism campaign' in the Horn of Africa.

America also has access to military locations in almost all parts of the continent.

In US military jargon, these are referred to as 'lily pads' or Cooperative Security Locations(CSLs).


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The report lists countries with 'lily pads' as Algeria, Botswana, Gabon, Ghana, Kenya, Mali,Namibia, Sao Tome, Sierra Leona, Tunisia, Uganda and Zambia.

In addition, AFRICOM has links with the African Union headquarters in Ethiopia through itsmilitary liaison officers.

AFRICOM has military liaison officers at the Economic Community of West Africa Statesheadquarters in Nigeria, and at the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre inGhana as well as the International Peace Support Training Centre in Kenya.

'Those may expand, and additional liaison officers may be attached to other regionalorganizations,' Ploch wrote.

Colonel Festus Aboagye, a senior research fellow in conflict management with the Institute forSecurity Studies in South Africa told this paper that while the US has not yet succeeded insecuring a base for AFRICOM, negotiations will likely be with countries 'that have open foreign

policies'.

'Botswana for example has some degree of links with the US government

'It pursues an open foreign policy and accepts such engagements with the US,' Aboagye noted.Refusing to offer land for a permanent base does not mean that African countries might notcollaborate with US military, he said.

In the region, South Africa and Mozambique also offer scope for collaborating with the USmilitary.

'I don't think South Africa would allow the US to have any kind of headquarters or base but thatdoesn't mean it's not going to collaborate.

'In Mozambique, the threat of maritime piracy and lack of resources to contain the threats mightsee the country turning to the US for collaboration,' Aboagye said.

In an interview, Botswana's Foreign Affairs Minister Phandu Skelemani flatly denied that hisgovernment harboured any interest in solidifying military links with the US.

'It's an old allegation. People have been saying that we gave US military land in west ofGaborone.

'It's a figment of imagination of these people. What we advise them is that if they are dreaming,they should not dream during daylight.

'It is diabolical, completely evil lies,' Skelemani said.

He, however, admitted that 'like any other country' Botswana conducted military trainingexercises with the US.


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'We are a member of SADC and the AU; how could we bring the US military to our neighbours,'Skelemani emphasized.

Africa is the only grey area on US's global military sphere of influence.

America has the US North Command (USNORTHCOM), US EU Command, (USEUCOM), USSouth America Command (USSOUTHCOM), US Central Command (USCENTCOM) and USPacific Command (USPACOM).

These permanent and fully operational commands cover every region of the worldexcept forAfrica.

When the US under the George W Bush first floated the idea of AFRICOM, it was publiclyresisted by several African countries.

Ploch, in her report, said the US later 'received offers to host the command from severalgovernments', though only Liberia publicly invited American troops onto its soil in 2007.

Pressure from within the AU saw Liberia going quiet on its offer.

AFRICOM's lead role in the Libyan offensive is indicative of the consequences of having apermanent US military presence on the continent.

'In March 2011, AFRICOM commenced Operation Odyssey Dawn in Libya.

'AFRICOM's part in the Libyan invasion included Tomahawk cruise missile attacks targetingLibyan command and control and air defenxe facilities,' Ploch's report said.

NATO then assumed the lead in military operations in April under 'Operation Unified Protector'.

The US has long had Africa in its sights and China's unannounced arrival on the continent hasraised the stakes.

In 2006 US National Security Strategy identified Africa as a 'high priority' and concluded that'our security depends upon partnering with Africans to strengthen fragile and failing states andbring ungoverned areas under control of effective democracies'.

During his visit to Ghana in 2010, US President Barack Obama claimed: 'Our African Commandis focused not on establishing a foothold on the continent, but on confronting these commonchallenges to advance the security of America, Africa, and the world.'

The US is keen to move AFRICOM from Stuttgart to an African location in 'close geographicproximity to the AU, African regional organizations' and US diplomatic missions.


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'Locating US soldiers permanently in a foreign country would be predicated on the host country'sapproval of a StatusofForces Agreement (SOFA), a legal document negotiated by the StateDepartment to define the legal status of US personnel and property while in that country, and abilateral nonsurrender agreement, commonly known as an Article 98 Agreement, to protectAmerican servicemen from prosecution by the International Criminal Court.

'AFRICOM estimates that the US military footprint on the continent (exclusive of Egypt)averaged approximately 3 500 troops in 2010.

'This includes an estimated 2 000 troops at CJTFHOA and the rotational presence of forcesparticipating in various exercises,' the Ploch report says.

Africa, it seems, will not resist US pressure to establish AFRICOM on the continent for verymuch longer.

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Hundreds Protest in Swazi Capital (VOA)

http://blogs.voanews.com/breakingnews/2011/09/05/hundredsprotestinswazicapital/By Unattributed Author5 September 2011

Hundreds of demonstrators have marched through the capital of Swaziland against thegovernment of King Mswati III, considered Africa's last absolute monarch.

Heavy security surrounded the march in Mbabane, which is the first demonstration in whatorganizers say will be a planned weeklong strike to press demands for better workingconditions and increased pay, as well as calls for democracy.

The government had sought a court injunction to stop the strike.Protests are planned for Swaziland's largest city, Manzini, on Tuesday, and are expected also tobe held in countries where there are Swazi embassies.

Swaziland is in a financial crisis because of political mismanagment and corruption. SouthAfrica recently agreed to give Swaziland a $343 million dollar bailout loan, contingent onreform.

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Why protests will not unseat Swaziland's King Mswati (BBC)

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