Author Archives: Africa Center for Strategic Studies

Media Review for May 21, 2012

Please note: The following news items are presented here for informational purposes. The views expressed within them are those of the authors and/or individuals quoted, not those of the Africa Center for Strategic Studies, the National Defense University, or the Department of Defense.

Obama’s $3 billion boost for Africa

U.S. Serves Up New Food Security Effort In [...]



Africa Center Researchers Provide Background for Senate Hearing on West Africa Drug Trafficking

West Africa has become a major transit area for illegal drugs coming from South America and Southwest Asia en route to global markets, Africa Center for Strategic Studies (ACSS) researchers told U.S. Senate staff on May 9, 2012.



Media Review for May 18, 2012

Please note: The following news items are presented here for informational purposes. The views expressed within them are those of the authors and/or individuals quoted, not those of the Africa Center for Strategic Studies, the National Defense University, or the Department of Defense.

AFRICOM first to test new regional brigade concept

DOD, Agencies Cooperate to Confront West [...]



Media Review for May 17, 2012

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Pentagon to assign Army brigade to Africa to do training, military exercises

Obama to [...]



Media Review for May 16, 2012

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EU forces in anti-piracy raid on Somali mainland

EU airstrike on Somali pirates echoes [...]



Media Review for May 15, 2012

Please note: The following news items are presented here for informational purposes. The views expressed within them are those of the authors and/or individuals quoted, not those of the Africa Center for Strategic Studies, the National Defense University, or the Department of Defense.

Africa’s army chiefs in Kampala to discuss security threats

American trainers draw on lessons [...]



Media Review for May 14, 2012

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Joseph Kony Top Commander Captured in Central Africa

US hails Algeria elections

Bouteflika’s ruling National [...]



Media Review for May 11, 2012

Please note: The following news items are presented here for informational purposes. The views expressed within them are those of the authors and/or individuals quoted, not those of the Africa Center for Strategic Studies, the National Defense University, or the Department of Defense.

Mali coup leader who stood aside now wants power back

Algeria’s parliamentary elections run [...]



Africa Center Hosts Roundtable with Africa Diplomats and U.S. Government Employees

African and U.S. diplomats offered their perspectives on U.S. relations with the continent and the current political turmoil in several African nations during a roundtable hosted by the Africa Center for Strategic Studies (ACSS) on May 3, 2012, at the National Defense University.



Other reads on Uganda

‘Negotiating with Ghosts’: Religion, Conflict and Peace in Northern Uganda
By Paul Jackson. The Round Table, 2009.
An up-to-date analysis of the conflict in northern Uganda, published June 2009. This article outlines the current situation with regard to the Lord’s Resistance Army, the possibilities for peace in Northern Uganda, and discusses the role of [...]