Impact of Small Arms Proliferation on Africa

June 2, 2009 The persistence and the complication of wars in Africa are partially due to small arms proliferation.  The consequences of small arms on African people due to international conflicts within Africa, rebel group activities, mercenary groups, and...

Roots of AFRICOM

In October 2003, James Jay Carafano, Ph. D. and Nile Gardiner, both from the Conservative think-tank the Heritage Foundation, proposed to the Bush administration the creation of a centralized Africa command for the U.S. military. With this proposal as the basis for...

Ugandan President Museveni Labels Contracting HIV Treason

On September 24, President Museveni of Uganda was addressing officials from 12 Ugandan universities in Kampala when he compared contracting HIV/AIDS to treason.  According to the Monitor, he said to those who contract HIV/AIDS, “Instead of being an...