Alerts: Africa

5/9/2007, The plan by the United States government to establish an Africa Command (AFRICOM), though still at the consultation stage is already generating controversies. But their resolution would re-define U.S-Africa relations and contribute remarkably to the re-shaping of a new world order.

4/24/07, China has increased its presence in Africa in recent years in a hunt for oil and other natural resources to feed its rapidly growing economy. Its forays into areas considered politically unstable, however, has exposed Chinese workers to attacks.