USAFRICOM http://archive.smallwarsjournal.com/ en Strategy Bridge: “Why Are We in Africa?”: The Dilemmas of Making American Strategy towards the African Continent http://archive.smallwarsjournal.com/blog/strategy-bridge-why-are-we-africa-dilemmas-making-american-strategy-towards-african-continent <span>Strategy Bridge: “Why Are We in Africa?”: The Dilemmas of Making American Strategy towards the African Continent</span> <div class="field field--name-field-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p>by Sam Wilkins</p> <p>https://thestrategybridge.org/the-bridge/2021/3/30/why-are-we-in-africa</p> </div> <span><span>Riley.C.Murray</span></span> <span>Tue, 03/30/2021 - 12:20am</span> <ul class="links inline list-inline"><li class="node-readmore"><a href="/blog/strategy-bridge-why-are-we-africa-dilemmas-making-american-strategy-towards-african-continent" rel="tag" title="Strategy Bridge: “Why Are We in Africa?”: The Dilemmas of Making American Strategy towards the African Continent" hreflang="en">Read more<span class="visually-hidden"> about Strategy Bridge: “Why Are We in Africa?”: The Dilemmas of Making American Strategy towards the African Continent</span></a></li><li class="comment-forbidden"></li><li></li></ul> Tue, 30 Mar 2021 04:20:16 +0000 Riley.C.Murray 139357 at http://archive.smallwarsjournal.com The Niger Ambush and Leadership Accountability http://archive.smallwarsjournal.com/jrnl/art/niger-ambush-and-leadership-accountability <span>The Niger Ambush and Leadership Accountability</span> <span><span>SWJED</span></span> <span>Mon, 12/17/2018 - 12:51pm</span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item">This paper addresses my concerns about issues raised by news media publicity surrounding the 2017 ambush in Niger that killed four Americans - members of U.S. Special Operations Forces (USSOF) Team OUALLAM - and the perceived mishandling of the U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) investigation results by U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM).</div> <ul class="links inline list-inline"><li class="node-readmore"><a href="/jrnl/art/niger-ambush-and-leadership-accountability" rel="tag" title="The Niger Ambush and Leadership Accountability" hreflang="en">Read more<span class="visually-hidden"> about The Niger Ambush and Leadership Accountability</span></a></li><li class="comment-forbidden"></li><li></li></ul> Mon, 17 Dec 2018 17:51:03 +0000 SWJED 111316 at http://archive.smallwarsjournal.com US Strategic Approach to Africa http://archive.smallwarsjournal.com/jrnl/art/us-strategic-approach-africa <span>US Strategic Approach to Africa</span> <span><span>SWJED</span></span> <span>Wed, 02/07/2018 - 5:06am</span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p> Africa matters because an unstable Africa is not in the world’s best interest.  To keep Africa stable will require a long-term international effort.</p> </div> <ul class="links inline list-inline"><li class="node-readmore"><a href="/jrnl/art/us-strategic-approach-africa" rel="tag" title="US Strategic Approach to Africa" hreflang="en">Read more<span class="visually-hidden"> about US Strategic Approach to Africa</span></a></li><li class="comment-comments"><a href="/jrnl/art/us-strategic-approach-africa#comments" title="Jump to the first comment." hreflang="en">23 comments</a></li><li class="comment-new-comments"><a href="/taxonomy/term/1702/feed" class="hidden" title="Jump to the first new comment." data-history-node-last-comment-timestamp="1519311586" data-history-node-field-name="comment"></a></li><li class="comment-forbidden"></li><li></li></ul> Wed, 07 Feb 2018 10:06:23 +0000 SWJED 85091 at http://archive.smallwarsjournal.com