Month: June 2015

• Highlights from SFRC Hearing on Security Assistance in Africa

  June 5, 2015

  AFRICOM, Security Cooperation, U.S. Africa Strategy

  Yesterday, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee’s Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health held a hearing on U.S. Security Assistance in Africa. The hearing was webcast, and you can also find the testimonies of Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Linda Thomas-Greenfield, Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs Puneet Talwar, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for African Affairs Amanda Dory, and Lauren… Read.

• Buhari Against Boko Haram: What He Brings to the Fight

  June 1, 2015

  Nigeria

  (Originally published in War on the Rocks on June 1, 2015) Since February, the counter-Boko Haram fight has gained momentum, a function of the imperative imposed by a need to improve security prior to Nigeria’s elections, as well as increased regional cooperation with neighboring Chad, Niger, and Cameroon, and an influx of South African mercenaries. Yet, up until weeks… Read.