U.S. AFRICOM: Africa and the world in the crosshairs
U.S. AFRICOM, acronym for the United States Africa Command, was founded in 2007 in response to what the U.S. Defense Department viewed as a growing threat from the People's Republic of China and the Russian Federation.
One might have believed that with the end of the Cold War the U. S. government would cease its harassment and oppressive tactics against nations of the Global South, sometimes called the "Third World," especially in Africa. It has not.
