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A Military Cutback We Can’t Afford: Fighting Tropical Diseases – The Atlantic.

In recent months, many politicians and presidential hopefuls have called for budget reductions, and many have specifically targeted military spending for cutbacks. Unfortunately, even programs proven to be cost effective are vulnerable to cuts. Medical research is no exception to this rule —

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Africa Center for Strategic Studies, Media Review – 11 January 2012

Libya ‘must offer militia a way out’.

Libya must offer its still-armed revolutionary fighters a future beyond the gun, the country’s former interim prime minister says, warning that failure could spell destabilising violence.

Ugandans Train on Raven UAVs | Military.com.

Eight members of the Uganda air force received training on the Raven Dec. 12-23. The Uganda defense forces purchased four of the systems in July for $3 million, according to logistics management specialist Cindy Vanburg of AMCOM’s Security Assistance Management Directorate.

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Africa Center for Strategic Studies, Media Review for January 3, 2012  

Morocco’s Islamist Prime Minister – By Avi Spiegel | The Middle East Channel.

The Moroccan case challenges conventional wisdom about contemporary Islamists and contextualizes qualms about what they might do next. The PJD originated as an offshoot of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood

Sierra Leone: Change You Can (Not) Believe In.

Sierra Leone is in the middle of a corruption firestorm after a damaging al-Jazeera investigative report uncovered what appears to be corruption at the highest levels of government, including the vice president. Sorious Samura, the country’s celebrated investigative journalist, broke the story for al-Jazeera after he infiltrated government offices. For two thousand dollars, undercover reporters were granted access to the vice president and other senior government officials who hinted at the possibility delaying the official ban on timber exports and allow the so-called investors to engage in what is clearly an illegal activity. You can watch the entire video here.

The Rush for Oil in West Africa – The New Wild West? – IPS ipsnews.net.