AFRICOM Related News Clips 2 March 2012

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United States Africa Command

Public Affairs Office

2 March 2012

USAFRICOM - related news stories

Good morning. Please see today's news review for March 2, 2012. Thisformat is best viewed in HTML.

Also, new material has been posted on the AFRICOM website relating toGeneral Carter Hams testimony before Congress, February 29-March 1,2012:

ARTICLE:AFRICOMs General Ham Discusses Africa Security BeforeHouse Committee

TRANSCRIPT:General Hams Opening Statement Before House ArmedServices Committee(Full transcript to be available later today)

2012 POSTURE STATEMENT:Statement of General Carter Ham BeforeHouse Armed Services Committee

VIDEO:House Armed Services CommitteeFiscal Year 2013 NationalDefense Authorization Budget Request from U.S. European Command andU.S. Africa Command

VIDEO:Senate Armed Services Committee Testimony

Of interest in today's report:

-Commander: Countering Extremists Tops AFRICOM's Priorities.-Nigeria: Boko Haram Hits Four Primary Schools, Bank.-UN backs open border policy to tackle Horn of Africa drought.-Egypt sets May 23 for landmark presidential vote.-Top US general for Africa says 3 main terror groups there seeking tocoordinate efforts.

U.S. Africa Command Public AffairsPlease send questions or comments to:[email protected] (+49-711-729-2687)

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Commander: CounteringExtremists Tops Africom'sPriorities

03/01/2012U.S. Departmentof Defense

WASHINGTON, Feb. 29, 2012In its mission to strengthen the defense capabilities of Africanstates, the U.S. Africa Command considers countering extremist organizations its top job, ArmyGen. Carter F. Ham, Africom commander, said today.

"In line with ...
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Nigeria: Boko Haram Hits FourPrimary Schools, Bank

03/01/2012AllAfrica.com

A police source told The Moment that the sect razed Gomari Costain Primary School, yesterdaymorning, a section of the Maiduguri Experimental School, Kawanar Yobe, and went ahead to setablaze two other schools, Budum and Kulo Gomna Primiary Schools and Ab...

Egypt says U.S. NGO workerscleared to leave 03/01/2012

Thomson

Reuters - Africa -Online

CAIRO (Reuters) - U.S. pro-democracy activists flew out of Egypt on Thursday after the authoritieslifted a travel ban, a move that is likely to defuse the worst row between Washington and Cairo indecades. Egyptian authorities had accused the campaigners...

UN backs open border policy totackle Horn of Africa drought

03/01/2012Xinhua NewsAgency

NAIROBI, Feb. 29 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations Environmental Program(UNEP) has said theHorn of Africa requires an "open borders" policy to decisively deal with the forced movement ofpastoralists escaping the effects of climate change. Peter Gilruth, dir...

Kenya police: British womanwanted over charges offundraising for terror groups

03/01/2012Washington Post- Online

NAIROBI, Kenya -- Kenyan police are hunting for a British woman who has been using the identityof the widow of one of the suicide bombers who attacked London's transport system, an officialsaid Thursday. Police suspect that she is fundraising for a terro...

Egypt sets May 23 for landmarkpresidential vote

03/01/2012ThomsonReuters - Africa -Online

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's presidential election will be held over two days starting May 23, thestate election committee said on Wednesday, as the country's military rulers prepare to handpower to civilians after last year's overthrow of Hosni Mubarak. A...

Top US general for Africa says 3main terror groups there seekingto coordinate efforts


WASHINGTON -- Terrorist groups in Somalia, North Africa and Nigeria are eyeing ways to

coordinate their training, funding and terror activities, triggering increased U.S. national securityworries, the top American commander for Africa told Congress on Wed...

Alias causes confusion as wrongman detained in Cairo


A flurry of excitement passed briefly through U.S. intelligence agencies early Wednesday whenEgyptian authorities announced they had arrested an al-Qaeda member wanted in connection withthe 1998 bombings of U.S. embassies in East Africa. Mohammed Ibrahi...

Kenya and Ethiopia to sign deals 03/01/2012Africa Review

Kenya's President Mwai Kibaki and Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi will Thursday witnessthe signing of bilateral agreements between their two countries.

Africom to hold 2012 exercise inCameroon

03/01/2012Africa Review

The 2012 edition of the US Africa Command's joint military exercises with African countries willtake place in June in Douala, Cameroon. The exercise dubbed; Africa Endeavour, will involve land,air and naval forces from 35 African and Western countries.

Libya asks Egypt to hand over 40wanted Gadhafi backers


CAIRO -- Libya's general prosecutor has demanded that Egypt hand over 40 men accused ofcollaboration with former Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi before and during an eight-monthuprising that toppled his regime. Abdel Aziz al-Hassadi, the Libyan prosecut...

UN peacekeeper killed in Darfur 03/01/2012Thomson
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Libya%20asks%20Egypt%20to%20hand%20over%2040%20wanted%20Gadhafi%20backers...&body=Libya%20asks%20Egypt%20to%20hand%20over%2040%20wanted%20Gadhafi%20backers03/01/2012Washington%20Post%20-%20OnlineCAIRO%20--%20Libya%27s%20general%20prosecutor%20has%20demanded%20that%20Egypt%20hand%20over%2040%20men%20accused%20of%20collaboration%20with%20former%20Libyan%20dictator%20Moammar%20Gadhafi%20before%20and%20during%20an%20eight-month%20uprising%20that%20toppled%20his%20regime.Abdel%20Aziz%20al-Hassadi,%20the%20Libyan%20prosec...Link:%20http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/libya-asks-egypt-to-hand-over-40-wanted-gadhafi-backers/2012/02/29/gIQAQLJgiR_story.htmlhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/libya-asks-egypt-to-hand-over-40-wanted-gadhafi-backers/2012/02/29/gIQAQLJgiR_story.htmlmailto:?subject=News%20Forwarded:%20Africom%20to%20hold%202012%20exercise%20in%20Cameroon...&body=Africom%20to%20hold%202012%20exercise%20in%20Cameroon03/01/2012Africa%20ReviewThe%202012%20edition%20of%20the%20US%20Africa%20Command%27s%20joint%20military%20exercises%20with%20African%20countries%20will%20take%20place%20in%20June%20in%20Douala,%20Cameroon.The%20exercise%20dubbed;%20Africa%20Endeavour,%20will%20involve%20land,%20air%20and%20naval%20forces%20from%2035%20African%20and%20Western%20countries...Link:%20http://www.africareview.com/News/Africom+to+hold+exercise+in+Cameroon/-/979180/1356340/-/73oxuv/-/index.htmlhttp://www.africareview.com/News/Africom+to+hold+exercise+in+Cameroon/-/979180/1356340/-/73oxuv/-/index.htmlmailto:?subject=News%20Forwarded:%20Kenya%20and%20Ethiopia%20to%20sign%20deals...&body=Kenya%20and%20Ethiopia%20to%20sign%20deals03/01/2012Africa%20ReviewKenya%27s%20President%20Mwai%20Kibaki%20and%20Ethiopian%20Prime%20Minister%20Meles%20Zenawi%20will%20Thursday%20witness%20the%20signing%20of%20bilateral%20agreements%20between%20their%20two%20countries.Thereafter,%20a%20joint%20communiqu%C3%A9%20will%20be%20issued%20at%20a%20press%20briefing%20and%20media%20opportunity%20at%20Sta...Link:%20http://www.africareview.com/News/Kenya+and+Ethiopia+to+sign+deals/-/979180/1356502/-/h48jsrz/-/index.htmlhttp://www.africareview.com/News/Kenya+and+Ethiopia+to+sign+deals/-/979180/1356502/-/h48jsrz/-/index.htmlmailto:?subject=News%20Forwarded:%20Alias%20causes%20confusion%20as%20wrong%20man%20detained%20in%20Cairo...&body=Alias%20causes%20confusion%20as%20wrong%20man%20detained%20in%20Cairo03/01/2012Washington%20Post%20-%20OnlineA%20flurry%20of%20excitement%20passed%20briefly%20through%20U.S.%20intelligence%20agencies%20early%20Wednesday%20when%20Egyptian%20authorities%20announced%20they%20had%20arrested%20an%20al-Qaeda%20member%20wanted%20in%20connection%20with%20the%201998%20bombings%20of%20U.S.%20embassies%20in%20East%20Africa.Mohammed%20Ibra...Link:%20http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/alias-causes-confusion-as-wrong-man-detained-in-cairo/2012/02/29/gIQA4o97iR_print.htmlhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/alias-causes-confusion-as-wrong-man-detained-in-cairo/2012/02/29/gIQA4o97iR_print.htmlmailto:?subject=News%20Forwarded:%20Top%20US%20general%20for%20Africa%20says%203%20main%20terror%20groups%20there%20seeking%20to%20coordinate%20efforts...&body=Top%20US%20general%20for%20Africa%20says%203%20main%20terror%20groups%20there%20seeking%20to%20coordinate%20efforts03/01/2012Washington%20Post%20-%20OnlineWASHINGTON%20--%20Terrorist%20groups%20in%20Somalia,%20North%20Africa%20and%20Nigeria%20are%20eyeing%20ways%20to%20coordinate%20their%20training,%20funding%20and%20terror%20activities,%20triggering%20increased%20U.S.%20national%20security%20worries,%20the%20top%20American%20commander%20for%20Africa%20told%20Congress%20on%20Wed...Link:%20http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/top-us-general-for-africa-says-3-main-terror-groups-there-seeking-to-collaborate-efforts/2012/02/29/gIQAxOSQiR_story.htmlhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/top-us-general-for-africa-says-3-main-terror-groups-there-seeking-to-collaborate-efforts/2012/02/29/gIQAxOSQiR_story.htmlmailto:?subject=News%20Forwarded:%20Egypt%20sets%20May%2023%20for%20landmark%20presidential%20vote...&body=Egypt%20sets%20May%2023%20for%20landmark%20presidential%20vote03/01/2012Thomson%20Reuters%20-%20Africa%20-%20OnlineCAIRO%20(Reuters)%20-%20Egypt%27s%20presidential%20election%20will%20be%20held%20over%20two%20days%20starting%20May%2023,%20the%20state%20election%20committee%20said%20on%20Wednesday,%20as%20the%20country%27s%20military%20rulers%20prepare%20to%20hand%20power%20to%20civilians%20after%20last%20year%27s%20overthrow%20of%20Hosni%20Mubarak....Link:%20http://af.reuters.com/article/topNews/idAFJOE81S08420120229http://af.reuters.com/article/topNews/idAFJOE81S08420120229mailto:?subject=News%20Forwarded:%20Kenya%20police:%20British%20woman%20wanted%20over%20charges%20of%20fundraising%20for%20terror%20groups...&body=Kenya%20police:%20British%20woman%20wanted%20over%20charges%20of%20fundraising%20for%20terror%20groups03/01/2012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ambush Reuters - Africa -Online

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - A U.N.-African Union peacekeeper was killed and three others werewounded in Sudan's conflict-torn western Darfur region on Wednesday when their patrol wasambushed, the United Nations said. "A patrol moving from Nyala to Sheari...

Libya gives $100m to help Syrians 03/01/2012News24

Tripoli - Libya announced on Wednesday that it will provide $100m in humanitarian aid to Syriansin a bid to support their battle for "freedom" against the "dictatorial regime" of Bashar Assad.

Libyan politicians in rush to formparties

03/01/2012Daily Nation -Online

There may be no law governing the formation of political parties in the new Libya, but political andmilitary personalities are wasting no time in launching their groups or coalitions. Two parties -- onecentrist and the other headed by a commander of a u...

Libya: Former Rebels RetainPrisoners

03/01/2012New York Times -Online, The

Former Libyan rebels, some of whom have been accused of torturing detainees, still hold aboutthree-quarters of the people they arrested during the country's civil war, the United Nations said onWednesday.

Africa: 2012 Posture Statement -Statement of General Carter HamBefore House Armed ServicesCommittee

03/01/2012AllAfrica.com

Stuttgart, Germany -- A statement by General Carter Ham, U.S. Army Commander of the UnitedStates Africa Command to the House Armed Services Committee of the U.S. House ofRepresentatives: Africa Command protects and defends the national security interest...

Africa, the black man's burden 03/01/2012Herald, (Online)

So much has been said of the "white man's burden" namely, how the collapsing American Empireand bygone British Empire have shouldered the burden of civilising Africa and driving the globaleconomyfor centuries. The opposite is true. The fact of the matt...

United Nations News Centre -Africa Briefs

03/01/2012United NationsNews Centre -Africa Briefs

-UN-backed court to deliver judgment in Charles Taylor trial next month-ICC issues arrest warrant for Sudanese minister for alleged Darfur crimes-South Sudan army officers receive UN-led human rights training-UN to assess situation in areas where pol...

News Headline: Commander: Countering Extremists Tops Africom's Priorities |

News Date: 03/01/2012Outlet Full Name: U.S. Department of DefenseNews Text: WASHINGTON, Feb. 29, 2012In its mission to strengthen the

defense capabilities of African states, the U.S. Africa Command considerscountering extremist organizations its top job, Army Gen. Carter F. Ham, Africomcommander, said today.

In line with the new defense strategic guidance, we've prioritized our efforts,focusing on the greatest threats to America, Americans and American interests,Ham told the House Armed Services Committee. Countering threats posed byal-Qaida affiliates in east and northwest Africa remains my No. 1 priority.

Helping Africom partners responsibly address their own security challenges is
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ave%20been%20accused%20of%20torturing%20detainees,%20still%20hold%20about%20three-quarters%20of%20the%20people%20they%20arrested%20during%20the%20country%27s%20civil%20war,%20the%20United%20Nations%20said%20on%20Wednesday.As%20many%20as%206,000%20detainees,%20many%20of%20them%20Afric...Link:%20http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/01/world/africa/libya-former-rebels-retain-prisoners.htmlhttp://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/01/world/africa/libya-former-rebels-retain-prisoners.htmlmailto:?subject=News%20Forwarded:%20Libyan%20politicians%20in%20rush%20to%20form%20parties...&body=Libyan%20politicians%20in%20rush%20to%20form%20parties03/01/2012Daily%20Nation%20-%20OnlineThere%20may%20be%20no%20law%20governing%20the%20formation%20of%20political%20parties%20in%20the%20new%20Libya,%20but%20political%20and%20military%20personalities%20are%20wasting%20no%20time%20in%20launching%20their%20groups%20or%20coalitions.%20%20Two%20parties%20--%20one%20centrist%20and%20the%20other%20headed%20by%20a%20commander%20of%20a%20u...Link:%20http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/Libyan+politicians+in+rush+to+form+parties++/-/1066/1356470/-/dn7g4z/-/index.htmlhttp://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/Libyan+politicians+in+rush+to+form+parties++/-/1066/1356470/-/dn7g4z/-/index.htmlmailto:?subject=News%20Forwarded:%20Libya%20gives%20$100m%20to%20help%20Syrians...&body=Libya%20gives%20$100m%20to%20help%20Syrians03/01/2012News24Tripoli%20-%20Libya%20announced%20on%20Wednesday%20that%20it%20will%20provide%20$100m%20in%20humanitarian%20aid%20to%20Syrians%20in%20a%20bid%20to%20support%20their%20battle%20for%20%22freedom%22%20against%20the%20%22dictatorial%20regime%22%20of%20Bashar%20Assad.Libya%20government%20spokesperson%20Mohammed%20al-Harizi%20said%20the%20o...Link:%20http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/Libya-gives-100m-to-help-Syrians-20120229http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/Libya-gives-100m-to-help-Syrians-20120229http://www.un.org/apps/news/region.asp?Region=AFRICAhttp://www.un.org/apps/news/region.asp?Region=AFRICAhttp://www.herald.co.zw/index.php?catid=39%3aopinion-a-analysis&id=35293%3aafrica-the-black-mans-burden&Itemid=132&option=com_content&view=articlehttp://allafrica.com/stories/201203011203.htmlhttp://allafrica.com/stories/201203011203.htmlhttp://allafrica.com/stories/201203011203.htmlhttp://allafrica.com/stories/201203011203.htmlhttp://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/01/world/africa/libya-former-rebels-retain-prisoners.html?_r=1http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/01/world/africa/libya-former-rebels-retain-prisoners.html?_r=1http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/Libyan+politicians+in+rush+to+form+parties++/-/1066/1356470/-/dn7g4z/-/index.htmlhttp://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/Libyan+politicians+in+rush+to+form+parties++/-/1066/1356470/-/dn7g4z/-/index.htmlhttp://www.news24.com/Africa/News/Libya-gives-100m-to-help-Syrians-20120229http://af.reuters.com/article/topNews/idAFJOE82000Z20120301?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FAFRICATopNews+%28News+%2F+AFRICA+%2F+Top+News%29


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an integral part of the command's activities, as are strengthening regional andpeacekeeping capabilities and maritime security, the general said.

Our engagements are designed to be innovative, low-cost and have a smallfootprint, Ham told the panel. In Africa, a small investment truly can go a longway.

Over the past year, significant changes have swept the African continent, hesaid.

The broad wave of democratic movements that began in Tunisia has spreadfaster and more broadly than many forecasted, Ham said. And the Republic ofSouth Sudan is the world's newest nation, gaining its independence last July.

In Nigeria, an Islamist extremist organization called Boko Haram conductsviolent attacks and demonstrates a growing threat to western interests, thegeneral said. And in the Horn of Africa on Feb. 9, he noted, al-Qaida and itsSomalia-based terrorist cell al-Shabaab publicly formalized their long-standingmerger.

Strong relationships have long been suspected among al-Qaida, al-Shebab andal-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula across the Gulf of Aden, operating in thecountry of Yemen, Ham said.

Some have postulated that the timing of the public announcement may[indicate] that al-Shebab is under duress, Ham said. I believe they are verymuch under duress by the African Union mission in Somalia, Ethiopia andKenya, which have joined in the effort to defeat al-Shebab and clear areas ofSomalia from al-Shebab control.

The announcement is not quite a last gasp, the general added, but I would say[it is] an effort by al-Shebab to gain some international support.

While each group by itself is certainly dangerous, he added, what concerns memore is at least the intent expressed by the leaders of those organizations tomore closely collaborate and synchronize their efforts. If they are able tocoordinate efforts, share funding and training and exchange weapons, theAfricom commander said, I think that presents a real challenge for us.

In October, President Barack Obama authorized the deployment to centralAfrica of 100 combat-equipped U.S. forces whose mission was to help regionalforces fight the notorious Lord's Resistance Army and its leader, Joseph Kony.

Today, with the approval of the Ugandan government, about 100 servicemembers and civilians that include two combat-equipped teams andheadquarters, communications and logistics personnel, provide information,

advice and assistance to select partner nation forces and act as advisers topartner forces that seek to remove Kony and other senior LRA leadership fromthe battlefield.

The Lord's Resistance Army is an organization that creates through violence atremendous amount of instability in a four-country region of east and centralAfrica, Ham told the House members. Initially beginning in Uganda but nowextending their efforts into South Sudan, the Central African Republic and theDemocratic Republic of Congo, they've displaced many thousands of African


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citizens and brought terror and fear to families across the region.

Ham said the four African nations, with U.S. forces in a facilitating role, arecoming together in an increasingly collaborative approach to counter the LRA.

To date, what we have found is that presence of the U.S. mostly special forces

advisors that are working with the armed forces of those four nations are havinga very positive effect, the general said.

Though he is optimistic, he added, the effort is not yet to the point where wesee the end in sight.

Security in Africa, he said, continues to be influenced by external actors, byrapid economic developments, population growth and the overall size anddiversity of the continent itself.

Ham said that as he travels across Africa, he's been encouraged by theoptimism of African leaders in confronting the challenges and embracing theopportunities ahead.

Because he believes Africans are best able to address African securitychallenges, and because a safe, secure and stable Africa is in the U.S. nationalinterest, the general added, we at U.S. Africa Command will continue to striveto be the security partner of choice in Africa.

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News Headline: Nigeria: Boko Haram Hits Four Primary Schools, Bank |

News Date: 03/01/2012Outlet Full Name: AllAfrica.comNews Text: A police source told The Moment that the sect razed GomariCostain Primary School, yesterday morning, a section of the MaiduguriExperimental School, Kawanar Yobe, and went ahead to set ablaze two otherschools, Budum and Kulo Gomna Primiary Schools and Abba Ganaram PrimarySchool, also in the state capital.

The spokesperson of the Borno State Police Command, Samuel Tizhe,confirmed the burning of the school. 'We have started investigation but no arrestmade yet,' Tuzhe said.

The Moment also learnt that the sect shot dead four people and wounded sixothers in an attack at Bundun Kahugu in Pingiriga Chiefdom of Lere LocalGovernment Area of Kaduna State.

An eyewitness said the incident occurred last night around 9:30p.m. when some

of the victims were about to close for the day's business.

He said the gunmen came with sophisticated weapons and started a shootingspree that caused pandemonium with villagers fleeing to nearby bushes forsafety.

Confirming the incident, the interim chairman of Lere Local Government Area,Alhaji Kabir Tahir Malali, described the attacks as unfortunate and inhuman.
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He called on the people of the council to remain calm and not take the laws intotheir hands, adding, adequate measures have been taken by government toensure safety of lives and properties.

The Chief of Piriga, Mr Silas Angai, in his reaction, called on government toadequately equip the security agents to face the growing challenges of

insecurity bedeviling the state and the country.

The Kaduna State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Aminu Lawal, said thecommand has begun an intensive combing of the area and were closing on theperpetrators of the dastardly act in both Lere and Kagoro.

'Our men have already commenced investigation into the recent killings inKagoro and Lere and we are optimistic that those who carried out the attackwould very soon be arrested and brought to book,' he assured.

The Moment learnt that the Boko Haram sect also attacked a police station andone old generation bank, killing one policeman and injuring another in BauchiState.

An eyewitness who would not want to be mentioned said they heard the soundof explosion around 9p.m, which made many of them to run and leave theirshops open in fear.

He said the explosion went off at the bank and police station, followed by heavygun exchanges between the policemen and the attackers, which lasted for overone and a half hour, adding that 'the policeman who died was newly married.'

The Caretaker Committee chairman of Jama'are Local Government Area, AlhajiAdamu Suleiman, said when he visited the scenes of the incident, the bank andthe police station were badly damaged by the explosion.

He said at least 12 undetonated bombs planted within the bank were also

discovered.

The chairman said normalcy has since returned to area, adding that bombexperts have already arrived the scene of the incident. He called on the peopleof the area to cooperate with the police to unravel those behind the dastardlyact.

The state Police Commissioner, Ikewachukwu Aduba, who confirmed theincident on phone, said he was on his way from the place, adding that he wouldlater issue press statement on the incident.

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News Headline: Egypt says U.S. NGO workers cleared to leave |

News Date: 03/01/2012Outlet Full Name: Thomson Reuters - Africa - OnlineNews Text: CAIRO (Reuters) - U.S. pro-democracy activists flew out of Egypton Thursday after the authorities lifted a travel ban, a move that is likely todefuse the worst row between Washington and Cairo in decades.

Egyptian authorities had accused the campaigners, including the son of U.S.
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Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, of working for groups receiving illegalforeign funding and prevented them from leaving the country.

U.S. officials said the case, as long as it was unresolved, jeopardised $1.3 billionin annual military aid, a cash transfer that began flowing after Egypt made peacewith Israel in 1979. Washington's ties with Cairo were a pillar of its Middle East

policy under U.S. ally Hosni Mubarak, who was deposed last year.

A judge said on Wednesday the ban had been lifted. "They (the activists) haveleft," an airport official told Reuters on Thursday.

The group of 15 people, included eight Americans, among them Sam LaHood,three Serbs, two Germans, one Norwegian and one Palestinian, Egypt's officialnews agency said. Airport sources said they left on a U.S. plane sent to getthem.

The group later arrived in Cyprus, where they were met by U.S. embassy staffand driven away from Larnaca airport in a minibus without speaking to a Reutersreporter. It was not clear where they were being taken and U.S. diplomatsreferred questions to the State Department in Washington.

Cyprus airport sources said the group's aircraft was scheduled to depart onFriday but there was no information on its destination or passengers.

The United States expressed continued concern over Egypt's crackdown on pro-democracy groups.

"We are very pleased that the Egyptian courts have now lifted the travel ban onour NGO employees. State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said inWashington. The group were on their way home, she said."The departure of our people doesn't resolve the legal case or the larger issuesconcerning the NGOs," Nuland said.

"We remain deeply concerned about the prosecution of NGOs in Egypt and theultimate outcome of the legal process, and we will keep working with theEgyptian government on these issues."

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton had said on Wednesday she expected aswift resolution to the row.

Judge Abdel Moez Ibrahim told Reuters on Wednesday that, after an appeal bythose charged, the case was switched from a criminal court to one handlingmisdemeanours where the maximum penalty was a fine, not jail.

With that, those involved could post bail of 2 million Egyptian pounds ($330,000)each and the travel ban would be lifted. The NGOs posted bail for their

employees.

Sixteen of the 43 people charged are Americans. Some of the U.S. activists hadsought refuge in the U.S. embassy, which had no comment on the case.

Egyptian politicians and analysts said ties with the United States would likelyrecover without major long-term damage. Relations have been strained at asensitive point when Egypt makes the transition from army to civilian rule.


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STRATEGIC ALLIANCE

"There is a realisation on all sides that the relationship with the United States isextremely important. For the United States, Egypt is a pivotal country," saidMona Makram-Ebeid, a member of an advisory council appointed by the rulingarmy and also a professor at the American University in Cairo.

"But this is a long-standing strategic alliance that I think the NGO case could notjeopardise, although we do not agree to any interference or any threat ofremoving the financial aid." She said the comments by U.S. officials that aid wasat risk had angered many Egyptians.

But NGO activists and diplomats said the saga could curtail NGO activities andimpact on democratic freedoms.

"The crisis over the NGOs (non-governmental organisations) is more abouttrimming Egyptian civil society in the coming future. The case poses a threat toEgyptian civil society," said Mohamed Mohie, head of an Egyptian NGO notinvolved in the case, the Human Development Society.

Two of the groups involved, the National Democratic Institute (NDI) and theInternational Republican Institute (IRI), are loosely affiliated with the major U.S.political parties.

IRI, which employs Sam LaHood as its Egypt Director, welcomed the lifting ofthe travel ban but said it remained concerned over Egypt's investigation of civilsociety groups and hopeful that all charges would be dropped.

It said it remained very concerned about the situation "and the impact it will haveon Egypt's ability to move forward with the democratic transition that so manyEgyptians have sought."

One Western diplomat said the case may have been used, at least in part, todivert attention from a faltering economy.

"Once ... the media spotlight moves on, the threat remains over the Egyptianemployees (of NGOs involved) as does a large question mark over the way thatNGOs and civil society are seen in Egypt," the diplomat added.

Alongside charges that NGOs received foreign funds without Egypt's approval,the workers are also alleged to have carried out political activities unrelated totheir work and accused of failing to obtain necessary operating licences.A judicial source said charges would not be dropped.

The first session of the court that was initially hearing the case took place onSunday. It had been adjourned until April 26, but a new date will now be setsince the case has been transferred to another court, the judge said.

(Additional reporting and writing by Edmund Blair and Michele Kambas inLarnaca; Editing by Giles Elgood)

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News Headline: UN backs open border policy to tackle Horn of Africa drought |
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News Date: 03/01/2012Outlet Full Name: Xinhua News AgencyNews Text: NAIROBI, Feb. 29 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations EnvironmentalProgram(UNEP) has said the Horn of Africa requires an "open borders" policy todecisively deal with the forced movement of pastoralists escaping the effects ofclimate change.

Peter Gilruth, director of the Division of Early Warning and Assessment (DESA),said enhancing the cross-border movement of pastoralists and their livestockwas a better way of dealing with "climate refugees" than restricting movement.

"The governments of the region have to find solutions," Gilruth told Xinhua in arecent interview. "Life is quite hard but it would be harder if you reducepopulation mobility."

Gilruth, part of a team of 22 scientists who have rated the food crisis in the Hornof Africa region as the world's third biggest environmental challenge, saideffectively managing food supplies and livestock was also of key importance.

"You are likely to create more problems trying to prevent the populations fromaccessing the resources and especially from populations that are resource-scarce," Gilruth said.

UNEP executives believe the drought in northern Kenya, Ethiopia, Somalia andDjibouti, which ignites mass cross-border movements, is a natural disaster, butthat the hunger and starvation that comes with it is a man-made crisis.

"The pastoralists have to change their patterns of livelihood and learn to selltheir livestock. They should also learn to sell off harvests during excess cropproduction. This is not culturally their practice, but it can provide a solution,"Gilruth said.

He said the Masaai livestock farmers and their Rendille counterparts in

northeastern Kenya should be assisted to make regular livestock sales to avoidmassive herd losses.

Studies by the Nairobi-based institution showed pressure on land has beenincreasing in recent years. In recent reports examining the state of the world'senvironment, UNEP warns that land degradation and deforestation inflict abigger economic burden on the world than the effects of the 2008 financial crisis.

Gilruth said as representatives from around the world prepare to meet in June(at the Rio+20 conference) to discuss the subject of sustainable development,striking a balance between social, economic and environmental issues was allthe more necessary to reduce risks to forests.

Earlier, Valerie Amos, the UN humanitarian affairs coordinator, said it was stilltoo early to declare the end of an era among the region's pastoralistcommunities.

The United Nations declared an official end to the famine in Somalia in earlyFebruary, but called for sustained aid to consolidate humanitarian gains sincemillions still remain in crisis.

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can see the impact it is having on the land and livelihoods," Amos, a formerBritish minister, told Xinhua, after a recent tour of the African humanitarianhotspots.

Amos said her consultations with the elders of pastoralist communities inEthiopia, showed a new demand for more sustainable livelihoods.

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News Headline: Kenya police: British woman wanted over charges of

fundraising for terror groups |

News Date: 03/01/2012Outlet Full Name: Washington Post - OnlineNews Text: NAIROBI, Kenya Kenyan police are hunting for a British womanwho has been using the identity of the widow of one of the suicide bombers whoattacked London's transport system, an official said Thursday.

Police suspect that she is fundraising for a terrorist group, said the official who

spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to release theinformation.

Personal Post .The suspect has been using a number of identities, includingthose of Samantha Lewthwaite and Natalie Faye Webb, the official said.Lewthwaite is the widow of Jermaine Lindsay, one of the suicide bombers whokilled 52 commuters in multiple bombings of London's transport system on July7, 2005. British newspapers report that Faye Webb is the victim of identity theft.

The official said he cannot confirm if the woman is Lewthwaite herself. Policeare working closely with Scotland Yard on the case, he said.

Lewthwaite's father, a builder from the town of Aylesbury near London, said thathe and the wider family had not heard for some time from his daughter.

I just wish she would get in touch with us, Andy Lewthwaite, 57, told The Sunnewspaper. Samantha would not be involved in anything to do with terrorism.She was badly affected by what happened before and would have nothing to dowith it. I am sure of that.

The police official said the woman is suspected to be part of a cell that had beenplanning to bomb the Kenyan coast in December in retaliation for the Kenyanmilitary incursion into Somalia.

Kenya sent troops across the border in October after a series of attacks bySomali gunmen on Kenyan soil. The Kenyan government blamed the attacks onthe al-Qaida-affiliated Somali militant group al-Shabab.

Al-Shabab threatened to carry out suicide bombings in retaliation, although ithas not done so thus far. But Kenya has been hit by a number of grenade andsmall arms attacks. Police said recently they suspect the killings of over 30civilians in the past five months were orchestrated by al-Shabab or itssympathizers.

In January, Kenya police announced that they had thwarted a major terror attackby al-Shabab over the Christmas vacation. On the same day, Britain warned its
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citizens in Kenya to be extra vigilant because terrorists could be in the finalstages of planning an attack.

The police official said they suspect the British woman is a member of the cellthat was planning the attack. Other members allegedly include a British man,Jermaine Grant, sentenced to three years in prison for immigration offenses and

lying to a government official about his identity. Grant is also charged withconspiring to commit a felony and possessing explosive materials.

Prosecutors say Grant is linked to al-Shabab but his lawyer Chacha Mwitadismissed the allegations and said his client has not told him anything about aEuropean woman.

The other suspected member of cell, according to the police official, is AboudRogo, an Islamic preacher who was arrested in January during a raid at hiscoastal home. Police say they recovered a cache of guns, ammunition anddetonators there but Rogo's family say police planted the weapons.

A court released Rogo on bail last week and his lawyer Mbugua Mureithichallenged the police to produce evidence linking his client to a terrorist cell.Mureithi said the allegations were part of smear campaign against his client.

Police have a big opportunity to prove their accusations against my client incourt, Mureithi said.

Rogo was acquitted on murder charges for the 2002 bombing of a tourist hotelwhich killed more than dozen people and attempt shoot down an Israeli jetliner.He is also facing separate charges of being a member of al-Shabab, which hasbeen outlawed in Kenya.

So far al-Shabab's biggest attack on foreign soil has been the July 2010 suicideattacks in Kampala, Uganda which killed 76 people watching the World Cupfinal. Al-Shabab said the bombings were in retaliation for the presence of

Ugandan troops in Somalia.

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News Headline: Egypt sets May 23 for landmark presidential vote |

News Date: 03/01/2012Outlet Full Name: Thomson Reuters - Africa - OnlineNews Text: CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's presidential election will be held overtwo days starting May 23, the state election committee said on Wednesday, asthe country's military rulers prepare to hand power to civilians after last year'soverthrow of Hosni Mubarak.

A run-off between the top two contenders will take place on June 16 and 17 if nocandidate wins outright in the first round and final results will be released onJune 21, the committee's head, Farouk Soltan, told reporters.

The military has faced street protests and widespread demands that it handpower to civilians sooner than the end-of-June deadline it had set itself andintense speculation has surrounded the date of the vote.

The committee said 21 days of campaigning would begin on April 30. Some
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candidates have already been touring the country to drum up support, includingformer Arab League chief Amr Moussa and ex-Muslim Brotherhood memberAbdel Moneim Abol Fotoh.

The Brotherhood, the once-banned Islamist movement that was Mubarak's chiefpolitical rival, has taken a dominant position in Egypt's new parliament but has

not said who it would back for the presidency.

Current Arab League Secretary General Nabil Elaraby is mooted as aconsensus candidate, but said he has no such plans.

The vote is seen as the first genuine contest for head of state since theoverthrew of King Farouk in 1952 ushered in a succession of strongman leadersdrawn from the military.

Mubarak clung to power for three decades, winning a succession of crushingwins in elections condemned by his opponents as heavily rigged, and manyEgyptians believed he was preparing to hand power to his younger son Gamal.

Incensed by endemic poverty, corruption and police brutality, millions ofEgyptians took to the streets last January and February to demand an end toMubarak's rule and the army leadership nudged him from office.

The election committee set a spending limit for the upcoming presidentialcampaign of 10 million Egyptian pounds per candidate.

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News Headline: Top US general for Africa says 3 main terror groups there

seeking to coordinate efforts |

News Date: 03/01/2012Outlet Full Name: Washington Post - OnlineNews Text: WASHINGTON Terrorist groups in Somalia, North Africa andNigeria are eyeing ways to coordinate their training, funding and terror activities,triggering increased U.S. national security worries, the top Americancommander for Africa told Congress on Wednesday.

Army Gen. Carter Ham said terror leaders from al-Shabab, al-Qaida in theIslamic Maghreb and Boko Haram in Nigeria want to more closely synchronizetheir efforts. If they are able to better share their training and funding, thatpresents a real challenge for us, he told the House Armed Services Committee.

Personal Post .The three groups represent the greatest threats to security in theregion, and all three have strong ties to al-Qaida. And Ham laid out ongoingefforts by the U.S. to provide training, equipment and support to a number of

nations across northern and east Africa where militants have launched a rangeof dramatic attacks over the past year or more.

Increased U.S.-backed operations around Mogadishu, largely by Ugandan andBurundian troops as part of an African Union force, have weakened al-Shabab.And Ham said the recent announcement of al-Qaida's formal alliance with al-Shabab suggests the Somalia-based insurgency has been weakened and islooking for greater international support.
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Arabic names have long been a source of confusion for intelligence officials inthe United States and elsewhere because different spellings along with theuse of honorifics, nicknames and noms de guerre make for multiplevariations. Lists of alleged terrorists often include many aliases under individualnames.

There are fugitives all over the place who have numerous a.k.a.'s, said FBIspokeswoman Kathleen Wright. Why someone chooses one name overanother, I can't answer.

University of Exeter political science professor Omar Ashour, an expert onIslamist movements, said Adel's real name is Mohamed Salah al-Din Zaidan.Both he and Makkawi served as officers in the Egyptian army, Ashour said, butthey were born at different times and places and have different connections toal-Qaeda.

He said the FBI photograph of Adel shows the right man Zaidan, notMakkawi.

Yet confusion still ensued Wednesday.

Makkawi told news services in Cairo that he returned to Egyptto clear his name. I decided to return to Egypt to live in peace, without makingany deal with the Egyptian authorities and toconfirm my innocence of all charges directed against me, he said. I am not thewanted Saif al-Adel.

Makkawi was dishonorably discharged from the Egyptian military for joiningjihadistfighters in the 1980s, accordingto Nizar Ghorab. Makkawi was arrested and imprisoned by Egyptian authoritiesbut later fled and eventually was connected to al-Qaeda for a short time in

Pakistan. He split from the group in 1989, said Ghorab. Makkawi sought to clearhis name in a 2009 letter to United Nations officials in which he explained themistaken identity.

Other than as a possible alias for Adel, Makkawi's name does not appear onpublic U.S. terrorist lists.

Gen. Marwan Mustapha, an Interior Ministry spokesman, told CNN that Makkawiwas wanted on charges of terrorism and conspiring to topple the regime.

The arrest of Adel, for whom the State Department has offered a $5 millionreward, would have been a far more important development. He was briefly binLaden's security chief, overseeing al-Qaeda's military operations.

Adel remains a senior member of the organization and was considered a chiefrival of Ayman al-Zawahiri, who took over as commander of al-Qaeda after binLaden was killed by U.S. Navy SEALs in a raid last year.

Fadel reported from Cairo

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News Headline: Kenya and Ethiopia to sign deals |

News Date: 03/01/2012Outlet Full Name: Africa ReviewNews Text: Kenya's President Mwai Kibaki and Ethiopian Prime Minister MelesZenawi will Thursday witness the signing of bilateral agreements between their

two countries.

Thereafter, a joint communiqu will be issued at a press briefing and mediaopportunity at State House Nairobi.

Ethiopia and Kenya are both involved in fighting Al-Shabaab, the insurgentsopposed to the Transitional Federal Government (TFG).

The two countries have sent their forces to the troubled Horn of Africa state.

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News Headline: Africom to hold 2012 exercise in Cameroon |

News Date: 03/01/2012Outlet Full Name: Africa ReviewNews Text: The 2012 edition of the US Africa Command's joint militaryexercises with African countries will take place in June in Douala, Cameroon.

The exercise dubbed; Africa Endeavour, will involve land, air and naval forcesfrom 35 African and Western countries.

The goal is to test the communication links and the procedure used insustaining the African Standby Force deployed to give humanitarian assistanceand to respond to other crises in the African continent, according to ColonelGabriel Mvogo of the Cameroon military.

The intention also is to reinforce the inter-operational ability as concerns humanassistance and to install a climate of confidence and mutual cooperation amongthe forces involved, he added.

Africa Endeavour is an annual joint exercise overseen by the US military's AfricaCommand (Africom).

Following deep African misgivings about Africom's aims when it was launchedsome years back, the US has moved to market it as a humanitarian and securitysupport force.

Since its launching in 2006, the exercise (Africa Endeavour) intends toameliorate the security capacities of its African partners and assist in thedevelopment of standard practices and military communications to bettersupport future operations in the African arena, says a communiqu from USembassy in Cameroon.

The planning stage of the exercise, which ends on Friday, would finalise thegroundwork already laid during the conference that was held in Lesotho inNovember 2011.

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News Headline: Libya asks Egypt to hand over 40 wanted Gadhafi backers |

News Date: 03/01/2012Outlet Full Name: Washington Post - Online

News Text: CAIRO Libya's general prosecutor has demanded that Egypthand over 40 men accused of collaboration with former Libyan dictatorMoammar Gadhafi before and during an eight-month uprising that toppled hisregime.

Abdel Aziz al-Hassadi, the Libyan prosecutor general, said Wednesday that the40 face corruption allegations as well as accusations of complicity in killingsduring the uprising.

Personal Post .Among those wanted are Gadhafi's cousin, Ahmed Gadhaf al-Dam, former Foreign Minister Ali al-Treki, military intelligence chief Bouzeid al-Jabou and Ali al-Kelani, who was said to be responsible for torture. Al-Hassadisaid he was waiting for an Egyptian response.

Gadhafi's daughter, Aisha, her mother and two of her brothers fled toneighboring Algeria, while another son, al-Saadi, and dozens of senior militaryofficers escaped to Niger.

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News Headline: UN peacekeeper killed in Darfur ambush |

News Date: 03/01/2012Outlet Full Name: Thomson Reuters - Africa - OnlineNews Text: UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - A U.N.-African Union peacekeeperwas killed and three others were wounded in Sudan's conflict-torn western

Darfur region on Wednesday when their patrol was ambushed, the UnitedNations said.

"A patrol moving from Nyala to Shearia in south Darfur was ambushed at Barakavillage. The initial reports indicate that three peacekeepers were wounded andone was killed," said U.N. spokesman Martin Nesirky. No further details wereavailable.

Violence in Darfur, where the United Nations and the African Union maintain ahuge joint peacekeeping operation, has subsided since its peak in 2003 and2004, but rebel and tribal fighting and banditry still plagues the territory.

Mostly African insurgents in Darfur took up arms against the Arab-dominatedgovernment in 2003, accusing authorities of neglecting the remote territory.Khartoum mobilized troops and allied Arab tribes to quell the rebellion, and theUnited Nations estimates some 300,000 people have died in the conflict.

The International Criminal Court has indicted Sudan's President Omar Hassanal-Bashir and other officials for war crimes in the region. Khartoum has put thedeath toll at 10,000 and dismissed the charges as politically motivated andbaseless.

Separately, the U.N. peacekeeping department will brief the Security Council
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later on Wednesday about reports that rebels killed some 130 members of theSudanese army near the border with South Sudan.

Rebel groups in Sudan claimed credit on Monday for the previous day's attack,saying they had captured a Sudanese army garrison near the border with thesouth in an operation that Khartoum blamed on the south's army.

The South Sudan government said none of its forces were involved, but theassault has fueled tensions between the neighbors already at odds over oilexports and border disputes. Any involvement of southern forces would haveviolated a non-aggression pact signed by the two sides this month.

The clashes on Sunday took place in the South Kordofan province on Sudan'sside of the ill-defined border with South Sudan, a flashpoint between the twocountries.

South Sudan seceded from the north last July in line with a referendum held inaccordance with a 2005 peace deal that ended decades of civil war.

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News Headline: Libya gives $100m to help Syrians |

News Date: 03/01/2012Outlet Full Name: News24News Text: Tripoli - Libya announced on Wednesday that it will provide $100min humanitarian aid to Syrians in a bid to support their battle for "freedom"against the "dictatorial regime" of Bashar Assad.

Libya government spokesperson Mohammed al-Harizi said the oppositionSyrian National Council opened a bank account for the funds which will be usedto "provide financial support for humanitarian purposes, equivalent to $100m".

He said Libya backs Syrians in their twin "goals of freedom and getting rid of thedictatorial regime".

The announcement comes a day after Libyan leader Mustafa Abdel Jalilpromised to help Syria with humanitarian aid, noting that "the tragedy of ourSyrian brothers surpasses what we saw in Libya".

Jalil and Harizi made no mention of providing military support for anti-regimefighters in Syria.

Libyans are encouraged to support the relief effort by making donations to aidagencies focused on Syria, including the Libyan Red Crescent, Harizi added.

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News Headline: Libyan politicians in rush to form parties |

News Date: 03/01/2012Outlet Full Name: Daily Nation - OnlineNews Text: There may be no law governing the formation of political parties inthe new Libya, but political and military personalities are wasting no time inlaunching their groups or coalitions. Two parties one centrist and the other
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headed by a commander of a union of revolutionary brigades were formallylaunched in Tripoli on Monday alone and a third party focused on reform wasdue to be inaugurated on Tuesday.

In a country where political organisations of any kind were banned for decadesunder the iron-fisted rule of Muammar Gaddafi, ousted in last year's popular

uprising, these are crucial steps on the path to political development.

More than 1,000 people attended the grandiose launch of former interim oil andfinance minister Ali Tarhuni's National Centrist Party on Monday, where theywere fed and provided with sleek information packages on the party.

The programme of the party, part of a coalition formed last week by MahmudJibril, former interim prime minister, puts a heavy emphasis on educatingcitizens and creating economic opportunities for Libyan men and women.

The presence of a centrist party will help protec t women's rights and empowerwomen, Ahlam al-Haj, an endorser of Tarhuni's party, said, adding it couldcounteract movements with stricter interpretations of Islam.

We are in the middle and any radicalisation is something we oppose, Tarhunisaid on the sidelines of the launch, adding he hopes the party will grow alongthe lines of a grassroots movement.

At a separate event, Abdullah Nakir, head of a Tripoli-based union ofrevolutionary brigades, launched the Summit party in a small gathering featuringa live band trumpeting the new national anthem.

The launch of Nakir's party marks one of the first instances of a militarypersonality throwing his hat into the political ring. Nascent parties typically turnto regionally organised brigades and even sports clubs for supporters.

Like the dozens of other parties formed in the last few months, the Summit party

lists Islam as the religion of the state and primary source of legislation but isaccommodating of other religions.

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News Headline: Libya: Former Rebels Retain Prisoners |

News Date: 03/01/2012Outlet Full Name: New York Times - Online, TheNews Text: Former Libyan rebels, some of whom have been accused oftorturing detainees, still hold about three-quarters of the people they arrestedduring the country's civil war, the United Nations said on Wednesday.

As many as 6,000 detainees, many of them Africans suspected of having foughtfor the government of Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi, remain under the control of theformer rebels. The government has taken control of eight detention centers, IanMartin, the United Nations' special envoy for Libya, told the Security Council, buthe said the government needs to step up the pace at which it takes over jailsfrom the former rebels.

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News Headline: Africa: 2012 Posture Statement - Statement of General Carter

Ham Before House Armed Services Committee |

News Date: 03/01/2012Outlet Full Name: AllAfrica.comNews Text: Stuttgart, Germany A statement by General Carter Ham, U.S.

Army Commander of the United States Africa Command to the House ArmedServices Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives:

Africa Command protects and defends the national security interests of theUnited States by strengthening the defense capabilities of African states andregional organizations and, when directed, conducts military operations, in orderto deter and defeat transnational threats and to provide a security environmentconducive to good governance and development.

Introduction

Thank you for the opportunity to discuss the accomplishments and future effortsof the men and women of U.S. Africa Command. During the past year, we

worked closely with U.S. Government agencies and many international partnersto address emerging and ongoing threats to security and stability in Africa. Ouroperations, exercises, and security cooperation programs continue to supportU.S. policy objectives in Africa, strengthen partnerships and reduce threats toAmerica, Americans, and American interests emanating from Africa.

This year, with the continued support of Congress, we will strive to build uponexisting relationships and develop new partnerships in Africa in order tostrengthen the defense capabilities of partner nations to better enable them toprovide for their own security while increasingly contributing to regional securityand stability. Guided by the Defense Strategic Guidance, we will continue tosharpen our focus, particularly in the realm of countering violent extremistorganizations. We will seek new ways to work with and through the AfricanUnion and its regional organizations and to support their leadership in

preventing and responding to African security challenges. We will continue todevelop innovative, low-cost, and small footprint approaches consistent with theblueprint for the Joint Force of 2020.

Throughout Africa, small teams of Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, Marines,Coastguardsmen, and DoD civilians and contractors, along with teammates frommany other U.S. government agencies, conduct a wide range of engagements insupport of U.S. security interests. I believe that with a comparatively smallresource investment, we can continue to achieve tangible results in Africa.

In order to realize success in our mission we must: PREPARE, in cooperationwith our partners and allies, to respond to future crises and contingencies;PREVENT future conflicts by continuing to strengthen our partners' defense

capabilities; and PREVAIL in current and future operations.

Strategic Environment

Despite numerous challenges, Africa is a continent where significant progresscan be found and great potential exists. The United States is increasinglyconnected to African states and regional organizations through sharedeconomic, political, and security interests, including commitments toconsolidating democratic and economic progress achieved in recent years. U.S.
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