Dec 25, 2009

Africa | U.S. Military Assistance To African Armies Can Improve Peacekeeping

In September 1996 the United States proposed the creation of an African peacekeeping force, trained and equipped by the United States and other nations, that could intervene in conflicts and crisis situations where there was a threat of significant civilian casualties. Beginning in 1997, under a program called the Africa Crisis Response Initiative (ACRI), the United States provided training and equipment to military units of several African nations to help them carry out peacekeeping and humanitarian missions. In the following viewpoint, taken from 1997 testimony before Congress, Vincent...