opinionThe US informal empire, through the US African Command (AFRICOM, is expanding the US economic-frontier by discursively securitising Africa using exceptional speech acts. The mission statement of US African Command (AFRICOM), articulated by President George Bush in 2007, declared African underdevelopment and human insecurities as a threat to US national security. Since ten years have elapsed from the time of AFRICOM's inauguration, this paper seeks to highlight that the organisation has fallen short in realising its mission statement. This unnerving reality has given credence to intellectuals who adopt an apocalyptic position vis-à-vis the organisation. You can access the full paper on: http://www.academicjournals.org/journal/AJPSIR/article-abstract/B7E109666514

Source: The North Africa Journal February 08, 2018 15:00 UTC