(Photo: D-Keine / Getty Images)2017 was a year of investigations for US Africa Command (AFRICOM). As it turned out, AFRICOM's counternarcotics officials could have benefited from far lower-tech assistance -- like help in maintaining accurate spreadsheets. The IG's office concluded that AFRICOM counternarcotics officials didn't know and so "could not verify which set of data was complete and accurate." As it turned out, however, AFRICOM officials had no idea that all of the funds hadn't been spent. Prior Bad ActsThis is hardly the first time that Africa Command has run into trouble accounting for work performed and dollars spent.

Source: The North Africa Journal February 08, 2018 14:37 UTC