Africa: U.S. Military Holds War Games on Nigeria, Somalia

In addition to U.S. military officers and intelligence officers, “Unified Quest 2008” brought together participants from the State Department and other U.S. government agencies, academics, journalists, and foreign military officers (including military representatives from several NATO countries, Australia, and Israel), along with the private military contractors who helped run the war games: the Rand Corporation and Booz-Allen.

US sends ammunition and guns to Somalia

THE Obama Administration has provided Somalia’s Government with weapons and ammunition “to repel the onslaught of extremist forces” who were “spoiling efforts to bring peace and stability” to the nation, the US State Department says.