The Mahalo Top 7
- Official Site: AFRICOM
- U.S. Department of State: AFRICOM
- Wikipedia: United States Africa Command
- Esquire: "The Americans Have Landed" (June 27, 2007)
- Council on Foreign Relations: U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) (May 3, 2007)
- WashingtonPost.com: No Bases Planned for Africa, Bush Says (February 21, 2008)
- YouTube: US searching for a home for Africom (Time: 3:08)
Africom Recent News
- Official Site: Africom News
- Topix.net: Africom News
- Washington Post: U.S. Africa Command Trims Its Aspirations (June 1, 2008)
- Reuters: US Africom chief says role goes beyond terrorism (February 27, 2008)
- BBC News: Aids, oil and Africom on Bush tour (February 21, 2008)
- VOA News: Bush Comments Spark Debate on AFRICOM in Liberia (February 20, 2008)
- TIME: Bush: No More U.S. Bases in Africa (February 20, 2008)
- NPR: New U.S. Command in Africa Faces Skeptics (October 18, 2007)
- Guardian Unlimited: Africa united in rejecting US request for military HQ (June 26, 2007)
Africom Background and Articles
General William Ward
- Official Site: General WIlliam E. "Kip" Ward
- Morgan State University: Telling Our Stories - Gen. Kip Ward
- Wikipedia: William E. Ward
- Reuters: US Africom chief admits role was misunderstood (February 18, 2008)
- BBC News: Profile: Lt Gen William Ward
Plans for Africom and Origins
- Official Site: Africom FAQs
- Wikipedia: United States African Command: Formation
- The White House: President Bush Creates a Department of Defense Unified... (February 6, 2007)
- NPR: Pentagon Creates Military Command for Africa (February 7, 2007)
- Boston Globe: Pentagon plans new command to cover Africa (December 21, 2006)
- VOA News: US Africa Command Closer to Reality at Pentagon (September 28, 2006)
- TIME: Exclusive: The Pentagon Plans for an African Command (August 24, 2006)
Africom Videos and Media
- Official Site: Africom Photo Gallery
- YouTube: Africom Videos
- YouTube: Say No to Africom (Time: 10:23)
- YouTube: US searching for a home for Africom (Time: 3:08)
- Google Images: Africom Photos
- Live Search Images: Africom Photos
Africom Blogs and Message Boards
- Small Wars Council: U.S. Africa Command? (January 18, 2006)
- The Huffington Post: Africom: DoD's Shiny New Toy (June 25, 2007)
- MotherJones Blog: AFRICOM Enters the Blogosphere (January 14, 2008)
- The Foundry Blog (The Heritage Foundation): AFRICOM Head Quarters: TBD (February 5, 2008)
- In These Times: AFRICOM: Round One in a New Cold War? (September 19, 2007)
Africom Timeline
- 2001: Commander Richard G. Catoire outlines need for an African Command in public article
- 2006: Donald Rumsfeld forms planning team for a new Unified African Command
- 2007: Plan authorized on February 7, by President Bush
- 2007: African Command established on October 1
- 2008: President Bush says he will not build new military base for African Command
Africom Criticism and Commentary
- The Guardian: US moves in on Africa (February9, 2008)
- The Nation: "Say No to Africom" (November 1, 2007)
- BBC News: The controversy over Africom (October 3, 2007)
- Foreign Policy In Focus: AFRICOM: Wrong for Liberia, Disastrous for Africa (July 26, 2007)
- Global Policy Forum: "Skepticism Over US Africa Command - Empire?" (February 19, 2007)
- WashingtonPost.com: Opinions: Rumsfeld's Africa Command - Early Warning (December 14, 2006)
- The Christian Science Monitor: Opinion: Pentagon imperative: a spotlight on Africa (November 14, 2006)
- World Defense Review: Strategic Interests: Selling AFRICOM (August 9, 2007)