Because if the euro goes, the single market may go with it, and likely the half-century-old dream of a unified and uniformly prosperous continent.

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AFRICOM, will for the first time co-ordinate all the superpower's various military deployments on the continent under a unified command.

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In the short-term, then, it may be preferable to create a Sub-Unified Command for the continent within the European Command ? where much expertise on Africa is currently housed ? while working to relocate in theater in the longer-term.

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