The retiring head of the United States' African Command, Gen.
Increasingly, indeed, after the one-year period (October, 2007 to October, 2008) during which the African Command will remain based in Stuttgart, Germany under the temporary gaze of EUCOM, it seems likely that AFRICOM headquarters will be placed in an African location.
Separately, the African Union command in Mogadishu said at least seven civilians were killed in the attack.
That sort of compromise, rather than Mr Tsvangirai in outright command, is what most African governments are betting on.
Can we somehow command them to eat only introduced African grasses?
He said the new command, Africom, was to provide African states with military training and assistance so they could handle Africa's problems better.
BBC: Mr Bush said the US did not want to add new bases in Africa
With France having played the initial leading role, how will its chain of command be integrated with that of the West African force?
Today, General Lloyd Austin became the first African-American to lead the U.S. Central Command, which has a wide-ranging area of responsibility for 20 countries in the Middle East and southwest Asia.
U.N. peacekeepers are scheduled to take command of the region from a 7, 000-member African Union force by Dec. 31, but the bulk of the units are not expected to arrive until 2008.
"It is a command structure that is aiming to help provide military assistance to African nations so African nations are more capable of dealing with Africa's conflicts - like peacekeeping training, " he said.
BBC: Mr Bush said the US did not want to add new bases in Africa
For now, the command will be headquartered in Stuttgart, Germany, rather than in any African country -- a decision that itself speaks volumes about the region's instability.
Or how do you foresee that, alas, it may not work if the general in command on the ground has to go through both the United Nations in New York and the African Union in Addis Ababa?
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