US President Barack Obama has been carrying the AFRICOM ball down the field after the directive was launched under George W. Bush in 2007. Washington DC, led by Africa Secretary, Jonnie Carson, speaks to its public at a level deserving of an uninformed, Helen Keller-esque populace, claiming that Somalia was \u2018a big success\u2019 because Washington spooks spent $500 million backing an \u2018African Proxy Force\u2019 that allegedly \u2018drove out al Qaeda\u2019 in that country. And it is no coincidence that massive untapped oil reserves in the Puntland region in north-eastern Somalia were recently announced in early 2012.<\/p>\n
Just as Washington\u2019s corporate interests are hidden behind \u2018humanitarian interventions\u2019, the UK Prime Minister David Cameron will run the same facade. In February he hosted an international conference on Somalia, where he pledged more aid, financial help and measures \u2018to fight terrorism\u2019 in Somalia. Cameron does not tell you that those so-called terrorist forces are funded and supported, and ultimately steered by the Western intelligence agencies \u2013 whereby they control all sides of the local conflict. Note they are using the same recycled narrative in Mali now, fighting \u2018Islamic extremists\u2019 there \u2013 promoting freedom and democracy in the region, etc.<\/p>\n
Mali\u2019s vast potential wealth lies in mining, agricultural commodities and oil. And these proven reserves are not currently exploited. Interestingly enough, Ghana and Mali together account for 5.8 percent of total world gold production. These assets are the true focus of US and UK interests in Africa \u2013 not humanitarian concerns.<\/p>\n
The 2012 Somalia Oil Conference was a mere pre-negotiation meeting to discuss how oil assets would be divided up between the US, UK and other remaining energy players \u2013 demonstrating what is the real agenda with AFRICOM. Obama supporters will naturally give this president a free pass on Africa because he is partly of African descent, not realizing that he is running the exact same agenda as his Republican predecessor. What corporate agents like Jonnie Carson do not tell electorate plebs is that the US has recently pushed itself into Libya, Uganda, Somalia, Sudan and elsewhere, and now has its eyes set on Mali. The initial goal of US domination of Africa is outlined in the AFRICOM documents, and names the eviction of China from the continent as task number one.<\/p>\n
Africa Pulse spells it out: \u2018Strong economic growth in the past decade among African countries rich in oil and minerals has failed to make a significant dent on their poverty levels, according to a World Bank report.\u2019<\/p>\n
In other words, the Anglo-American imperialists would like to eliminate competition for Africa\u2019s bountiful resources, continuing a centuries-old policy of raping the Dark Continent and leaving nothing but perpetual internal strife and poverty behind.<\/p>\n