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AFRICOM: Military Spending Instead of Development Aid? Follow the money.

MONROVIA, Liberia Command Sergeant Major Mark Ripka assists with the in-processing of nearly 500 newly enlisted members of the Armed Forces of Liberia May 23, 2008. Photo by Lieutenant Colonel Terry VandenDolder, U.S. Africa Command

The American government is spending far more on military activity in Africa than it is on civil development assistance creating a civil-military imbalance. Over the past several years this imbalance has grown enormously. Photo: Lieutenant Colonel Terry VandenDolder, U.S. Africa Command

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