Bush administration Security Assistance Programs for Africa
For Fiscal Year 2009 (which begins on 1 October 2008), the Bush administration is asking Congress to approve the delivery of some $500 million worth of military equipment and training to Africa (including both sub-Saharan Africa and north Africa) in the budget request for the State Department for Fiscal Year (FY) 2009. The administration is also asking for up to $400 million for deliveries of equipment and training for Africa funded through the Defense Department budget and another $400 million to establish the headquarters for the Pentagon’s new Africa Command (Africom).
Keywords: Botswana | Burundi | Democratic Republic of the Congo | Ethiopia | Ghana | Guinea Bissau | Kenya | Liberia | Libya | Nigeria | Rwanda | Senegal | South Africa | Tanzania | Uganda