How Not to Win Hearts and Minds in Africa
The U.S. is trying to win a war for the hearts and minds of Africa.  But a Pentagon investigation suggests that those mystery projects somewhere out there in Djibouti or Ethiopia or Kenya or here in Tanzania may well be orphaned, ill-planned, and undocumented failures-in-the-making.
Nick Turse, ContributorManaging Editor, TomDispatch.com