Shedding Light on “the Dark Continent” like in the old slavery days

Shedding Light on “the Dark Continent” this  was the pretext held by the imperialists during their slave trade mission in Africa. This time with a "black" president  the perfect plot is set to brush aside the racist connotation and  abusive exploitation  of the new the slave trade repackaged as the new world order . This time the slave don't need to be caught and held physically by their masters, Their mind  asset etc can be manipulated , seized , frozen, their freedom of speech and movement censored, sanctioned,  democracy and national sovereignty trampled or under embargo . All this under the disguise of R2P(right to protect who they want to protect) or right to interfere, intervene , government can be destabilized, and even rigged elections can be organized , monitored and certified by the UN. Thus one locale likely to see an influx of Pentagon spies in the coming years is Africa. Under President Obama, operations on the continent have accelerated far beyond the more limited interventions of the Bush years. Last year’s war in Libya; a regional drone campaign with missions run out of airports and bases in Djibouti, Ethiopia, and the Indian Ocean archipelago nation of Seychelles; a flotilla of 30 ships in that ocean supporting regional operations; a multi-pronged military and CIA campaign against militants in Somalia, including intelligence operations, training for Somali agents, secret prisons, helicopter attacks, and U.S. commando raids; a massive influx of cash for counterterrorism operations across East Africa; a possible old-fashioned air war, carried out on the sly in the region using manned aircraft; tens of millions of dollars in arms for allied mercenaries and African troops; and a special ops expeditionary force (bolstered by State Department experts) dispatched to help capture or kill Lord’s Resistance Army leader Joseph Kony and his senior commanders, operating in Uganda, South Sudan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and the Central African Republic (where U.S. Special Forces now have a newbase) only begins to scratch the surface of Washington’s fast-expanding plans and activities in the region. Even less well known are other U.S. military efforts designed to train African forces for operations now considered integral to American interests on the continent. These include, for example, a mission by elite Force Recon Marines from the Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force 12 (SPMAGTF-12) to train soldiers from the Uganda People’s Defense Force, which supplies the majority of troops to the African Union Mission in Somalia.
Earlier this year, Marines from SPMAGTF-12 also trained soldiers from the Burundi National Defense Force, the second-largest contingent in Somalia; sent trainers into Djibouti (where the U.S. already maintains a major Horn of Africa base at Camp Lemonier); and traveled to Liberia where they focused on teaching riot-control techniques to Liberia’s military as part of an otherwise State Department spearheaded effort to rebuild that force.
The U.S. is also conducting counterterrorism training and equipping militaries in Algeria, Burkina Faso, Chad, Mauritania, Niger, and Tunisia. In addition, U.S. Africa Command (Africom) has 14 major joint-training exercises planned for 2012, including operations in Morocco, Cameroon, Gabon, Botswana, South Africa, Lesotho, Senegal, and what may become the Pakistan of Africa, Nigeria.
Even this, however, doesn’t encompass the full breadth of U.S. training and advising missions in Africa. To take an example not on Africom’s list, this spring the U.S. brought together 11 nations, including Cote d’Ivoire, The Gambia, Liberia, Mauritania, and Sierra Leone to take part in a maritime training exercise code-named Saharan Express 2012.



U.S.Military trainer and advisor in actions with genocide perpetrator Burkinabe militiamen in the West of Ivory Coast.

The prince of darkness put a spell on Ivory Coast after his infamous speech of 2 choices for this African nation 

the  World Economic Forum (WEF) which released its annual report of 545 pages, on Wednesday, September 5, 2012. Côte D'ivoire, alas, is one of the last good: 131st out of 144 economies compared among nations.WEF  index determines the country competitiveness based on twelve (12) pillars of the economy. Among other pillars are: institutions, infrastructure, socio-economic environment, the efficiency of markets for goods, etc.. Within each pillar is several indicators to gauge the competitiveness of each nation.Thus, in the pillar "Institutions", Côte d'Ivoire is ranked 137è/144 for the indicator "Independence of the judiciary." This indicates that under Dramane Ouattara, the Ivorian justice is under the orders of executive power. Clearly, the Ivory Coast Ouattara Version  is among the 7 last countries in the world where the judiciary is maintained by the Executive. For the indicator "Reliability of the police," Côte d'Ivoire is ranked 138è/144. This spring abuses FRCI on Ivorian civilians."The cost of crime and violence in the business", another indicator of the pillar "institutions", Côte d'Ivoire is still 137è/144. For "organized crime", Côte d'Ivoire Ouattara is classified 132è/144.Many contreperformances recorded by this nation once prosperous through the fault of Dramane Ouattara incompetence and , pseudo  doctorate in economics  from the IMF and supreme commander of FRCI. The  index  of Cote d'Ivoire competitiveness has been sealed, among other things, the daily killings and atrocities perpetrated on the people by the FRCI, the atmosphere of insecurity, ethnic remedial policy, the high cost of life, corruption,

What's very strange is  that UN and even the US Embassy in Ivory Coast reported about the genocide, massacres the daily human right abuses from those receiving advice and trainings toward the civilians population and those the regard as Gbagbo supporters.
 UNOCI spokesman, Kenneth Blackman, told reporters in Abidjan that members of the armed forces, known as FRCI(who are said to be receiving training and advices from  U.S. military trainner and advisors) , are accused of carrying out rapes, acts of torture, armed robberies and other abuses(kidnapping, massacres) in several locations

Human rights abuses in Côte d'Ivoire on rise: UN

UNOCI peacekeepers

Human rights violations perpetrated by soldiers are on the rise in the West African country of Côte d'Ivoire, according to the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Côte d'Ivoire (UNOCI).
UNOCI spokesman, Kenneth Blackman, told reporters in Abidjan that members of the armed forces, known as FRCI, are accused of carrying out rapes, acts of torture, armed robberies and other abuses in several locations in recent weeks.
And all that without a single arrest or a single Security Council resolution , we are not even talking about the Duekoué genocide where aver 1000 civilians were killed (according to the British Red cross  who counted bodies) by Ouatarra forces and the continuous daily human right abuses.
And American Embassy’s National Daily Press Review
This daily press review is compiled by the Information Section of the Public Affairs Office of the American Embassy in Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire.
1.      New details on armed attack and mass prison break in Dabou
2.      Ivorian and Liberian authorities say the UN must help monitor security along their common border
3.      Gender-based violence still calls for action, woman rights activist says
4.       South Africa-based airline company to resume activities from Abidjan
3. Gender-based violence still calls for action, woman rights activist says
According to Mrs. Josiane Adoubi, the National Coordinator of the PAIMSC, a government-sponsored task force set up to fight against gender-based violence, efforts are still needed to address the issue. Speaking in the course of an interview with Notre Voie (p. 6), Mrs. Adoubi argued that  though achievements have been made over the past decade, the recent political and social unrest have exacerbated the issue of gender-based violence nationwide; hence her plea for continued support from the government and international partners in the fight against the phenomenon.
For questions regarding this service, please contact: Mr. Folli Teko in the Public Affairs Press Office, TekoFX@state.gov.
It rather seems like darkness is overwhelming light in Africa since  the truth is still been hidden by the medias. Martin Luther King Jr has a dream Obama turned it to the darkest nightmare. Yes he did.