Africa's Realignment and America's Strategic Interests in the Postcontainment Era

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Intergovernmental Organizations in Sub-Saharan Africa: Partners for Security and Capacity Building

“…For almost two decades, scholars have noted the importance of a robust US policy for monitoring and shaping the conditions in Sub-Saharan Africa. In 1992, Africa scholar Dr. K. P. Magyar characterized the African continent as a "conflict environment" 11 where the causes of conflict are inefficient economic and political structures, 12 friction between Arab-African and Black African cultures, 13 and influence asserted by states from outside the region. 14 Dr. Magyar suggested that close monitoring and analysis of events on the African continent were imperative.…”