27/06/2013
West Africa: Call for U.S. to Back 'Sahel Freedom Fund'
[allAfrica]Washington, DC -The Sahel region of Africa, a wide expanse that spreads from Mauritania on the west coast to Somalia on the east - gets very little attention, except when the threat of Islamic extremists is raised. Two Africa experts who want to see that changed are calling for the U.S. Congress to create a 'Sahel Freedom Fund'. Here's the case they are making.
