The U.S. military's new Africa command went into action on Wednesday, but hostility and cynicism have forced it to shelve plans to be based on the continent.
The command, known as Africom, was carved out of three other commands previously responsible for Africa, but it will remain for now based in Stuttgart, using facilities previously occupied by the European headquarters, http://connectafrica./2008/10/02/us-african-command-begins-but-outside-africa/