The Other McCain

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Anarchy in Africa: U.S., U.K. Evacuate as South Sudan Spirals Out of Control UPDATE: Rebels Hit U.N. Mission

While #PajamaBoy sips hot cocoa, REAL MEN SAVE LIVES! http://t.co/v10TOaKr5W #Hooah! @USArmyAfrica — Robert Stacy McCain (@rsmccain) December 19, 2013 The United States has evacuated non-essential personnel from its embassy in Juba, South Sudan, British nationals are being evacuated, and people are trying to make sense of the crisis that developed suddenly over the weekend: […]

Report: Muslim Warlords Out of Control in African Country, ‘Genocide’ Feared

This situation made headlines last December. then disappeared from the front pages. Now it’s gone from bad to much, much worse: France said on Thursday that Central African Republic was “on the verge of genocide” and it expected the United Nations to give Paris and the African Union permission to intervene. Central African Republic, a […]

AFRICA IN CRISIS: U.S. Abandons Embassy, France Won’t Intervene

The U.S. State Department has evacuated its embassy staff from the Central African Republic, as armed rebels threaten the capital of Bangui: President François Bozizé of the Central African Republic has appealed for French and US help to stop rebel forces that threaten to overrun the country’s capital. The US has evacuated its embassy and […]