Africa: U.S. Energy Security and the "securing" of Nigerian democracy

A report by the Center For International diplomacy analyzes the links between the establishment of an African military command (AFRICOM) by the US department of defense and the need to secure strategic oil interests in Nigeria as part of a so-called "Oil Triangle" centered on the Gulf of Guinea. The report raises questions about the US government's Trans-Sahara Counter-Terrorism Initiative (TSCTI).