Association of Concerned Africa Scholars
Association of Concerned Africa Scholars
The US International Military Education and Training (IMET) Program provides training to African military officers from forty-four countries at facilities in the U.S. In FY 2002, IMET expected to provide training to more than 1,600 African officers.
Top Recipients
| 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | |
| Botswana | 663 | 580 | 600 |
| Ethiopia | 0 | 475 | 500 |
| Ghana | 338 | 470 | 500 |
| Kenya | 443 | 600 | 600 |
| Nigeria | 663 | 750 | 800 |
| Senegal | 912 | 850 | 900 |
| South Africa | 1,200 | 1,450 | 1,450 |
| Africa Total | 8,833 | 10,185 | 11,095 |
Note: Figures in thousands of US dollars. Data for 2001 are actual figures; 2002 and 2003 are estimates.
African Countries expected to participate in IMET in FY 2003:
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Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Comoros Cote d’Ivoire |
DR Congo Djibouti Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Ethiopia Gabon Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Kenya |
Lesotho Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritania Mauritius Mozambique Namibia Niger Nigeria Republic of Congo |
Rwanda Sao Tome e Principe Senegal Seychelles Sierre Leone South Africa Swaziland Tanzania Togo Uganda Zambia |
Author Information
Prepared by Daniel Volman, Director of
the African Security Research Project in Washington, DC. Information from the
U.S. State Department, Congressional Budget Justification for Foreign
Operations, Fiscal Year 2003, and from various U.S. Defense Department web sites
and newspaper articles.
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Last update 11 February 2003 by Noah Zerbe