Association of Concerned Africa Scholars

US Military Loans/Sales to Africa

  Loans US Government Sales US Commercial Sales
  2001 2002 2003 2001 2002 2003 2001 2002 2003
Angola             0 399 911
Botswana 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,050 650 844 429 1,208 2,349
Cameroon             0 75 375
Djibouti             0 44 219
Eritrea 0 250 500            
Ethiopia 0 250 500 0 0 750 0 57 285
Gabon             280 473 586
Ghana 500 400 500 676 200 0      
Guinea 3,000 0 0 512 3,000 0      
Kenya 1,000 0 1,500       20 473 586
Mali       2,900 50 0      
Nigeria 10,000 6,000 6,000 6,953 3,000 4,500 58 5,812 12,595
Senegal 800 400 500 1,880 200 200      
South Africa 1,000 6,700 6,000 136 350 500 740 5,856 19,234
Zambia             696 193 356
Zimbabwe       858 0 0      
Africa Total 18,200 15,000 18,500 21,151 8,650 7,744 2,223 14,393 30,004

 Note: All figures in thousands of US dollars.  Data for 2001 are actual figures; 2002 and 2003 are estimates.

 

Program Descriptions

Foreign Military Financing Program: Grants and low-interest loans provided to foreign governments through the U.S. Defense Security Cooperation Agency to finance arms purchases from the United States (dollars in thousands).

Foreign Military Sales Program: Program for arms sales to foreign governments conducted by the U.S. government through the U.S. Defense Security Cooperation Agency (dollars in thousands).

Commercial Sales Program: Value of sales by U.S. companies to foreign governments that have been licensed or approved by the State Department Office of Defense Trade Control (dollars in thousands).

 

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