Since 1974 there has been a trend toward increasing U.S. foreign military sales (FMS) to African nations, which until recently have been lightly armed with unsophisticated weapons. Concern has grown about this expanding U.S. role as a supplier of defense items to African nations. The report addresses foreign military sales to Morocco, Ethiopia, and Zaire, which have been the largest African purchasers of U.S. military equipment and services; Kenya, which has recently agreed to large sales; and Nigeria, which currently procures few U.S. military items, although it has the largest military force in sub-Sahara Africa. U.S. military sales and assistance programs and management have been the subject of five GAO reports to the Congress since 1975.


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    Title :

    Military Sales--An Increasing U.S. Role in Africa


    Publication date :

    1978


    Size :

    42 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English