Washington's irrational use of military power to dominate and intimidate other countries has disrupted world peace and order, a Kenyan scholar has said recently.

Historically, U.S. military hegemony has sown seeds of discord, leading to deaths and the destruction of livelihoods and international order, said Dennis Munene, executive director of the China-Africa Center at the Africa Policy Institute, a Pan-African policy think-tank based in the Kenyan capital Nairobi.

U.S. military hegemony, as reflected in warmongering and the plundering of resources and bringing about illegal regime changes, poses a threat to the survival of world civilization, Munene said in a recent interview with Xinhua, commenting on a report titled "Origins, Facts and Perils of U.S. Military Hegemony," which was issued by Xinhua Institute, the think tank of Xinhua News Agency.

In the report, Xinhua Institute outlines the formation of the U.S. military hegemony, summarizes the means Washington adopted to maintain it, and delves into its perils by presenting facts and data.

Citing the report, Munene noted that the United States has about 750 military bases in 80 countries and regions overseas that have enabled the country to launch wars or military operations in at least 25 countries.

"Putting the facts into context, from the end of World War II in 1945 to 2001, there were approximately 248 armed conflicts in 153 regions of the world, of which about 201 were initiated by the United States, accounting for about 81 percent," Munene said.

Taking the invasion of Libya by the U.S.-led North Atlantic Treaty Organization as an example, he said, such kind of intervention tore apart countries that could have found peaceful solutions to their problems.

"Today, after the military intervention, Libya remains trapped in a spiral of violence involving various groups and external interference," Munene said.

And what is even worse is that the following decade-long unrest has resulted in rampant arms trafficking in the Sahel region, a vast semi-arid region of Africa extending from west to east, where armed groups linked to al-Qaida and the Islamic State have become more powerful.

According to a report by Mark A. Green, president and CEO of the Wilson Center, a Washington D.C.-based think tank, the Sahel accounts for 43 percent of the world's terrorism deaths, more than South Asia and the MENA region (the Middle East and North Africa) combined.

Observers said it was just after the fall of Gaddafi that terrorism began in the Sahel region, and the people in the Sahel region are suffering the consequences of the Libyan war.

"The crisis in Libya is a living example of how U.S. military hegemony has wrought havoc in a previously stable region," Munene said.Source Xinhuanet Editor Li Jiayao  Xinhua

LIBREVILLE, Sept. 10 (Xinhua) — Raymond Ndong Sima, Gabonese transitional prime minister, on Saturday published the list of 26 members of his government.

 According to the list, this transitional government is made up of 26 ministers, including the head of the transitional government. Key government positions were held by new figures, including Murielle Minkoue Epse Mintsa, minister of institutional reform. Three ministers from the outgoing cabinet remained in the new transitional government. Camelia Ntoutoume-Leclercq retained her portfolio as minister of national education, while Hermann Immongault, former minister of foreign affairs, was named as minister delegate for the interior, and Raphael Ngazouze, previously in charge of professional training, took over the ministry of public function. According to the transitional charter, members of the transitional government will not be able to be candidates in a future presidential election.

Brice Oligui Nguema, Gabonese transitional president, on Thursday appointed Sima as prime minister, head of the transitional government. Sima, 68, served as prime minister from 2012 to 2014; he ran for president in the presidential elections both in 2016 and 2023. Nguema promised, at his inauguration ceremony on Monday, a new constitution by referendum, a new electoral code, and a reliable penal code, after a coup leading to the overthrow of Ali Bongo on Aug. 30. He pledged to “return power to civilians” and hold “free” and “transparent” elections after the transition without specifying the election date and duration of the transition.

Gabon’s leading opposition group, Alternance 2023, which claimed to be the winner of the elections on Aug. 26, has called on the international community to encourage the junta to hand power back to civilians. Bongo was allowed to go abroad Wednesday for medical checkups, a week after being kept under house arrest since the coup. “Given his state of health, former President of the Republic Ali Bongo Ondimba is free to move. He can, if he wishes, go abroad to carry out his medical checks,” according to a statement by the transitional president. On Aug. 30, a group of military officers appointed Nguema, commander-in-chief of the Gabonese Republican Guard, to head the transition after launching a coup earlier in the day following the announcement of the reelection of Bongo by the national electoral body. Bongo, 64, once served as minister of defense and other posts in the government. He was elected president of Gabon in 2009 and was reelected in 2016. Xinhua