"Due to its focus on security issues, the US has been enhancing its military and law enforcement presence on the continent. Besides its largest military base, Camp Lemonnier in Djibouti, it also maintains drone bases in Ethiopia, South Sudan, Uganda, Kenya and the Seychelles. The US Air Force struck a deal in 2013 to build a drone base in Niger as a response to expanding Islamic extremism in the Maghreb. In an effort to counter illicit drug trafficking, the US Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) trains forces and conducts operations from a number of West and East African nations, with a budget of $50 million in 2012 " issafrica.org/iss-today/the-us-china-cold-war-in-africa
Posted on: Thu, 22 Aug 2013 23:37:40 +0000
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