Foreign media found that the U.S. military is stationed and deployed in nearly half of African States

When four U.S. troops were killed in an ambush in the Republic of Niger in 2017, many people were surprised that even members of the US Senate Military Committee did not know at first that there were troops stationed in the African country. For a long time, most Americans and non-state people do not know the extent of the U.S. military presence. Recently, foreign media exposed a report showing that US special forces have launched operations in 22 African countries, and the African continent has become the second largest military gathering place of the United States after the Middle East. According to a report released by South Africa’s “post Guardian” on the 11th, US troops are deployed in Africa in secret as before. In 2019, the elite special operations forces were stationed in 22 African countries, including the implementation of the de facto combat missions, including the deployment of countries including Algeria, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Chad, Ivory Coast, Djibouti, Egypt, Ethiopia, Garner, Kenya, Libya, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Somalia, Tanzania and Tunisia. < / P > < p > according to the report, the United States has ground deployment in nearly half of 54 African countries, and more than 14% of us overseas commandos are sent to the African continent, the highest proportion in any region of the world except the Middle East. Donald boldke, a retired U.S. brigadier general who left office in 2017 and commander of the African special operations command, said that as of 2017, U.S. special forces had been fighting in 13 African countries. < p > < p > it is reported that the US military’s missions in Africa include training local troops as well as direct operations. These deployments, which the U.S. African command calls “AAA” (advise, assist, and accompany), may be dangerous for the U.S. military. In 2017, a U.S. soldier was killed while assisting local forces in a raid on a militant camp in Somalia. It is worth noting that some governments with which the US military chooses to cooperate are likely to commit “heinous crimes” by using the training obtained from the US military. Washington’s military assistance to some African governments is likely to legitimize their atrocities, according to the report. One of the reasons for this problem is the lack of transparency in local deployment operations by the United States and African States. Even the most basic information, such as the scope and scale of US military deployment, is rarely reported in most parts of Africa. Conor arrow, director of the Africa Program of the international crisis organization, believes that the U.S. military is “slowly building up” on the African continent, and the lack of transparency in military deployment will be a hidden worry. (overseas website Zhang Qi)