All of the governments in Africa which have maintained
military relations with AFRICOM and NATO countries are in no way more stable
and secured from instability.
Since 2007, the U.S. and its allies in Britain and France
have carried out numerous execution-style attacks in Somalia in search and
destroy missions. The African Union Mission to Somalia (AMISOM) has
approximately 22,000 troops in the Horn of Africa state. These troops come from
numerous states including Uganda, Burundi, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Sierra
Leone and others (Sierra Leone troops will be withdrawn due to the Ebola
epidemic in that country. Forces participating in AMISOM were trained by the
U.S. Army Africa, a component of AFRICOM. Most of the funding, supplies and
coordination of AMISOM is carried out by the Pentagon, the CIA and private
military and intelligence contractors, such as Bancroft Global Development, a
security firm with close ties to the Pentagon.
In neighboring
Djibouti, AFRICOM has established a base at Camp Lemonnier where 4,000 troops
and intelligence personnel are stationed. This military base is undergoing a
major refurbishment indicating that the Pentagon and CIA penetration of the
Horn of Africa is destined to continue for an extended period. The Obama
administration said it had signed a 20-year lease on it. Despite this presence a
series of strikes by guerrilla forces from Al-Shabaab have created tensions in
both Djibouti and Somalia. Since the presence of the Pentagon-backed AMISOM
operation in Somalia, millions of Africans have been dislocated due to
hostilities between Al-Shabaab and the Federal Government which is propped-up
by Washington and Brussels.
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