US drops Africa military HQ plan
The US decides to keep the base for its new Africa Command in Germany, after a lack of interest from nations.
Ref. https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/7251648.stm
I think that we do not need a base in Africa right now. Our armed forces are strung out around the world as it is. Maybe if we closed a few bases in Europe as we are not needed there very much anymore then we can rethink this issue. I say bring more troops home and work on securing our borders. Just my thought.
U.S. Expands secret intelligence operations in Africa:
At the heart of the surveillance operations are small, unarmed turboprop aircraft disguised as private planes. Equipped with hidden sensors that can record full-motion video, track infrared heat patterns, and vacuum up radio and cellphone signals, the planes refuel on isolated airstrips favored by African bush pilots, extending their effective flight range by thousands of miles. Ref. Source 5