Monday, 7 March 2016

USA Sets up Secret Base in Cameroon



The United States has set up a secret military base in Garoua, Cameroon, to increase monitoring and patrolling operations in Africa, said an online report by The Intercept.
                The base was opened in early February and has currently four Grey Eagles unmanned planes to collect data to share with local active troops in the surroundings of the Lake Chad, said the report.
                Cameroon represents a strategic site for the United States in its so-called struggle against terrorism in West Africa, given the attacks staged by Boko Haram in this region.

                The Intercept indicated that the United States also uses unmanned planes settled in Djibouti, Ethiopia and Kenya bases, while ships remain offshore eastern Africa and some of its drones have been reported in Niger, Chad and the International Airport of Seychelles.
                As a coda to the military strategy of the Pentagon in West Africa, the Law of Authorization for National Defense allocated $50 million USD for 2016, to build an aviation field and a base in Agadez, Niger, said the report.

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