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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