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(AGN) \u2013 Early Pentagon plans for a U.S. military<\/a> command based in Africa were once firmly rejected by almost every country on the continent. African governments were reluctant to associate themselves with America\u2019s “war on terror” and fearful of U.S. intervention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Libya and Algeria both refused to host the combatant command.  Even Morocco, considered Washington\u2019s closest North African ally, rejected the idea, saying it would not welcome a permanent military presence on its soil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“We’ve got a big image problem down there,” a State Department official admitted. “Public opinion is really against getting into bed with the US. They just don’t trust us.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But things have dramatically changed since then. At a virtual meeting this month with the U.S. Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari  brought up the once-reviled Africom<\/a> command center and urged that it be returned to Africa considering  the fast deteriorating security situation across West Africa and Nigeria in particular. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Armed gangs now swarm through the northeast region, kidnapping young school students for hefty ransoms, while the Boko Haram insurgent movement has extended its range of operations to Niger, Cameroon and Chad. The \u201cbandits\u201d have displaced thousands of residents and killed thousands of soldiers and civilians.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Three U.S. regional commands based in Stuttgart, Germany, currently share responsibility for American security issues in Africa. According to domestic policy advisor Susan Rice, \u201cAfrica was the poor stepchild in each of these different commands and did not get the full attention it deserves.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Still, if opposition to Africom is now muted, it has not gone away. Former Nigerian Senator Shehu Sani, an outspoken critic of the United States, called Buhari’s about face “an open invitation for the recolonization of Africa.” In his view, Nigeria should seek only “technical assistance.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Further, should the AFRICOM headquarters move, it is unlikely\u2014if not impossible\u2014that it would be to Africa with its logistical challenges. Some in the U.S. Congress support moving Africom\u2019s headquarters to the U.S. as a cost-effective alternative.  South Carolina’s senators, both Republican, have advocated moving it to Charleston, the site of large U.S. military installations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also, in Nigeria, a coalition of over 120 civil society organizations and activists has announced a series of mass actions nationwide on May 26, and a boycott of Democracy Day on June 12 to register their frustration with the state of insecurity in the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Catholic Bishops\u2019 Conference has also issued a statement sounding alarm over the survival of the nation. Nigerians must rededicate themselves to the “Nigeria project”\u2014building a multiethnic, democratic society, the Conference urged in their recent statement.  (pix from Black Workers for Justice<\/em>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Lisa Vives <\/strong>\/ GIN<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Africa Global News Publication <\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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