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Chapter 203 US Africa Command

As the only superpower in the world, the United States naturally has a global perspective on its military strength.

The United States divided the entire world into six major theaters, namely the Northern Theater, the Southern Theater, the Pacific Theater, the European Theater, the Central Theater, and the African Theater.

In order to better command the U.S. forces distributed around the world, the U.S. military has also established 10 joint combat commands, of which 6 are theater commands and the other 4 are functional commands.

The one in charge of fighting in Africa is naturally the US Army's Africa Command.

The U.S. Africa Command is authorized to be responsible for the stability, security, health, and welfare of African regional institutions, countries, and people.

Of course, these are just official words.In fact, the establishment of the Africa Command is not because in recent years, Africa has become more and more important in the eyes of Americans due to factors such as its rich resources, huge market potential, and increasingly prominent strategic position in military and security.

The United States has stepped up its "literary" and "military" offensives against Africa.On the one hand, through trade, investment, aid, debt relief and other economic means to strengthen the penetration and inducement of various countries in Africa.

On the other hand, under the banner of "anti-terrorism" and "peacekeeping", the US military presence in Africa is constantly expanding.

Compared with other commands, the Africa Command was established in 2007, and it can be regarded as the theater command with the shortest history.

What is even more surprising is that the headquarters of the Africa Command is located in Stuttgart, Germany!

The reason for this is that the Americans who wanted to set up their headquarters in Africa simply could not find a country that would allow them to set up their headquarters.

For this reason, even the US military and political officials have visited Africa in batches, and even the US president has personally participated in the battle.However, this PR effort went nowhere.

Even Morocco, which the United States regards as its closest ally in North Africa, has publicly denied rumors that it would be willing to host the U.S. Africa Command.

In this way, the United States seems a little embarrassed. In order to alleviate this situation, the Americans have found a new method again, which is to break the whole into parts!
The specific method is to set up a branch in the US embassy in Africa to conceal its identity.

These divisions are called "Security Cooperation Offices" and consist of 2 to 4 people. They are responsible for the liaison and coordination between the African Command and the military of the host country.

Now, U.S. Africa Command has assumed leadership of the 2000-strong U.S. Special Forces in Djibouti, and has taken over 182 military missions from the European, Central and Pacific commands.

After 4 years of development, it is now on the right track.

And in 2011, the most important thing in Africa was the civil war in Villa, so of course it couldn't escape AFRICOM.

In fact, the U.S. Air Force, which is mainly responsible for air strikes on Villa, is a unit of the U.S. Africa Command.

Moreover, the U.S. military's efforts to establish a command in Africa have another important purpose.

That is to ensure Africa's energy supply to the United States!
According to forecasts, in the next three to four years, African oil will account for 25% of the total oil imports of the United States, exceeding the oil imported by the United States from the entire Gulf region.

So the Americans will definitely want to bring the whole of Africa under their control, just like the Gulf region in the early twentieth century.

Wells was absolutely right when he said that AFRICOM needed manpower.

Because this is the most critical time of the Villa War, the eyes of the entire African Command are on this area.

In this way, the Africa Command seems a bit stretched for matters in other African countries.

It's like Nigeria right now!

The Federal Republic of Nigeria is a country in southeastern West Africa, at the apex of the west coast of the Gulf of Guinea in Africa.

Neighboring countries include Benin in the west, Niger in the north, a small border with Chad in the northeast across Lake Chad, Cameroon in the east and southeast, and the Gulf of Guinea in the Atlantic Ocean in the south.

While this country may not be well known in the world, it is the most populous country on the entire African continent!

Nigeria's total population has reached 1.73 million, accounting for 16% of Africa's total population, and it is also Africa's largest economy!

Of course, these things are nothing to the United States, the only superpower in the world.

What Americans value more is that Nigeria is a country with great energy resources in Africa!
It is also Africa's largest oil producer and exporter.

According to the detection results, Nigeria's oil reserves rank second in Africa and tenth in the world; proven natural gas reserves rank first in Africa and eighth in the world; 76 of the 34 proven minerals have commercial exploitation value.

All these are places that attract the attention of Americans!
Over the years, Nigeria's political situation has remained basically stable. After a civil war in the 70s and [-]s, Nigeria began to implement democratically elected politics.

Since then, social development has generally been relatively stable.

However, with the increasingly fierce domestic ethnic and religious conflicts and more frequent terrorist activities, the security risks Nigeria faces are constantly increasing.

This poses a great threat to the United States.

Not long ago, the QuaIboe oil field in Nigeria was temporarily closed due to the threat of militants, workers were evacuated urgently, and the crude oil in the oil storage tanks was also robbed.

Coincidentally, this closed oil field is operated by Exxon Mobil Corporation of the United States.

The moment the incident happened, the news had already been sent back to the headquarters of the Africa Command, but due to various reasons, the Africa Command cannot send sufficient manpower to solve the matter.

And the most important thing is that Africa Command does not dare to intervene in this matter openly at this time. After all, this is something that happened in other countries. At this time, Nigeria is in a tense period. Who knows if the United States really sends What are the consequences of what people say.

It is simply impossible to send troops under such circumstances. Even if the Ministry of Defense agrees, the US State Department will not agree.

And because AFRICOM exists for special reasons, it is a little bit different from all other commands, or it can be said to be innovative.

Generals sent by the Ministry of National Defense and diplomats sent by the State Council of the Africa Command will conduct "co-governance" by both civil and military forces. Its 1300 directly subordinate personnel will also be half soldiers and half civilians.

However, this creates a special phenomenon.That is to make soldiers obey the command of diplomats, which has no precedent in American history.Since it is the headquarters, there is no reason for civilian officials to play the leading role.

Moreover, the U.S. Department of Defense and the State Department have always been at odds, and it is common for them to hinder each other.Although it is impossible to really hold back when facing big right and wrong, but when encountering such a difficult decision, then they may not be so easy to talk to each other!

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