US Special Ops Secretly Active in Almost Half of Africa, New Report Reveals, as Military Touts Threat of China & Russia

• US Special Ops Secretly Active in Almost Half of Africa, New Report Reveals, as Military Touts Threat of China & Russia
  by https://www.rt.com/
  US commandos operate in 22 African nations, making the continent its second-largest military footprint after the Middle East, a new report reveals. Locals and the US public are largely unaware of the extent of US presence there.
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  When four US military service members were killed in an ambush in Niger in 2017, it came as a surprise to many, including even sitting members of the Senate Armed Services Committee, who were not aware that US troops were in the African country in the first place.
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  The under-the-radar deployments of US soldiers to Africa are as prominent as ever, according to South Africa’s Mail & Guardian. Elite special operations forces were present in 22 African nations last year, including in de facto combat missions, the newspaper said.
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