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The United States emphasizes its military site Throughout Africa, stay away from its traditional focus on good rule and combat the deep reasons for the rebellion. instead of, It urges its regional partners to be more enough In managing your security challenges.

Change the approach It was clear during the African lionThe largest annual military practice of the continent. “We have to get our partners to reach the level of operations At the end of this exercise, General Michael Langley, the Far American leader in Africa, said at the end of this exercise for four weeks, at the end of this exercise for four weeks.

“There must be a pregnancy distributionHe added. Now we have our priorities a group: Protection of the homeland. “ Including unmanned aircraft flightsFighting combat simulation and firing micro -missiles in the desert.

Washington’s new approach focuses on creating more military capabilities than building nations. Langley said the Ministry of Defense Under Donald Trump’s presidency, priority gave a “thinner and deadly power”, which could even mean reducing the American military imprint in areas such as Africa.

This turn occurs in the midst of increasing competition with global powers. China launched training initiatives Great -on a wide range of the African army, while Russian mercenaries have strengthened their influence on the northThe West and Central Africa, put themselves as major security partners.

In previous years, Langley had defended What he called Approach From the “entire government”, she insists that the force on its own was insufficient to stabilize in fragile cases. Last year, he indicated as an example of success in integrated efforts in Ivory CoastThis combines security and development. But these examples are still rare.

“I have seen progress and seen relapses,” said Lanley, who will leave his position at the end of this year. While the United States has changed its position, the rebels are still expanding. A senior American defense official, who spoke under his identity, said that Africa is now a “center” for al -Qaeda and The Islamic State (EI) is calledWith an increasing number of regional subsidiary companies and IS, as mentioned, they moved to the continent.

Although it is rarely one of the main priorities of the Pentagon, The United States has released about 6,500 soldiers In Africa, hundreds of millions of dollars invested as security aid. In many regions, American forces are facing direct efficiency of the Russian and Chinese influence, while in other regions, jihadist threats still need direct participation in the United States.

In 2024, The Sahel region is more than half One of the global deaths related to terrorism, according to the Institute of Economics and Peace. Somalia only represents 6 %Which makes it the most deadly African country of terrorism outside the coast.

Although the United States has increased air attacks against youth and IS in Somalia under the Trump administration, Langley admitted that the Somali army is still far From the ability to ensure long -term stability. “The Somali National Army is trying to find its way,” he said. “There are some things that still need the battlefield to be very effective.”

According to Beverly Ochning, the risk of risk control analyst, even before Western withdrawal, many regional armies lacking the necessary resources and the ability to deal with the size of the rebellion. “Many of them do not have strong air forces They are unable to monitor the movements of the militants, especially in areas that are difficult to cross on the roads.