{"id":18184,"date":"2022-10-20T18:32:52","date_gmt":"2022-10-20T18:32:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/angola\/all-news\/us-trained-african-troops-carried-out-at-least-eight-coups-in-west-africa-since-2008"},"modified":"2022-10-20T19:04:55","modified_gmt":"2022-10-20T19:04:55","slug":"us-trained-african-troops-carried-out-at-least-eight-coups-in-west-africa-since-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/angola\/all-news\/us-trained-african-troops-carried-out-at-least-eight-coups-in-west-africa-since-2008","title":{"rendered":"US-Trained African Troops Carried Out at Least Eight Coups in West Africa Since 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Angola. <\/strong><\/span>The US\u2019 Africa Command (AFRICOM) has reportedly confirmed that several African military leaders who conducted coups in their countries participated in AFRICOM’s Flintlock anti-terrorist exercises.<\/b><\/p>\n

Since 2008, US-trained African military officers have attempted at least nine coups in five West African countries, of which eight have been successful, Rolling Stone reported. The successful coups indicated by Rolling Stone occurred in Burkina Faso, Guinea, Mali, and Mauritania in different years; the unsuccessful one took place in Gambia in 2014.<\/p>\n

According to the report, citing AFRICOM, warlords who had previously participated in the Special Operations Command Africa (SOCAFRICA) Flintlock exercises, which are claimed by the US Department of Defense to be intended to strengthen the ability of African nations to counter terrorism, have conducted five coups since 2015.<\/p>\n

Kelly Cahalan, spokeswoman for US Africa Command, claimed that “military seizures of power are inconsistent with U.S. military training and education.\u201d<\/p>\n

At the same time, according to the outlet, the Burkina Faso officer Gilbert Diendere was trained by the US in 2010, and in 2015 he staged a coup in Burkina Faso. Another Burkinabe military figure, Lieutenant Colonel Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba, who overthrew the authorities of the country in January this year, also participated in the exercises. He remained the head of the country until the end of September, when he was overthrown by a group of military forces led by Ibrahim Traore, whose connections with US instructors are unknown.<\/p>\n

Among other military figures who participated in the US-led exercise and later took part in takeovers in their countries are Colonel Mamady Dumbua, who became president of Guinea in 2021 as a result of a coup, and Colonel Assimi Goita, who seized power in Mali the same year..<\/p>\n

The Flintlock exercises that began as a Joint Combined Exchange Training (JCET)-like program in 1968 and initially included a number of Western countries were first conducted in Africa in 2005. The JCET exercises are aimed to provide US Special Forces with training opportunities abroad. The Flintlock exercises, as well as JCET, are also intended to let the host countries practice basics such as small-unit tactics, marksmanship, land navigation, and combat medical skills.<\/b><\/p>\n

Rear Adm. Milton \u201cJamie\u201d Sands, the Special Operations Command Africa chief, denied US involvement in the coups and said it was a coincidence as the US had partnered with regimes that didn\u2019t align \u201cwith the rights and will of their people\u201d and ended up being overthrown.<\/p>\n

According to Rear Adm. Sands, the US has no other option but to continue with its support for African countries, even though Washington can’t stop the coups.<\/p>\n

After 9\/11, the Pentagon expanded its military activities in Africa, creating an extensive network of outposts in the north of Africa \u2014 from Senegal to Kenya, and Tunisia to Gabon \u2014 conducting numerous training missions throughout the continent.<\/p>\n

Retired Army Brig. Gen. Don Bolduc, who headed Special Operations Command Africa until 2017, told the Rolling Stone that the US\u2019 most elite troops were operating in nine African countries – Burkina Faso, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Somalia, and Tunisia in 2021.<\/p>\n

All in all, 14 percent of US commandos sent abroad in 2021 were dispatched to Africa, constituting the second biggest percentage after the Middle East.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Angola. The US\u2019 Africa Command (AFRICOM) has reportedly confirmed that several African military leaders who conducted coups in their countries participated in AFRICOM’s Flintlock anti-terrorist exercises. Since 2008, US-trained African military officers have attempted at least nine coups in five West African countries, of which eight have been successful, Rolling Stone reported. 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