{"id":41921,"date":"2024-06-24T21:29:59","date_gmt":"2024-06-24T21:29:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/us-faces-tense-relations-and-troop-reductions-in-africa-as-military-leaders-meet"},"modified":"2024-06-24T22:05:52","modified_gmt":"2024-06-24T22:05:52","slug":"us-faces-tense-relations-and-troop-reductions-in-africa-as-military-leaders-meet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/us-faces-tense-relations-and-troop-reductions-in-africa-as-military-leaders-meet","title":{"rendered":"US faces tense relations and troop reductions in Africa as Military leaders meet"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Lesotho. <\/strong><\/span>The forced U.S. troop withdrawals from bases in Niger and Chad and the potential to shift some troops to other nations in West Africa will be key issues as the top U.S. military officer meets with his counterparts this week at a chiefs of defense conference.<\/b><\/p>\n

Gen. CQ Brown, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, arrived in Botswana Monday as the U.S. faces a critical inflexion point in Africa. Increasingly, military juntas that overthrew democratic governments in Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger are reassessing their ties to the U.S. and the West and turning instead to mercenaries linked to Russia for security assistance.<\/p>\n

Speaking to reporters as he travelled to Gaborone, Brown said that as the U.S. pulls its 1,000 troops out of Niger, including from a critical counterterrorism and drone base there, other West African nations want to work with the U.S. and may be open to an expanded American presence.<\/p>\n

The conference, he said, will give him a chance to speak with a number of his African counterparts, and listen to their objectives and concerns.<\/p>\n

“There\u2019s other countries in the region where we already have either small presence or have relationships,\u201d Brown said. \u201cPart of this is looking at how we continue to build on those relationships which may provide opportunities for us to posture some of the capabilities we had in Niger in some of those locations.\u201d<\/p>\n

The U.S. needs to have a dialogue with those nations to see what type and size U.S. military presence they would want, he said, adding, \u201cThat\u2019s why this conference is important.\u201d<\/p>\n

Brown and other defense officials say the conference is a chance to show African leaders that the U.S. can listen and accept local solutions. The U.S., said one defense official, has to adjust to the solutions that Africans have identified and not impose external Western ideals.<\/p>\n

The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss military relationships, said the Botswana meeting is an opportunity to foster military relationships throughout the continent.<\/p>\n

The troop cuts at key bases in Africa\u2019s Sahel region raise questions about how to battle what has been a growing tide of violence by extremist groups, including those linked to the Islamic State group and al-Qaida.<\/p>\n

The defense official said the U.S. is concerned about the spread of extremist activity from multiple groups into coastal West Africa in particular.<\/p>\n

Niger\u2019s ruling junta ordered U.S. forces out of the country in the wake of last July\u2019s ouster of the country\u2019s democratically elected president by mutinous soldiers. French forces had also been asked to leave as the junta turned to the Russian mercenary group Wagner for security assistance.<\/p>\n

Washington officially designated the military takeover as a coup in October, triggering U.S. laws restricting military support and aid. The fracture has broad ramifications for the U.S. because it forced troops to abandon the critical drone base at Agadez that was used for counterterrorism missions in the Sahel.<\/p>\n

The senior defense official said the withdrawal of U.S. forces and all the equipment from Niger is about 30% complete and will be completed on Sept. 15 as required. The official said that the pace of the pullout will ebb and flow, as troops leave based on when their weapons systems and equipment are taken out. Roughly 600 troops currently remain there.<\/p>\n

Soon afterwards, Chad ordered U.S. forces out of Adji Kossei Air Base near N\u2019Djamena. About 75 U.S. Army special forces relocated to Europe, and about 20 troops remain in the country along with Marine security forces assigned to the U.S. Embassy.<\/p>\n

The U.S. has described the troop cuts in Chad as temporary and could be revisited now that the presidential election there is over. Brown said that the U.S. will work with the embassy leadership in Chad to take a look at what the future U.S. presence there will be.<\/p>\n

Some African nations have expressed frustration with the U.S. for forcing issues, such as democracy and human rights, that many see as hypocrisy, given Washington\u2019s close ties to some autocratic leaders elsewhere. Meanwhile, Russia offers security assistance without interfering in politics, making it an appealing partner for military juntas that seized power in places like Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso in recent years.<\/p>\n

A key element in any U.S. discussions with African leaders is to recognize that America must calibrate what it asks and expects of those governments and their militaries, said Mvemba Dizolele, director of the Africa Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n

\u201cSecurity and defense policymakers in the United States should not approach Africa thinking that deep inside every African military officer is an American officer waiting to come out,\u201d said Dizolele. \u201cThat\u2019s just not realistic. Every African officer is an officer who\u2019s trying to do the best within the conditions that they\u2019ve been dealt.\u201d’<\/p>\n

He said the U.S is not always ready to engage with some African countries because of various obstacles such as the Leahy Law that prohibits certain military assistance to foreign forces that violate human rights, and congressional spending restrictions that limit aid to countries whose leadership was overturned in a coup.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, other countries such as Russia and China will provide any military aid and equipment that the African countries can afford to buy, said Dizolele.<\/p>\n

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