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🇺🇸🇨🇮 The French publication Jeune Afrique reported that during a meeting between the head of the US Africa Command and Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara, the parties agreed to establish an advanced base in Côte d'Ivoire to host the US contingent from Niger.
Earlier, the Nigerien authorities terminated military cooperation with the United States, after which the Pentagon was forced to look for new countries to deploy in the Sahel. Mauritania could have been one of the potential basing locations, as we wrote about earlier.
Now, the Americans are showing interest in those countries in the region that actively contribute to Western collective initiatives. In particular, during the coup in Niger, the Ivorian authorities supported the intervention of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS).
❗️Overall, all these steps fully correspond to the US policy of seizing French influence into its own hands.
Similarly, the United States is already acting in Gabon, where they plan to deploy American troops after talks about the closure of the French base. The situation in Côte d'Ivoire is similar - at the beginning of the year, the contingent of the Fifth Republic was also reduced there, which opened the way for the appearance of other forces in the country.
However, for the Ivorian authorities, all this may result in an aggravation of security problems and other costs. Especially against the background of the rapidly growing terrorist camps across the country, which may later become a convenient pretext for the US to expand its military activity.
Thus, the reshuffle of France and the US in Africa continues: as the influence of the former decreases, the latter come to replace them. This allows the collective West not to lose its grip on African countries, as well as to counter the growth of Russian and Chinese influence on the continent.
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Earlier, the Nigerien authorities terminated military cooperation with the United States, after which the Pentagon was forced to look for new countries to deploy in the Sahel. Mauritania could have been one of the potential basing locations, as we wrote about earlier.
Now, the Americans are showing interest in those countries in the region that actively contribute to Western collective initiatives. In particular, during the coup in Niger, the Ivorian authorities supported the intervention of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS).
❗️Overall, all these steps fully correspond to the US policy of seizing French influence into its own hands.
Similarly, the United States is already acting in Gabon, where they plan to deploy American troops after talks about the closure of the French base. The situation in Côte d'Ivoire is similar - at the beginning of the year, the contingent of the Fifth Republic was also reduced there, which opened the way for the appearance of other forces in the country.
However, for the Ivorian authorities, all this may result in an aggravation of security problems and other costs. Especially against the background of the rapidly growing terrorist camps across the country, which may later become a convenient pretext for the US to expand its military activity.
Thus, the reshuffle of France and the US in Africa continues: as the influence of the former decreases, the latter come to replace them. This allows the collective West not to lose its grip on African countries, as well as to counter the growth of Russian and Chinese influence on the continent.
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🇨🇮🇺🇸 According to the French publication Le Monde, citing sources in Côte d'Ivoire, the government of the country has agreed to the redeployment of the American contingent from Niger to its territory.
Plans to deploy US military personnel in the Gulf of Guinea countries are not new - earlier statements about this had already appeared in the information field. Now on this issue, there is simply more specifics and confirmation of previously made assumptions.
For the construction of a new base for the remnants of the contingent from Niger, the US Africa Command has chosen the city of Odienné, which is located near the border with Mali and Guinea. Another part of the military personnel will be redeployed to the headquarters in Germany in analogy with the "Green Berets" withdrawn from Chad.
Due to this proximity to the Sahel Alliance of States, American UAVs will be able to quickly monitor the situation in the areas where Al-Qaeda-linked militants have recently become more active. However, it is hardly to be expected that they will receive direct fire support from them.
Against the backdrop of the Americans deciding not to occupy the French base in Port-Bouët, but to build a new one, in this particular case, it is quite likely that the withdrawal of the French contingent from the Ivorian territory will not follow. It is possible that the parties will even take joint actions.
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Plans to deploy US military personnel in the Gulf of Guinea countries are not new - earlier statements about this had already appeared in the information field. Now on this issue, there is simply more specifics and confirmation of previously made assumptions.
For the construction of a new base for the remnants of the contingent from Niger, the US Africa Command has chosen the city of Odienné, which is located near the border with Mali and Guinea. Another part of the military personnel will be redeployed to the headquarters in Germany in analogy with the "Green Berets" withdrawn from Chad.
Due to this proximity to the Sahel Alliance of States, American UAVs will be able to quickly monitor the situation in the areas where Al-Qaeda-linked militants have recently become more active. However, it is hardly to be expected that they will receive direct fire support from them.
Against the backdrop of the Americans deciding not to occupy the French base in Port-Bouët, but to build a new one, in this particular case, it is quite likely that the withdrawal of the French contingent from the Ivorian territory will not follow. It is possible that the parties will even take joint actions.
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🇨🇮🇫🇷 On the withdrawal of French troops from Côte d'Ivoire
The head of the newly formed French Armed Forces Africa Command, Pascal Ianni, met with the Ivorian Chief of Staff Lassina Doumbia during his visit to Abidjan. The main issues discussed were military cooperation between the countries within the framework of France's new approach to Africa.
▪️The key point of the meeting was the discussion of the future of the base in Port-Bouët and the 43rd Marine Infantry Battalion of the French Army stationed there.
According to preliminary agreements, along with the transfer of the military facility under the sovereignty of (although it is assumed that access will be joint) Côte d'Ivoire, the French will build training and communication centers there, leaving their presence exclusively as instructors.
A month ago, the French troops left the base in Lomo-Nord in a similar manner.
▪️In addition, the issue of further interaction between the military structures of the two countries was raised. In particular, it is proposed to increase joint military exercises, which have already been held in early September this year.
🔻Given the fact that the Americans have already agreed with the Ivorian authorities to build their own base for the relocation of their troops from Niger, the reduction of the French contingent should not be surprising. However, as we have assumed, there will be no full withdrawal of the French from the country.
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The head of the newly formed French Armed Forces Africa Command, Pascal Ianni, met with the Ivorian Chief of Staff Lassina Doumbia during his visit to Abidjan. The main issues discussed were military cooperation between the countries within the framework of France's new approach to Africa.
▪️The key point of the meeting was the discussion of the future of the base in Port-Bouët and the 43rd Marine Infantry Battalion of the French Army stationed there.
According to preliminary agreements, along with the transfer of the military facility under the sovereignty of (although it is assumed that access will be joint) Côte d'Ivoire, the French will build training and communication centers there, leaving their presence exclusively as instructors.
A month ago, the French troops left the base in Lomo-Nord in a similar manner.
▪️In addition, the issue of further interaction between the military structures of the two countries was raised. In particular, it is proposed to increase joint military exercises, which have already been held in early September this year.
🔻Given the fact that the Americans have already agreed with the Ivorian authorities to build their own base for the relocation of their troops from Niger, the reduction of the French contingent should not be surprising. However, as we have assumed, there will be no full withdrawal of the French from the country.
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