U.S. To Expand Role in Africa
Posted on January 31, 2013
The U.S. signed an agreement Monday with the West African country of Niger that clears the way for a stepped-up American military presence on the edges of the conflict in neighboring Mali.
The Wall Street Journal reported this month that the U.S. was ramping up
intelligence collection efforts over Mali, and considering deploying unarmed drones and providing targeting information to the French.
The New York Times reported on its website on Monday that the U.S. military command for Africa, known as Africom, was making preparations to establish a drone base in Niger or possibly another nearby country.
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