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Update: Monday, 14 April 2008    

US envisages not to establish a military base in Algeria or elsewhere in Africa US envisages not to establish a military base in Algeria or elsewhere in Africa

Principal Deputy under secretary of defence for Policy Affairs
Monday Jun 11 2007.

U.S Principal Deputy under secretary of defence for Policy, Mr Ryan Henry said yesterday the United Sates is neither planning to set a military base in Africa nor in Algeria, noting however, that the US is trying to establish an African Chief of Stuff called “Africom” including African states representatives.




The US government would help building the technical capacity of African armies through offering them economic and logistic support in order to be more efficient in terms of dealing with interior security affairs as well as terrorism dangers.

Ryan Henry said that “Africom” would operate in coordination with the African Union, adding that there would be joint military manoeuvres with some African countries, including Algeria, to enable them acquiring skills and expertise in security and military related matters.

The U.S Principal Deputy under secretary of defence for Policy is visiting today Morocco then Djibouti and finally Addis Ababa in the framework of an African mission aiming at putting the last bricks of the establishment the African chief staff.

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