Author: SAM METZ Associated Press, MONIKA PRONCZUK Associated Press, ABC News
\ Published on: 25/05/2025 | 14:38:41

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\ African Lion is its largest joint training exercise on the continent. For four weeks, troops from more than 40 countries rehearsed how to confront threats by air, land, and sea. But mostly gone now is language that emphasizes ideas the U.S. Once argued set it apart from Russia. Russian mercenaries are recalibrating and cementing their role as security partner of choice throughout North, West and Central Africa. In an interview a year ago, Langley emphasized what U.S. Military officials have long called a “whole of government approach” to countering insurgency. He defended good governance an “enduring solution to a number of layered threats — whether it be desertification or crop failure from changing environments” Part of East and West Africa have emerged as epicenters of violence. In 2024, more than half of the world’s terrorism victims were killed across West Africa's Sahel. Somalia accounted for 6% of all terrorism-related deaths. Western powers with a presence in the Sahel have gradually scaled back their engagement. Western powers have been pushed out by hostile governments. "Many of them do not have very strong air forces," Ochieng says.

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