What U.S. imperialism is up to in Africa while no one's watching
It is almost impossible to find out any news of what is happening in Africa. It’s as though the continent is completely off the media’s radar, yet what is happening there will have consequences for the whole world. The reason why this region is subjected to so much political meddling needs to be understood.
The Horn of Africa consists of eight countries: Uganda, Sudan, South Sudan, Kenya, Eritrea, Djibouti, Ethiopia, and Somalia. These countries are victims of international interventions and interference that is causing extreme destabilization in the region, from Djibouti and Eritrea to Somalia and Ethiopia. Western imperialists continue to support dictators and block any attempt at independence, while the Western-backed Gulf States are transforming the region into a battlefield against not only Iran but each other.
At the end of the Cold War, principal power groups in the U.S.—driven by hegemonic ambitions and impulses—set out to shape and consolidate a unipolar world that would operate under their “guidance.” Their scheme involved segregating the world into spheres of influence that would be controlled through handpicked surrogates or “anchor” states. The primary causes of the global and regional crises that prevail today can be put down to this misguided policy perspective and the distress we see in the Horn of Africa is testimony to this state of affairs.
This region is of geopolitical importance—hence the U.S. interference. The Republic of Djibouti is located on the African shore of the Red Sea, at the southern entrance of the important waterway which passes through the Suez Canal in Egypt. This tiny state is nestled between Ethiopia with more than 110 million people, Somalia with more than 15 million, and Eritrea with more than six million.
Although one of the world’s smallest countries, Djibouti currently hosts more U.S. military personnel than any other African nation. Roughly 4,000 U.S. military personnel on the continent are temporarily deployed to Djibouti and have been there for years. Camp Lemonnier there is the only permanent U.S. base in Africa and serves as a key outpost for surveillance and combat operations against al Qaeda and other extremist groups in the region. It is interesting to note here that the U.S. has made no objections to Sudan providing troops in support of the murderous Saudi intercession in Yemen.
Read more: https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/what-u-s-imperialism-is-up-to-in-africa-while-no-ones-watching/
= new reply since forum marked as read
This is a bit of a broad accusation with no further reasons given.:
"..the U.S. has made no objections to Sudan providing troops in support of the murderous Saudi intercession in Yemen."
**********
Eileen Whitehead writes for The Guardian, newspaper of the Communist Party of Australia.
https://www.peoplesworld.org/authors/eileen-whitehead/
Here's another author from peoplesworld
Justine Medina
Home/AuthorsJustine Medina
Justine Medina is a co-chair of the New York Young Communist League. She's also been involved in Democratic Socialists of America and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's campaigns for Congress.
******
Hey, about that "Imperialistic America" bowl of sh**,
No thanks.
I'm proudly a Biden Democrat
#BidenDemocrat
