Revealed , United States Increases Military Operation in Africa in bid to reduce terrorism

    Considering the fact that terrorists are a nightmare, add that to the beautiful mental picture of Mother Africa which does not just sit nor go together. Holding shadow wars in Africa and silently increasing military presence in the African continent. It is estimated that over 116 missions are carried out by special elite forces including the Navy Seals, Army Green Berets in Africa in a single day.
 This is a massive military operation being carried out by the united states on African soil. The details behind the operations are top secrete and its hard even imagining the human rights violations and brute force deployed through such operations. Considering how dangerous terrorists are known to be.
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      In 2006, the number of US military personnel was one percent, this increased to three percent in 2010 and more than seventeen percent in 2016. A total of 1700 service men and women devoted to fighting extremism and terrorism in over twenty countries in Africa. Donald Bolduc, the US Army general running special operations command in Africa (SOCAFRICA) in 2016 wrote a report which was obtained by Vice News seeking clarification on the numbers. 

U.S Troops in Somalia 

       “Africa’s challenges could create a threat that surpasses the threat that the US currently faces from conflict in Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria”

       He realized a long list of challenges facing the continent including expanding illegal networks, terrorist hide outs and attempts to diminish government authority. He also pointed out that terrorists are also receiving a steady flow of resources and increased radicalization and recruitment is also taking place. This makes it hard to smoke out the terrorists.
This means that there will be more US commandos in more places in Africa in order for Africa to move forward. Africans might see this as encroachment and declaration of war by the US, a claim that was addressed by SOCAFRICA through its general. This assertion is however challenged by its operations against Al-Shabaab in Somalia. They however operate in “grey zones” which are complex ungoverned areas of Somalia in order to combat terrorism.

        This might be a contributing factor to the decreased terrorism attacks in Kenya and Africa as a whole. With increased radicalization in the continent, worst hit being Nigeria and where Boko haram militants have shot at people in open markets in broad daylight and kidnapping school girls. The militants operate in the Lake Chad basin including Niger, Cameroon and Nigeria. The US has spent 156 million dollars in funding partners in order to neutralize mutual threats across the continent according to the SOCAFRICA report. Tactical assistance and provision of weapons and crucial information to their partners. The situation in Africa is believed to become worse if intervention is not sought out.

       Other forms of radicalization are taking shape and changing forms like the Kenyan Mungiki group which keeps on changing. The Mungiki sleeper cell, now called the Nairobi Business Community, is believed to have been widely involved in the post-election violence in 2007, are now dressing as police men committing rape and murder across the country.  SOCAFICA should therefore look into all rising forms of domestic threats that might grow to cause an international incident