US to cut troop figures in Africa by 10 percent
The US army will withdraw hundreds of troops conducting counterterrorism operations across Africa over the next several years, the Pentagon has said.
Currently, about 7,200 US military personnel are based in dozens of African nations, with notable footprints in countries such as Somalia, Nigeria and Libya.
The role of the US military on the African continent has received increased attention after an ambush last year in Niger, claimed by a local Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, also known as ISIS) affiliate, which killed four US soldiers and several members of Nigerien partner forces.
The announcement by the Pentagon comes as it works on implementing President Donald Trump's sweeping National Defense Strategy (NDS), which highlights a new era of "Great Power competition" with Moscow and Beijing.
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