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US Rejects President Buhari s Request For Africa Command To Be Relocated To Nigeria
The United States has rejected plans to relocate its Africa Command from its current base in Germany to Nigeria or any other part of Africa.
The US was responding to a request from President Muhammadu Buhari to Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken, to consider relocating AFRICOM to Africa to assist Nigeria and other adjoining countries to combat worsening insecurity.
In an emailed response the US government rejected any plan to relocate AFRICOM from its current base in Germany to Nigeria or any part of Africa.
The United States Department of Defence’ Pentagon stated that previous studies have shown that the cost of relocating AFRICOM from Germany to Africa is very huge.
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Oyetunji Abioye
Published 8 May 2021
The United States has said there is no plan to relocate its Africa Command from its current base in Germany to Nigeria or any other part of Africa despite the worsening state of insecurity in the region.
The US gave the response barely two weeks after the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd), appealed to the US government to consider relocating AFRICOM to Africa to assist Nigeria and other adjoining countries to combat worsening terrorism, banditry and other security crises.
Germany-based Africa Command (AFRICOM) is the US military headquarters that oversees its operations in Africa.
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BREAKING! US Declines Buhari’s Request to Relocate African Command to Nigeria | #IgbereTV
The United States has said it has no intention to transfer its Africa Command from its current base in Germany to Nigeria or any other part of Africa despite the worsening state of insecurity and tension in the region, IgbereTV has learned.
According to ThePunch, the United States gave the response barely two weeks after the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd), appealed to the US government to consider relocating AFRICOM to Africa to assist Nigeria and other adjoining countries to combat worsening terrorism, banditry and other security crises.
No Plans To Relocate US African Command To Nigeria – Pentagon Replies Buhari
The US government on Thursday ruled out any plan to relocate AFRICOM from its current base in Germany to Nigeria or any part of Africa.
by SaharaReporters, New York
May 08, 2021
The United States has said there is no plan to relocate its Africa Command from its current base in Germany to Nigeria or any other part of Africa despite the worsening state of insecurity in the region.
The US responded barely two weeks after President Muhammadu Buhari appealed to the US government to consider relocating AFRICOM to Africa to assist Nigeria and other adjoining countries in combatting worsening terrorism, banditry, and other security crises.