25/05/2025
US military shifts messaging in Africa, telling allies to prepare to stand more on their own
TAN TAN, Morocco ? The U.S. military is backing off its usual talk of good governance and countering insurgencies? underlying causes, instead leaning into a message that its fragile allies in Africa must be ready to stand more on their own. At African Lion, its largest joint training exercise on the continent, that shift was clear: ?We need to be able to get our partners to the level of independent operations,? Gen. Michael Langley said in an interview with The Associated Press. ?There needs to be some burden sharing,? Langley, the U.S. military?s top official in Africa, said on Friday, the final day of the exercise. For four weeks, troops from more than 40 countries rehearsed how to...
