Chad’s government threatens to kick out US troops as Russia expands influence in Africa | CNN Politics
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The US risks losing its military presence in another African country as the government of Chad sent a letter threatening to end a critical security agreement, according to four US sources, a move that threatens to cede more US influence in the region to Russia.
  • Bury The RightEnglish
    26•3 months ago

    Lol, sobbing over losing influence to Russia despite Russia having nowhere near the soft power the collective West has. The West has overwhelming dominance over global media and billions more it can afford to through towards propaganda and bribery, yet Africans still chooses Russia.

      • @SadArtemis@lemmygrad.ml
        20•3 months ago

        Thankfully, the opinions of the west (though even these are changing) are becoming increasingly irrelevant. Africans, Arabs, Indians, Chinese, and countless others love Russia and appreciate its anti-colonial legacy, which is undergoing a revival.

      • الأرض ستبقى عربية
        13•3 months ago

        That only works on Westerners and not even thoroughly. They are just leaving their population propagandized and unable to understand what’s really going on.

  • @Aria@lemmygrad.ml
    18•3 months ago

    being captured by the Russian Federation as they are spreading some of their false narratives across Libya and from a strategic answer piece, access and influence across the whole Maghreb,” Langley said.

    What false narratives CIA, what are they saying?

  • AutoTL;DRBEnglish
    1•3 months ago

    This is the best summary I could come up with:

    In a letter sent to the US defense attaché last week, Chadian officials threatened to cancel the Status of Forces Agreement, or SOFA, which determines the rules and conditions under which US military personnel can operate in the country.

    In a statement to CNN, Marine Corps Gen. Michael Langley, head of US Africa Command, said some diplomatic clearances for military flights “have recently been denied or not responded to, which has forced extended deployments in some cases.”

    “US Africa Command senior leaders continue to work closely with the State Department and others to ensure US forces deployed to Niger have the support and services they need,” Langley said.

    The complaint comes as the Nigerien state broadcaster announced one week ago that Russia had delivered military equipment, including the latest generation of air defense systems, to Niger.

    “(A) number of countries are at the tipping point of actually being captured by the Russian Federation as they are spreading some of their false narratives across Libya and from a strategic answer piece, access and influence across the whole Maghreb,” Langley said.

    While in the country, Langley met with Chadian military leaders including Gen. Abakar Abdelkerim Daoud, Chad’s Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces, according to an AFRICOM press release at the time.

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