Samantha Reho Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/samantha-reho/ The low down on African affairs Sun, 04 Nov 2018 22:00:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://i0.wp.com/jjcornish.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-Fountain_Pen_favicon-812.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Samantha Reho Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/samantha-reho/ 32 32 Washington nearly doubles aid to G5 anti-terror force in Sahel https://jjcornish.com/2018/11/washington-nearly-doubles-aid-to-g5-anti-terror-force-in-sahel/ Sun, 04 Nov 2018 22:00:00 +0000 https://jjcornish.com/2018/11/washington-nearly-doubles-aid-to-g5-anti-terror-force-in-sahel/ Washington’s almost doubled its military aid to African countries fighting terrorists on the southern edge of the Sahara desert. The so called G5 have a three-fold increase in attacks from Al Qaeda and Islamic state this past year, resulting in 895 deaths. ends intro The Stuttgart-based US Africa Command promised $60-million dollars to the West […]

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The so called G5 have a three-fold increase in attacks from Al Qaeda and Islamic state this past year, resulting in 895 deaths.

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The Stuttgart-based US Africa Command promised $60-million dollars to the West African force comprising Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali,  Mauritania and Nigeria.

US military spokesperson Samantha Reho says that amount now been upped to $111-million.

It will be used to meet the needs and strengthen the capabilities of the force set up a year ago.

The administration of President Donald Trump has been accused to presenting the political frozen mitt to Africa.

Militarily, though, it is increased financial and logistical support for fighting terror on the continent.

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