No to AFRICOM
If the president’s speech writers had done thorough research, they would have realized that the US has a location in Djibouti’s Camp Lemonnier, and that AFRICOM’s war-fighting activities are ongoing in Mauritania, Senegal, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Mali, Niger Republic, and even neighbouring Chad. It is difficult to place the significance of moving AFRICOM’s headquarters to Africa. The call by the president was also a major foreign policy shift, as previous presidents had kicked against similar moves to bring foreign troops into Nigeria. What Nigeria needs is help, not the active part...
Source: dailytrust.com