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To: Les H who wrote (33717)	10/15/2022 1:06:54 PM
From: Les H	Respond to of 48936

It may not say so, but US sees Africa as a growing military competition with China and Russia The continent isn’t prominently discussed in the new US national security strategy, but military analysts say it is increasing in significance as a theatre of operations China and Russia have both developed strong ties across the continent, Beijing as its largest trading partner, Moscow as its largest arms dealer Jevans Nyabiage + FOLLOW Published: 12:00pm, 15 Oct, 2022 scmp.com China won the soft power competition in the 2000s. Then the US turned to terrorism to disrupt access as per their A2AD doctrine. Benghazi, Libya became a major hub for distribution of weapons to these militias, while the militias' training camps were set up near Sirte, Libya by the various governments supporting the US wars. Now China is placing military forces to defend its interests.