Ukusukela oko i-US Africa Command yaqala ukusebenza ngo-2008, inani lamajoni ase-US kwilizwekazi lase-Afrika liye lenyuka nge-170 pesenti 2,600 ukuba 7,000. Inani lemishini yasemkhosini, imisebenzi, iinkqubo, kunye nokuzilolonga Pha iye yanda i-1,900 ekhulwini, ukusuka kwi-172 ukuya kuma-3,500 XNUMX. Uqhankqalazo lwedrone luye yanda kunye nenani le-commandos esetyenziswe iye yanda ngokukhawuleza kunye nobukhulu kunye nomda we Iqela le-AFRICOM leziseko.
Umkhosi wase-US usanda kuqhuba 36 imisebenzi echaziweyo kunye nemisebenzi eAfrika, ngaphezu nawuphi na omnye ummandla wehlabathi, kuquka uMbindi Mpuma oMkhulu. Amajoni asasazeke kulo lonke elaseAfrika acebisa rhoqo, aqeqeshe, kwaye abe nentsebenziswano nemikhosi yasekuhlaleni; qokelela ubukrelekrele; qhuba ucupho; kwaye siqhube ii-airstrikes kunye nohlaselo lwasemhlabeni olugxile "ukulwa namaqela agabadelayo anobundlobongela kwilizwekazi laseAfrika.โ
IAFRICOM "iphazamisa kwaye inciphise izoyikiso zamazwe ngamazweโ ukuze โkukhuthazwe ukhuseleko lwengingqi, uzinzo kunye nempumelelo,โ ngokwengxelo yomnqophiso. Kodwa ukususela oko i-AFRICOM yaqala, izikhombisi eziphambili zokhuseleko kunye nokuzinza e-Afrika ziye zahla ngokuhambelana neSebe lezoKhuseleko le-Afrika Centre for Strategic Studies, iziko lophando lwePentagon. "Lilonke, umsebenzi weqela lamaSilamsi e-Afrika uphindaphindeke kabini ukusukela ngo-2012," ngokutsho a uhlalutyo lwakutshanje liZiko leAfrika.
Ngoku kukho malunga nama-24 "amaqela alwayo angamaSilamsi asebenzayo" asebenza kwilizwekazi, ukusuka nje amahlanu ngo-2010, uhlalutyo lufunyenwe. Namhlanje, amazwe ali-13 aseAfrika ajongene nohlaselo lwala maqela - ukwanda kwe-160 ekhulwini ngelo xesha linye. Enyanisweni, inani "iziganeko zobundlobongelaโ kwilizwekazi lonke liye latsiba ngeepesenti ezingama-960, lisuka kuma-288 ngo-2009 laya kutsho kuma-3,050 ngo-2018, ngokohlalutyo lweZiko laseAfrika.
Nangona kukho izinto ezahlukahlukeneyo ezisenokuba negalelo ekwandeni kogonyamelo, ezinye iingcali zithi ukudityaniswa kobukho balo myalelo nokwanda kwezidubedube akubangelwanga ngamabona-ndenzile.
โUkwanda okuqatha kweziganeko zabanqolobi eAfrika kugxininisa isibakala sokuba indlela iPentagon yokulwa ngayo le ngxaki iye yasilela kakhulu,โ utshilo uWilliam Hartung, umlawuli weprojekthi yezixhobo nokhuseleko kwiZiko loMgaqo-nkqubo waMazwe ngaMazwe. "Ukuba kukho nantoni na, ukuzama ukuphelisa ubunqolobi ngenkani kunokubangela ingxaki, kubangele ukuhlaselwa kwabanqolobi kunye nokusebenza njengesixhobo sokugaya amaqela aneengcwangu."
Ngokomzekelo, khawucinge ngeSomalia. Kule minyaka ilishumi idlulileyo, i-AFRICOM iqhube amakhulu Ukuhlasela kweenqwelomoya kunye nemishini ye-commando apho kwaye ibango inani lotshaba labanqolobi abamalunga nama-800, ikakhulu ngamalungu e-Shabab, iqela lomkhosi. Inani lokuhlaselwa komoya wase-US liye lanyuka ngokukhawuleza, lixhuma ukusuka kwi-14 phantsi koMongameli uBarack Obama ngo-2016 ukuya kwi-47 phantsi kolawulo lukaTrump kunyaka ophelileyo. Nangona kunjalo uhlalutyo lwePentagon lwafumanisa ukuba iziganeko zobundlobongela ezibandakanya i-Shabab zimele malunga nama-50 epesenti yazo zonke izenzo zeqela lamaSilamsi e-Afrika kwaye eli "zinga lihlala lingaguquguquki kule minyaka ilishumi idlulileyo."
Ngo-Oktobha 2017, amalungu e-Islamic State kwi-Greater Sahara, okanye i-ISGS, alalela amajoni aseMelika kufutshane nomda wamazwe aseSahelian aseMali naseNiger, ebulala amajoni amane ase-US bangxwelerha ababini. Kanye emva kohlaselo, i-AFRICOM yabanga ukuba amajoni anikezela "ngengcebiso kunye noncedo" kumaqabane asekhaya, kodwa kamva kwatyhilwa ukuba i-commandos yaseMelika esebenza kunye nomkhosi waseNigeria - de kwangenelela imozulu embi - benethemba lokunxibelelana nomnye umbutho okhethekileyo wase-US. abaqhubi abazama ukubulala okanye ukubamba inkokeli ye-Islamic State Doundoun Cheffou.
Ngaphandle koku kunye nezinye iinzame zomkhosi zaseMelika ezithatha ixesha elide kulo mmandla, amaqela omkhosi eSahel akhule ngakumbi kwaye uhlaselo lwawo luthe kratya, ngokweZiko leAfrika. Enyanisweni, "iziganeko ezinobundlobongela" ezidityaniswe namaqela anxulumene ne-Al Qaeda kwi-Islamic Maghreb, okanye i-AQIM, kunye ne-ISGS yanda ukusuka kwi-192 kwi-2017 ukuya kwi-464 kunyaka odlulileyo. Kwangaxeshanye, ukufa okunxulunyaniswa nala maqela kwaphindaphindeka kabini, ukusuka kuma-529 ukusa kwi-1,112.
Oku kubaluleke ngakumbi kwingxelo ka-2000 Uzilungisile phantsi kwenkxaso yeZiko leKholeji yeMfazwe yase-US yeZiko leSifundo seSicwangciso-buchule, eliphonononge โimeko yokhuseleko lwase-Afrika.โ Ngelixa uphawula ubukho โbezahlulo zangaphakathi okanye iintshukumo zabavukeliโ โkumazwe abuthathaka,โ kunye namajoni kunye โnemikhosi yeemfazwe,โ ayizange ithethe nto nge-Islamic extremism okanye izoyikiso ezinkulu zobunqolobi bezizwe ngezizwe. Ngoku iZiko laseAfrika libala ama-24 โamaqela alwayo angamaSilamsi asebenzayoโ kwilizwekazi ngelixa ezinye iindibano ezisemthethweni, kwiminyaka yakutshanje, zibeke inani phantse 50 imibutho yabanqolobi kunye โnamaqela angekho mthethweniโ azo zonke iindidi.
I-Pentagon okanye i-AFRICOM ayizange iphendule kwimibuzo ye-Intercept malunga nohlalutyo lweZiko le-Afrika, ukusebenza komyalelo, kunye nayo nayiphi na indima enokuthi iyidlalile ekukhuleni kobundlobongela kwilizwekazi.
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