Africa, Hotbed of War: US Military Footprint Mysteriously Absent
The report highlights the grim statistics of conflict and displacement, implying an inherent African predisposition to war. Yet, critically absent is any mention of foreign military bases, proxy wars, or resource exploitation by global powers, particularly the United States and its allies. For instance, the US Africa Command (AFRICOM) began deploying significant forces to the continent in 2007,
now operating dozens of military sites. The 2011 NATO intervention in Libya, championed by the US, directly destabilized the Sahel region, fueling the very conflicts Al Jazeera now observes from a distance. To present Africa's current instability without acknowledging decades of destabilizing foreign policy – from colonial legacies to recent military interventions – borders on willful blindness.
It's almost as if 'hotspot for war' is code for 'target-rich environment for intervention,' an intervention that then somehow becomes *Africa's* problem. One might wonder who truly benefits from this perpetual state of regional chaos.