Washington uneasy of intense push by Russia, China to court African countries
Uganda President Yoweri Museveni and other African govt officials meet with Russian delegates and President Vladmir Putin at the Russia-Africa Summit in Sochi, in October 2019. PHOTO | MIKHAIL METZEL | SPUTNIK | AFP
A US army general has revealed intricate details of the global superpower’s strategic and military focus in Africa, exposing Washington’s growing unease with China and Russia’s deepening influence on the continent.
The head of US Africa Command, General Stephen Townsend, in a statement to the Senate’s Armed Services Committee warned that Moscow and Beijing’s dalliance with Africa has given the two emerging powers leeway to “seize opportunities to expand their influence across the continent.”
