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Supply Routes Sought To Connect Bases In East Africa

January 30 2019

USA

The U.S. Dept. of Defense is developing land-based supply routes from its main base at Camp Lemonnier in Djibouti to several military camps across eastern Africa, reports Foreign Policy.

The first part of the trail will link Camp Lemonnier to Camp Baledogle in Somalia, sources told the news site. Parts of the route are controlled by Al-Shabaab, local warlords or run through the tense border region with Ethiopia.

The project could help entrench the U.S. military in the region and...

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