Djibouti: Africom Again Secured USA-Africa military base in Djibouti -- Geeska AfriKa Online
Djibouti (HAN) May 5, 2014 – HAN & Geeska Afrika Online reporter in Washington, has sent this report: US President Barack Obama meets with President Ismail Omar Guelleh of Djibouti in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. The US President praised President Ismail Omar Guelleh of Djibouti for his cooperation on security matters in Africa, particularly in neighboring Somalia (Included Somaliland).
Because of this meeting, the United States secured long term access again to a military base in Djibouti that it uses to launch counter-terrorism missions, including drone strikes, in Yemen and the Horn of African countries of Ethiopia, Eritrea, Sudan and South-Sudan operations. The United States Africa Command (USAFRICOM or AFRICOM) is one of nine Unified Combatant Commands of the United States Armed Forces, headquartered in Djibouti.
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