China To Open First Military Base In Africa, Signs Deal With Djibouti, US General Says

China has signed a 10-year deal with the African nation of Djibouti to build a military base there in what would be China's first military base on the continent, U.S. Army Gen. David Rodriguez, commander of U.S. Africa Command, has said. China has long had an economic foothold in Africa, but the base would be an expansion of its military prowess beyond the Asia Pacific region.
Djibouti is a small country in East Africa, across from Yemen and on the Gulf of Aden and with a population of just under 830,000. The vast majority of the population is Muslim; about 6 percent are Christian. Djibouti also hosts about 4,000 U.S. military service members at Camp Lemonnier, which, according to its website, is a Navy-led establishment that supports and prepares ships, aircraft and other deployments for "regional and combatant command requirements." It also enables U.S. military operations in the surrounding Horn of Africa while "fostering positive U.S.-African Nation relations," the website said.
The new Chinese base would be a logistics hub, Rodriguez said, the Hill reported. It would also allow China to improve its ability to gather intelligence in the region and beyond, such as in parts of the Middle East, Arabian peninsula countries as well as in Central Africa.
Not only would China save money by building its own military base in Djibouti, but it would also increase its global stature, J. Peter Pham, director of the Africa Center at the Atlantic Council, told the Hill.

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China To Open First Military Base In Africa, Signs Deal With Djibouti, US General Says

China To Open First Military Base In Africa, Signs Deal With Djibouti, US General Says

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