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'African Lion – 2023' Military Drills With US Armed Forces Units Start in Tunisia
'African Lion – 2023' Military Drills With US Armed Forces Units Start in Tunisia
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The military exercises "African Lion - 2023" with the participation of Tunisian and American servicemen have started in the north-east of Tunisia.
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The African Lion – 2023 military exercises, which will include Tunisian and American servicemen, have started in the north-east of Tunisia.African Lion is a multinational joint exercise conducted in Morocco, with related activities taking place in Tunisia, Senegal, and Italy.Over 4,000 U.S. service members will participate in the drills, along with troops from Morocco, Tunisia, Senegal, Ghana, the United Kingdom, Brazil, Canada, NATO, and the Netherlands, making it U.S. AFRICOM's largest annual exercise.The purpose of the "African Lion" is to increase the operational capabilities of the Tunisian army by conducting field exercises, joint maneuvers, naval and air operations, Tunisia's defense ministry has said.The exercises also include theoretical courses in military engineering, cybersecurity, law and public relations.In March this year, the US conducted another annual joint military drills, dubbed Flintlock, in Ghana and Cote d'Ivoire with a total of 29 African nations participating. The exercises included a maritime program for the first time and were held just about a month after Russia and China held their second joint naval exercises with South Africa from 25 to 27 February.Commenting on the drills, an expert told Sputnik that they do not serve the interests of African people and could be part of US efforts to turn Africans against Russia.
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'African Lion – 2023' Military Drills With US Armed Forces Units Start in Tunisia
13:35 18.05.2023 (Updated: 13:38 18.05.2023) In March this year, the US held another annual joint military exercises, dubbed Flintlock, in Ghana and Cote d'Ivoire. With 29 African nations participating, it was the first drill of the kind to include a maritime part.
The African Lion – 2023 military exercises, which will include Tunisian and American servicemen, have started in the north-east of Tunisia.
African Lion is a multinational joint exercise conducted in Morocco, with related activities taking place in Tunisia, Senegal, and Italy.
Over 4,000 U.S. service members will participate in the drills, along with troops from Morocco, Tunisia, Senegal, Ghana, the United Kingdom, Brazil, Canada, NATO, and the Netherlands, making it U.S. AFRICOM's largest annual exercise.
The purpose of the "African Lion" is to
increase the operational capabilities of the Tunisian army by conducting field exercises, joint maneuvers, naval and air operations, Tunisia's defense ministry has said.
The exercises also include theoretical courses in military engineering, cybersecurity, law and public relations.
In March this year, the US conducted another annual joint military drills, dubbed Flintlock, in Ghana and Cote d'Ivoire with a total of 29 African nations participating. The exercises included a maritime program for the first time and were held just about a month after Russia and China held their second joint naval exercises with South Africa from 25 to 27 February.
Commenting on the drills, an expert told Sputnik that they do not serve the interests of African people and could be part of US efforts to turn Africans against Russia.
"I think that these military operations are sinister. They are not in the best interest of the African people and it falls within the framework of building an anti-Russia coalition. And I'm wondering why Africans should be interested in the building of an anti-Russia coalition," Kwesi Pratt Jnr, Director of Pan-African Television, Managing Editor of the Insight Newspaper, Ghana, said in the interview.
