Quote Originally Posted by davidbfpo View Post
For Africa 'hands' this will come as no surprise, the AU suffers from the problems its predecessor, the OAU, had political declarations are rarely matched by real work and I am slightly puzzled by one nation's failure, Libya which has proclaimed its readiness repeatedly - IIRC with an article in the RUSI Journal.

Not that AFRICOM will "fill the gap".
Isn't this some real old news ? Something like back in June France and Dakar announced troop (and security) reductions ? I doubt AFRICOM will put 1,200 troops anywhere on the continent, yet alone in Dakar (they don't have that many French and/or Wolof speakers ).

JMA,
I could be mistaken, but I believe that President Wade considers the French to be his ally and strategic partner