As violence continues to rise across West Africa, the US considers ending its secretive and widespread military operation in the region
However, most Americans did not have any idea that their country is fighting in West Africa where it has between 6,000 and 7,000 troops; until a Niger ambush made it to the headlines.
The ambush that left four American soldiers, the US military’s largest loss of life in combat in Africa since the 1993 “Black Hawk Down” in Somalia prompting questions among the US public.in Africa, various reports shed a light on secretive operations across the continent.
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