Despite doubts from united nations secretary general,Mr Ban ki-moon, the united states of America has gone ahead with its plan of esterblishing a drone base in Niger republic.
In a letter to Congress, Mr. Obama said about 40 United States military service members arrived in Niger on Wednesday, bringing the total number of those deployed in the country to about 100 people. A military official said the troops were largely Air Force logistics specialists, intelligence analysts and security officers.
In an interview last month in Niamey, President Mahamadou Issoufou voiced concern about the spillover of violence and refugees from Mali, as well as growing threats from Boko Haram, an Islamist extremist group to the south, in neighboring Nigeria.
This developement comes moments after hostage video of french nationals were released by the radical islamic sect,boko haram..
The United nations security council expressed sceptisism but their doubt were debunked by the pentagon who claims the the drones a stricktly for surveillance purposes.
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Seems to me that those guys are getting ready to bomb the shit out of the boko clan

Boko Haram is just the pretext for their arrival, this is a long term strategic move, one that the inept leaders in Africa fail to see or more importantly counter...