The United States President Barack Obama
has said that his country has no plan to
send troops to fight terrorism in African
countries including Nigeria.
Obama made this statement after the US-
Africa Leaders Summit while fielding
questions from journalist on Wednesday.
According to him, the US is more
interested in increasing the capacity of
regional organisations on the continent to
tackle issues more effectively and
promptly.
Obama said, “Now, with respect to
terrorism, I think there’s uniform concern of
terrorist infiltration in many countries
throughout Africa. A lot of the initiatives
that we put forward were designed to
partner so that countries, first and
foremost, can deal with these problems
within their own borders or region.
“And the United States doesn’t have a
desire to expand and create a big footprint
inside Africa. What we want to make sure
we do is partner with the African Union,
with ECOWAS, with individual countries to
build up their capacity”.
He however reassured that his government
would continue to partner with African
countries but criticise them when and
where necessary.
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