Sabuwar Rahoton Ya Nuna Sojojin Amurka na Musamman Aiki a cikin Kasashen Afirka 22

Na Alan Macleod, 10 ga Agusta, 2020

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A sabon rahoto wanda aka buga a jaridar Afirka ta Kudu Wasikar da Guardian ya ba da haske a kan duniyar opaque na kasancewar sojojin Amurka a Afirka. A bara, fitattun mayaƙan aiyuka na Amurka suna aiki a cikin ƙasashen Afirka 22. Wannan ya kai kashi 14 cikin dari na dukkanin kwamandojin Amurka da aka tura zuwa kasashen waje, mafi yawan lamba ga kowane yanki ban da Gabas ta Tsakiya. Sojojin Amurkan ma sun ga fafatawa a cikin ƙasashen Afirka 13.

Amurka ba ta saba fada da wata kasar Afirka ba, kuma ba a yin magana kan nahiyoyin ne kawai dangane da ci gaban Amurkawa a duniya. Saboda haka, lokacin da masu ayyukan Amurka suka mutu a Afirka, kamar yadda ya faru a Niger, Mali, da Somalia a cikin 2018, amsar daga jama'a, har ma daga kafofin watsa labaru, yawanci "me yasa sojojin Amurka suke can da fari?"

Ba kasafai ake yarda da kasancewar sojojin Amurka, musamman kwamandojin jama'a ba, ta Washington ko kuma gwamnatocin Afirka. Abubuwan da suke yi ya kasance har yanzu sun fi na opaque yawa. Dokokin Afirka na Amurka (AFRICOM) gabaɗaya sun ce sojojin na musamman ba sa wuce abin da ake kira "AAA" (ba da shawara, taimakawa da rakiyar) manufa. Duk da haka cikin gwagwarmaya, rawar tsakanin mai kallo da mai halarta na iya zama mara haske a sarari.

Amurka tana da wahala 6,000 sojojin soja sun watsu ko'ina cikin nahiyar, tare da sojan soja waje jami'an diflomasiyya a cikin ofisoshin jakadanci da dama na Afirka. A farkon shekarar nan, Tsarin kalma ruwaito cewa sojoji suna aiki da sansanoni 29 a Nahiyar. Ofayan waɗannan kuwa babbar tashar jirgin sama ne a Nijar, wani abu The Hill kira "Mafi girman aikin jirgin saman Amurka wanda ake jagoranci duk lokaci." Kudin aikin ginin kadai ya wuce dala miliyan 100, tare da jimillar ayyukan gudanar da aiki sa ran zuwa sama da dala biliyan 280 nan da 2024. Sanye yake da Manyan Drones, Amurka yanzu zata iya aiwatar da hare-haren bam akan iyakokin kasashen a duk Arewa da Yammacin Afirka.

Washington ta yi ikirarin cewa babban aikin soja a yankin shi ne yakar hauhawar masu tsattsauran ra'ayi. A cikin 'yan shekarun nan, wasu kungiyoyin Jihadist sun taso, wadanda suka hada da Al-Shabaab, Boko Haram, da sauran kungiyoyin da ke da alaka da Al-Qaeda. Koyaya, mafi yawan dalilin tashin su ana iya samo asali ne daga abubuwan da Amurka ta gabata, wadanda suka hada da lalata Yemen, Somalia, da kuma kifar da Kanar Gaddafi a Libya.

Hakanan a bayyane yake cewa Amurka tana taka rawa wajen horar da sojojin kasashe da jami'an tsaro da yawa. Misali, Amurka ta biya Bancroft International, wani dan kwangila na soja mai zaman kansa, don horar da fitattun rukunin 'yan Somaliya wadanda ke kan gaba wajen fada a cikin rikice rikice na cikin kasar. Bisa lafazin Wasikar da Guardian, waɗannan fightersan tawayen na alsoan Somaliya ɗin su ma suna samun tallafin mai ba da harajin Amurka.

Duk da yake horar da sojojin kasashen waje ta hanyar dabaru na iya zama kamar bak'o, ayyukan da ba za a iya gani ba, Gwamnatin Amurka ta kwashe shekaru da dama tana koyar da dubun dubatar sojojin Amurka da 'yan sanda a cikin abin da suka kira "tsaron cikin gida" a sanannan Makarantar Amurka a Fort Benning, GA (yanzu an sake fasalinsa a matsayin Cibiyar Tsaro ta Hemisphere ta Yamma). Ruaukar mutane a karni na ashirin sun kasance umurce a cikin matsin lamba na cikin gida kuma ya fada cewa barazanar kwaminisanci tayi karya a kowane lungu, tare da fuskantar mummunan zalunci akan alumman nasu da zarar sun dawo. Hakanan, yayin horar da ta'addanci, tsakanin '' yan ta'adda '' 'dan gwagwarmaya' da 'mai zanga-zangar' galibi ana iya yin maganar.

Sojojin Amurka ma sun mamaye tsibirin Diego Garcia a Tekun Indiya, wanda kasar tsibirin Afirka ta Mauritius ta fada. A shekarun 1960 zuwa 1970, masarautar Burtaniya ta kori mazaunan yankin gaba daya, ta watsar dasu cikin tutocin kasar Mauritius, inda mafi yawansu ke zaune. Amurka tana amfani da tsibirin a matsayin sansanin soja da tashar makaman kare dangi. Tsibirin ya kasance mai mahimmanci ga ayyukan sojan Amurka a lokacin yakin Iraki kuma yana ci gaba da kasancewa babbar haɗari, yana jefa inuwar makaman nukiliya akan Gabas ta Tsakiya, Gabashin Afirka, da Kudancin Asia.

Yayinda akwai da yawa magana, ((ko kuma ta fi dacewa, la'anta) a cikin kafofin watsa labarun Yammacin duniya game da manufofin mulkin mallaka na China a Afirka, ba a tattauna batun ci gaba da Amurka ke takawa ba. Yayin da kasar Sin ke aiki guda daya a yankin Afirka kuma ta kara rawar gani a fannin tattalin arziki a nahiyar, dubun-dubatar sojojin Amurka da ke aiki a kasashe da dama suna yin watsi da su. Abu mai ban mamaki game da Daular Amurka shine ba shi da ganuwa ga yawancin masu bautar da shi.

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