ta Manlio Dinucci, Il Manifesto, Yuni 8, 2021
Zakin Afirka, atisayen soja mafi girma a Nahiyar Afirka da Sojojin Amurka suka shirya kuma suka jagoranta. Ya haɗa da tuddai na ƙasa, iska, da na ruwa a Marokko, Tunisia, Senegal, da kuma raƙuman tekuna - daga Arewacin Afirka zuwa Yammacin Afirka, daga Bahar Rum zuwa Tekun Atlantika. Sojoji 8,000 ne ke shiga ciki, rabinsu Ba'amurke ne da tankoki kusan 200, bindigogi masu sarrafa kansu, jiragen sama, da kuma jiragen ruwan yaƙi. Lion Lion 21 na Afirka ana sa ran kashe dala miliyan 24 kuma yana da abubuwan da suka sa ya zama mai mahimmanci.
An yanke shawarar wannan yunkuri na siyasa ne a Washington: ana gudanar da atisayen Afirka a karo na farko a Yammacin Sahara watau wannan shekarar a yankin Jamhuriyar Sahrawi, wanda sama da kasashe 80 na Majalisar Dinkin Duniya suka amince da shi, wadanda Morocco ta karyata kuma ta yi yaki da shi ta kowace hanya. . Rabat ya bayyana cewa ta wannan hanyarWashington ta amince da mulkin mallakan Morocco akan Sahara ta Yamma"Kuma ya gayyaci Algeria da Spain su bar"rashin jituwarsu ga kasancewar yankin na Maroko“. Spain, wacce kasar Morocco ta zarga da tallafawa Polisario (Western Sahara Liberation Front), ba ta shiga cikin Zakin Afirka a bana. Washington ta sake ba da cikakken goyon baya ga Maroko, tare da kiranta “babban ƙawancen da ba NATO ba kuma abokin tarayya na Amurka".
An gudanar da atisayen na Afirka a wannan shekarar a karo na farko a cikin tsarin sabon Tsarin Umurnin Amurka. Nuwamba na ƙarshe, Sojojin Amurka na Turai da Sojojin Amurka na Afirka sun haɗu zuwa kwamanda ɗaya: Sojojin Amurka Turai da Afirka. Janar Chris Cavoli, wanda ke shugabantar da shi, ya bayyana dalilin wannan shawarar: “Batutuwan tsaro na yankin Turai da Afirka suna da alaƙa da haɗin kai kuma suna iya yaduwa cikin sauri daga wannan yanki zuwa wancan idan ba a kula da shi ba. ” Saboda haka ne shawarar da Sojojin Amurka suka yanke na karfafa Kwamandan Turai da Kwamandan Afirka, don “a hankali yana motsa karfi daga wani gidan wasan kwaikwayo zuwa wani, daga wannan nahiya zuwa wani, yana inganta lokutan martani na rikicewar yankinmu".
A wannan yanayin, African Lion 21 ya kasance tare da Defender-Turai 21, wanda ke ɗaukar sojoji 28,000 da sama da manyan motoci 2,000. Ainihi tsari ne guda na dabarun sarrafa sojoji wadanda ke faruwa daga Arewacin Turai zuwa Yammacin Afirka, wanda Sojojin Amurka Turai da Afirka suka tsara kuma suka ba da umarni. Manufofin hukuma shine don hana wani da ba'a bayyana ba “Mummunan aiki a Arewacin Afirka da Kudancin Turai da kuma kare gidan wasan kwaikwayo daga tsokanar sojoji“, Tare da bayyananniyar magana game da Rasha da China.
Italiya ta shiga cikin Afirka ta Lion 21, da kuma a cikin Defender-Turai 21, ba wai kawai tare da dakarunta ba amma a matsayin tushe mai mahimmanci. Ana gudanar da atisayen ne a Afirka daga Vicenza daga Southernungiyar Europeungiyar Kudancin Turai ta Sojojin Amurka kuma ana ba da sojojin da ke shiga ta tashar jiragen ruwa ta Livorno tare da kayayyakin yaƙi da ke zuwa daga Camp Darby, sansanin makwabta na Sojan Amurka. Kasancewa cikin Afrika ta Lion 21 wani bangare ne na ƙwarin gwiwar sojojin Italiya a Afirka.
Ofishin jakadancin a Nijar abun misali ne, a hukumance “a matsayin wani bangare na kokarin hadin gwiwar Turai da Amurka don daidaita yankin da kuma yaki da fataucin mutane ba bisa ka’ida ba da kuma barazanar tsaro“, A zahiri don sarrafa ɗayan yankuna masu arziki a cikin kayan albarkatu masu mahimmanci (man fetur, uranium, coltan, da sauransu) waɗanda manyan ƙasashen Amurka da na Turai suka yi amfani da su, waɗanda kasancewar sa tattalin arzikin China da sauran abubuwan ke fuskantar haɗari.
Saboda haka komawa ga dabarun mulkin mallaka na gargajiya: tabbatar da bukatun mutum ta hanyar soji, gami da goyon baya ga fitattun cikin gida wadanda suka dogara da karfinsu a kan rundunoninsu a bayan kyafaffen fuska na mayaka masu da'awar jihadi. A hakikanin gaskiya, tsoma bakin sojoji ya ta'azantar da yanayin rayuwar jama'a, yana karfafa hanyoyin yin amfani da su da kuma danniya, tare da sakamakon tilasta yin kaura da bala'in dan adam.
