U.S Africa Command denies plans to establish bases in Botswana
Gaborone, 26 Aug - (ANA) - U.S. Africa Command’s commanding officer, General Carter Ham, has denied reports that the United
States is seeking to establish a base or move the command headquarters to Botswana or anywhere else on the continent.
“No, there is no American base in Botswana. There are no plans whatsoever to have a base in Botswana,” said Ham. “I see these
reports where people talk about an American base, but there is no base and there are no plans for an American base. I cannot
be clearer than that.”   The United States has only one base on the African continent, Camp Lemonnier, located in Djibouti,
Africa. Currently, there are approximately 5,000 U.S. service members in Africa, the majority at Camp Lemonnier, with the remainder serving on a temporary basis ranging from a few days to a few weeks across the continent.(ANA)
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