Despite hosting China’s largest overseas military base, Africa’s military hub holds latest exercise with US, France and 3 other nations without Beijing
Africa's most strategic military hub, Djibouti has joined the United States, France, Japan, Italy and Spain in a multinational military exercise that highlights its growing importance to global security and the strategic competition between Washington and Beijing.
By Solomon EkanemSouth Africa
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The exercise, hosted by Djibouti and attended by the US, France and 4 other nations integrated air, land, and maritime operations (Image: Africom)
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- November 8, 2026
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- Solomon Ekanem
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