U.S. Plans Base for Surveillance Drones in Northwest Africa ▻http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/29/us/us-plans-base-for-surveillance-drones-in-northwest-africa.html?_r=1&
L’intervention française au Mali permet à l’AFRICOM de poursuivre (1) son quadrillage du continent africain selon la stratégie du nénuphar [« Lily pads »] (2, 3)
The immediate impetus for a drone base in the region is to provide surveillance assistance to the French-led operation in Mali. “This is directly related to the Mali mission, but it could also give Africom a more enduring presence for ISR,” one American military official said on Sunday, referring to intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance.
(1) ▻http://blog.emceebeulogue.fr/post/2012/08/21/Expansion-militaire-de-l-Empire-Am%C3%A9ricain-en-Afrique
(2) ▻http://www.csmonitor.com/2004/0810/p06s02-wosc.html
(3) ►http://www.elcorreo.eu.org/Le-Pentagone-cree-une-nouvelle-forme-de-guerre-La-strategie-du-nenuphar