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  • U.S. Army trainers drill Nigerian soldiers in Jaji between Jan. 15 and Feb. 22, 2018

    The U.S. is turning oil-rich Nigeria into a proxy for its Africa wars

    Originally published: The Grayzone on September 13, 2021 by TJ Coles (more by The Grayzone)  | (Posted Sep 15, 2021)

    Last month, Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari wrote an op-ed in the Financial Times. It might as well have been written by the Pentagon. Buhari promoted Brand Nigeria, auctioning the country’s military services to Western powers, telling readers that Nigeria would lead Africa’s “war on terror” in exchange for foreign infrastructure investment.