WEEK IN REVIEW: United States Marine Common Michael Langley Took Over because the High U.S. Commander for Africa on Tuesday

United States Marine Common Michael Langley took over as the highest U.S. commander for Africa on Tuesday, heading U.S. navy operations on the continent.  Common Langley assumed command from Military Common Stephen Townsend who was among the many U.S. authorities’s most outspoken critics of China’s increasing affect in Africa, significantly on the problem of the PLA’s alleged want to construct a navy on Africa’s Atlantic coast. It’s not clear if Common Langley is as hawkisj concerning the Chinese language presence in Africa as his predecessor was. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

The USA and China are exchanging verbal fireplace within the South Pacific. Washington’s #2 diplomat, Wendy Sherman, spent the weekend in Tonga and the Solomon Islands, the place she accused Beijing of looking for to dismantle the worldwide rules-based order. The Communist Get together-run International Instances newspaper rapidly shot again claiming that Sherman is looking for to “sabotage the area’s shut ties with China.” (REUTERS)

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