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Military Sales: An Increasing U.S. Role in Africa

ID-77-61 Published: Apr 04, 1978. Publicly Released: Apr 04, 1978.
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Since 1974, there has been a trend toward increasing U.S. foreign military sales (FMS) to African nations which until recently have been lightly armed with unsophisticated weapons. Military sales to five African nations -- Morocco, Ethiopia, Zaire, Kenya, and Nigeria -- were reviewed. Morocco, Ethiopia, and Zaire have been the largest African purchasers of U.S. military equipment and services. Kenya has recently agreed to a large sale, but Nigeria, which has the largest military force in sub-Sahara Africa, currently procures few U.S. military items.

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