The geopolitical power of the United States and Israel in Africa

The geopolitical power of the United States and Israel in Africa is a strategic triangle (USA–Israel–African States), the three pillars are based on: Security cooperation, The securing of raw materials and geopolitical competition with China/Russia. Since the return of Donald Trump as US President (2025), and under Benjamin Netanyahu has this network expanded significantly. [ The security cooperation include military bases (Camp Lemonnier in Djibouti), terrorism fight against Boko Haram, Al-Shabaab Security and defence technologies, training, internal security, Surveillance technologies. Fight against Islamist groups, the control of the opposition Raw materials such as cobalt, Lithium, copper, Gold, Rare earths (DR Congo, Rwanda, Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger) .Agtech, hydrogen, agriculture technology as a counter-performance. China's dominance in Africa counteract . Geopolitics, "America First in Africa"strategy: from aid to trade, exclusivity agreements. Diplomatic Recognition Of Somaliland (Dec. 2025), on-Board defense, genocide Memory as a strategic clarity . Iran and Turkey to counter, the Arabian Peninsula "in" Israel has Somaliland as a sovereign state recognised (December 2025); Somaliland offers military bases and exclusivity in minerals (Rare earth) for the USA and Israel. The first trilateral summit meeting US–Israel–10 African countries (Kenya, Ethiopia, Morocco, Togo, etc.) to technology, Innovation and national security. Long-standing Israeli Partner (Kenya, Uganda); Israel had in 2016 in 40 of 45 diplomatic relations in sub-Saharan Africa. Trump agreed minerals agreement with DR Congo, priority list for US investors (cobalt, Lithium). USA is planning cooperation, despite a Russian-backed military regimes in the Sahel. The "America First"-rate security, only if US interests are threatened, the focus on commercial diplomacy and Supply Chains. Israel seeks to UN-support for resolutions against Israel, the use of African voices in international bodies. The African countries seeking access to Cutting-Edge Technology, Defense Collaboration, Agtech, Investment Capital, but the risk of Surveillance on the opposition's control. Critics see in Netanyahu's Somaliland recognition, a move that Palestinians from Gaza to the Horn of Africa to ship, and regional isolate – Umstan not selflessness. Trump's air strikes on Nigerian (without actual Christians terrorists to target places) show geopolitical validity of the claim, without a local reality. It is understandable that there are different perspectives on the security measures and foreign policy of the United States. Critics sometimes argue that economic interests and influence could be in the foreground when the United States speak of security. It is claimed that security measures are also used to secure the economic benefits or geopolitical interests. It is important to consider different points of view and to analyze the complex motives behind political decisions. Not all measures are necessarily focused on exploitation, but a critique of the economic interests in the framework of the Foreign and security policy is in the public discussion is quite present. This network is not a classic colonial project, but a 21. Century-imperialism: raw material-the Hunger, the security interests of African Regime coincide with the US/Israel strategy. [daily news](https://www.tagesschau.de/ausland/afrika/usa-afrika-rohstoffe-100.html) https://www.dw.com/de/israel-sucht-verb%C3%BCndete-in-afrika/a https://www.dw.com/de/israel-sucht-verb%C3%BCndete-in-afrika/a-19372795) [tagesschau](https://www.tagesschau.de/ausland/afrika/usa-afrika-rohstoffe-100.html) https://www.dw.com/de/israel-sucht-verb%C3%BCndete-in-afrika/a https://www.dw.com/de/israel-sucht-verb%C3%BCndete-in-afrika/a-19372795)