{"id":50632,"date":"2026-11-11T11:14:30","date_gmt":"2026-11-11T09:14:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=50632"},"modified":"2026-11-11T11:14:30","modified_gmt":"2026-11-11T09:14:30","slug":"us-africom-warns-madagascar-against-expanding-russian-security-ties","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/us-africom-warns-madagascar-against-expanding-russian-security-ties\/","title":{"rendered":"US AFRICOM warns Madagascar against expanding Russian security ties \u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The United States (US) has warned Madagascar against strengthening security ties with Russia, cautioning that military-backed security partnerships modeled after recent interventions in West Africa risk destabilising the Indian Ocean region.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Speaking during a regional delegation visit, Deputy Commander of US Africa Command (AFRICOM) Lieutenant General John Brennan highlighted Madagascar&#8217;s vital strategic location along the Mozambique Channel, pointing out its critical role in global maritime trade routes.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Brennan warned against adopting the &#8220;Sahel model&#8221;, referencing military regimes in Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger that severed Western security alliances in favor of Russian military support, arguing that Moscow&#8217;s security model has proven ineffective at curbing jihadist insurgencies while compromising national sovereignty and institutional stability.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Madagascar sits in a location that is extremely important, as is Mozambique, and we don&#8217;t want to see those models be applied in those two locations,&#8221; stated Brennan, warning that Russia&#8217;s security approach in West and Central Africa aims to control natural resources and infringe on sovereign authority rather than deliver long-term stability.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;ChannelAfrica&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":35640,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"news-type":[26],"class_list":["post-50632","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"US warns Madagascar against strengthening security ties with Russia","published_date":"2026-11-11 11:14:08","news_description":"US warns Madagascar against strengthening security ties with Russia","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/50632","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/50632\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50634,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/50632\/revisions\/50634"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35640"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50632"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=50632"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}