The Associated Press published on 6 May 2021 an article titled "General: China's Africa Outreach Poses Threat from Atlantic" by Lolita C. Baldor.
General Stephen Townsend, the head of U.S. Africa Command, said China has approached countries stretching from Mauritania to Namibia on Africa's Atlantic coast in an effort to establish a naval facility where the People's Liberation Army Navy can rearm and repair warships. China is "making big bets on Africa."
