General Dagvin Anderson of the United States Air Force (USAF) has outlined a bleak viewpoint on the state of security across Africa.

The senior United States (US) military officer in Africa noted that the continent is faced with a “precarious situation due to bad actors.”

He made this known during a briefing last week to the US Senate Armed Services Committee on the continental security environment.

What the US officer said

“Africa sits at the crossroads of global commerce and security, bridging the strategic terrain between the Atlantic and the Indo-Pacific.