Zimbabwe: U.S. Denies Zimbabwe’s Claims It Is Militarizing Zambia

Harare, Zimbabwe — The head of U.S. Africa Command denied Thursday claims by Zimbabwean government officials that Washington is setting up a military base in neighboring Zambia and wants to move AFRICOM operations there from Germany.

At an online press briefing, General Michael Langley, head of AFRICOM, rejected Zimbabwe’s claims that the United States is establishing a base in neighboring Zambia.

“That’s absolutely false,” Langley said from an African Chiefs of Defense Conference in Botswana….