There are a few inaccuracies in the map.
Sudan is outdated, there is current construction of a Russian air and naval base at Port Sudan that was started at the beginning of this year.
The US also has an established base in Tunisia in Bizerte.
There is also an established US military base in Mali in Bamako.
China has a base in Equatorial Guinea under construction.
Canada has an established base in Senegal.
Turkey has established large bases in Libya and Somalia under their control.
Well, my diagnosis is still severe lack of Chinese bases.
It would be great if there were no bases, but that’s not happening any time soon and better Chinese bases.
P.S. What’s up with Djibouti? Why so many bases in such a small country?
Djibouti has a strategically vital location for protecting the straits between the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea which leads toward the Suez Canal that is the main sea route from the Indian Ocean and Asia to the Mediterranean and Europe. Unfortunately this is one of those remnants of European colonialism that split off a tiny part of a larger territory to more easily control an important thoroughfare or port, similar to other such artificial constructs like Singapore, Kuwait, Panama, Hong Kong, Gibraltar, etc. In that sense it’s not really a real country and if not for European colonalism would be part of one of the larger neighboring states.
