military operations journalist nick turse and shandi naylor b. and yahoo news have released a new list and map of what they call the thirty six operations and activities that are or were until recently ongoing in africa almost all are unknown. the general public this map and the list that accompanies it pain a very startling portrait of just how pervasive u.s. military operations have become across the continent of africa so pervasive that stoneman douglas high school shooting survivor and gun control activist david hope tweeted out alexa what does the u.s. military imperialism look like. surprisingly after the washington examiner inquired about it the united states african command or afrikaans actually took the time to respond to mr holmes tweet africa spokesman karl white told the examiner quote u.s. africa command with our partners strengthen security and fourth is counter is transnational threats and conducts crisis response in order to advance u.s. national interests and promote regional security stability and prosperity joining us now to di