WEB DESK
The annual African Lion military exercise became the latest casualty of the global novel coronavirus pandemic with this year’s event being canceled.
The US Africa Command (AFRICOM) said yesterday, the decision to cancel the exercise was made based on international travel restrictions associated with the novel coronavirus and to minimize the risk of exposure to US and partner nation service members.
African Lion had been scheduled to take place from March 23 to April 4 in Morocco, Tunisia and Senegal, with nearly 4,000 US service members and about 5,000 troops from Morocco. But yesterday, the command called off the entire event and began planning for next year’s African Lion 21.