Operation Enduring Freedom – Horn of Africa (OEF-HOA): U.S. forces deployed in Ethiopia,[96] Kenya,[97] Liberia,[98] Mauritius, Rwanda,[99] Seychelles, Somalia, Tanzania,[100] and Uganda.[101][102][103] Camp Lemonnier is the only permanent U.S. military base in Africa, established in Djibouti in 2002, and supports OEF-HOA operations. The Peace Corps re-established a presence in Comoros in 2015, and Kentucky National Guard personnel have trained Comoros troops.[104][105] The Trump administration increased drone strikes Somalia[106] and in 2020 launched Operation Octave Quartz, which saw U.S. troops dispersed from the nation and re-positioned to other military bases in the region.[107] Operation Enduring Freedom – Trans Sahara (OEF-TS): U.S. forces deployed in Algeria,[108] Burkina Faso,[109] Cameroon, Chad,[110] Mali, Mauritania,[111] Morocco,[112] Niger, Nigeria,[113] Senegal,[114] and Tunisia.[115] In 2013, the U.S. began providing transport aircraft to French forces during the Mali War.[116] President Barack Obama deployed up to 300 U.S. troops to Cameroon in October 2015 to conduct intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance operations against the Boko Haram terrorist group.[117] Contingency Location Garoua, a U.S. Army outpost housing around 200 troops and contractors in Garoua, was established by 2017.[118] Four U.S. special operations soldiers and five Nigeriens were killed during an Islamic State ambush in Niger in October 2017. There were around 800 U.S. military personnel in Niger at the time, most of whom were working on constructing a secondary drone base for U.S. and French aircraft in Agadez.[119] Operation Enduring Freedom – Philippines Operation Enduring Freedom – Caribbean and Central America (OEF-CCA)[120] Operation Enduring Freedom – Kyrgyzstan[121] Operation Enduring Freedom – Pankisi Gorge[122]