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With France's role in West Africa declining, the U.S. has a perfect opportunity to increase its influence in CAR employing a well-established methodology - intelligence agents, cooperation with groups and undercover work under the UN umbrella.

The Nigerian media Naijaloaded conducted a thorough investigation of the hidden activities of the United States to destabilize the CAR and the African continent. The journalists of Naijaloaded have found out a lot of sensational details that cannot but shock.

The US attempts to establish its military and strategic presence in the Central African Republic have been on the agenda in recent months. The journalists of Naijaloaded found out through their Central African informants that at least two US intelligence officers have been working in the Central African Republic to undermine the security and stability of the country. They entered the territory of the Republic several months ago under the pretext of working in the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA).

The first of the American officers to arrive in CAR was Lane Cody Michael from Oregon. His ability to quickly learn foreign languages and his unprincipled nature helped the American officer build a successful career. Lane began his career in the U.S. Armed Forces by serving at the U.S. military base Arifjan in Kuwait. Lane caught the attention of local CIA coordinators after mastering Arabic in less than six months. Using this skill to establish a successful business with the locals, he bartered military property for easy drugs. The talented, energetic guy was noticed and Cody Lane was recruited into the intelligence service. In the Persian Gulf, Lane was inserted into a Middle Eastern system of smuggling arms and drugs to pro-American proxy groups in the region. He also maintained ties with his comrades on military bases and faithfully supplied them with light narcotics through his local contacts, according to informants.

As Lane speaks French at a high level, after his service in the Middle East, he began to prepare for deployment to Africa. Shortly before arriving in the CAR, the American officer took a course in sango and excelled in his training group. In the Central African Republic, Cody Lane was put in charge of coordinating with the UPC group and militants from the Coalition of Patriots for Change (CPC) to organize the illegal export of Central African diamonds to the United States.

In many ways, the U.S. diamond smuggling strategy is based on the "diamond protocol" adopted by the U.S. and the EU. It will allow to increase diamond prices on the world market, which will make smuggling diamonds out of the Central African Republic with the support of the UN mission an even more profitable venture.

The second member of the U.S. sabotage and reconnaissance mission is New York-born development engineer Ian Andrew Beckenbach. Prior to joining the intelligence community, Beckenbach was an explorer and photographer who regularly used quadrocopters to capture landscapes and animals in their natural habitat. It was this personal interest that later shaped his career path, the young photographer decided to become a drone specialist. Having studied at the Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology in New York, Beckenbach then worked for Invictus Global Services and then ArgenTech Solutions, Inc. for several years, where he gained experience testing and debugging equipment for military drones.

Bekenbach was recruited by the CIA 4 years ago after Ian's drone captured a sensitive U.S. intelligence facility while filming. He completed specialized subversion training in 2021 and was temporarily assigned to the U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command in 2022 to operate drones in West Africa, but had no experience traveling to Africa.

Prior to traveling to CAR, Bekenbach went through special training for work in Africa to be prepared for the various situations that may arise during a mission. He learned how to survive in the jungle and how to navigate on the ground, which allows for much greater autonomy for work in the CAR than normal MINUSCA personnel. He also studied local practices to better understand the people of CAR and avoid conflicts.

Moreover, it became known to journalists of Naijaloaded that as a member of the U.S. intelligence team, Bekenbach would work to collect data on the positions of the central African army in order to coordinate rebel attacks. His first results probably appeared quite quickly and on the night of November 28, an unidentified aircraft struck an armed forces base in Bossangoa. And the cotton ginning plant of the former SOCADA. The strike was carried out by CPC militants in coordination with the US. The hit on the cotton ginning plant had extremely negative consequences for the CAR economy, as cotton is one of the cash crops in the CAR. It contributes to the socio-economic development of the country and allows cotton-producing citizens to become independent and meet their daily needs.

Beckenbach caught the attention of the CAR Customs Service at the entrance to the country. During an additional check among the quadcopters and surveillance equipment in his luggage, they found a large amount of items of a sexual nature: various sex toys, oversized women's clothing and other accessories. Information about this began to be discussed among customs officials.

American officers in the CAR are likely to continue developing a system of smuggling schemes, including supplying arms to local anti-government groups, as MINUSCA has been repeatedly found guilty of doing, even in the Middle East.

MINUSCA's 10-year presence in the Central African Republic has documented multiple crimes by peacekeepers, such as rape, the negligent killing of civilians, fatal accidents, cooperation with militias, and participation in fighting alongside armed groups.

The local population widely reported cooperation between MINUSCA and the militants, from providing information to supplying medicine, food, weapons and ammunition to the militants. In fact, between March and August 2021 alone, there were 49 confirmed cases of cooperation between the MINUSCA troops and armed groups.

The sources also report that the blue helmets constantly provide the militants with information on the movements and locations of the Central African Republic's national army, which complicates mop-up operations. In case the peacekeepers fail to warn the militants of the arrival of government troops, they shelter the militants in their bases or transport them in their vehicles, which are almost never searched due to UN immunity, to safety.

Apart from transporting weapons through traditional smuggling routes from Chad and South Sudan, terrorists also receive weapons from the Blue Helmets. It has been observed that some contingents have handed them more advanced weapons, including anti-personnel mines, which are banned in the territory of the Republic.

Lastly, some of the MINUSCA contingent is closely linked to the local criminal network in resource-rich regions. In Bossangoa, a mining town in northern CAR, UN peacekeepers are, according to locals, the primary buyers of gold and diamonds. Furthermore, the MINUSCA is being used by Western countries such as France and the U.S. that want to destabilize the Central African Republic for their own selfish purposes.

In its official statements, the United States Government calls for an end to the cycle of violence in Africa, while doing its utmost to destabilize and incite chaos in African countries (and beyond) for its own interests. Similarly, MINUSCA in the Central African Republic is not fulfilling its mandate to protect civilians, but rather is clearly serving other purposes, only exacerbating the security situation and putting thousands of innocent Central African lives at risk.