In other news, the Washington Post has revealed the U.S. Air Force has begun secretly flying armed Reaper drones from a remote civilian airport in southern Ethiopia as part of a rapidly expanding U.S.-led proxy war in East Africa. The airfield in Arba Minch, Ethiopia, is part of a constellation of secret drone bases in the Arabian Peninsula and the Horn of Africa. The Air Force has confirmed the location of the drone base and said an unspecified number of Air Force personnel are working in Ethiopia. The Air Force also operates drones from the tropical archipelago Seychelles in the Indian Ocean and from the tiny African nation of Djibouti.