Pentagon reviews removing Morocco as host of largest military exercise in Africa

WASHINGTON — The Defense Department is looking at alternative locations for the largest military exercise in Africa amid Senate pressure to bump Morocco from its position as an annual host for the drills. Sen. James Inhofe, R-Okla., the ranking member of the Armed Services Committee, has led the charge against having Morocco host the African Lion exercise to push back against its control of the disputed Western Sahara. “For more than five decades, the Sahrawi people have been subjected to repeated broken promises and vicious attacks by the Mor…