General Waldhauser did not mention any sort of presence of U.S. troops in Algeria, yet reports have shown the deployment of troops in Algeria following the deaths of four U.S. soldiers in Niger last year. While UN initiatives are aimed at the continuation of the political reconciliation and stability process in Libya, the U.S. AFRICOM has two primarily military objectives: to degrade terrorist groups who threaten U.S. interests and threaten to destabilize Libya and the region, and to avert civil war. Though Libya is another African country where the U.S. does not have any official military base (particularly since the closing of the Benghazi diplomatic compound after the 2012 attack) in or stated number of troops in, it is clear that it is an extremely important aspect of U.S.