According to a 2010 McKinsey report Lions on the move, the rate of return on foreign investment in Africa is higher than in any other developingregion.
Mr. Panetta, who disclosed the naval plans in an address to an annual international security conference here, stressed that the rising U.S. force levels shouldn't be seen as a threat to China but as a stabilizing influence in a rapidly developingregion.
They complain of a heavy-handed Egyptian state intruding on their terrain, providing large tracts of land to Cairo-based businessmen and investors, and failing to involve them in developing the region's prosperity.