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Media Releases for Support Humanitarian and Disaster Relief

One Health training in Moroto improves local infrastructure, builds relationships 1/11/2013
One Health training held in Moroto, Uganda, Nov. 18-27, 2012. Full Story
TRANSCRIPT: General Ham Discusses U.S. AFRICOM objectives and Africa security issues at Brown University 12/19/2012
The U.S. military is not an independent actor in Africa, and its efforts support larger U.S. government objectives and shared security interests with African partners, according to General Carter Full Story
Collaborating Extremist Groups Worry AFRICOM Commander 12/4/2012
Extremist groups collaborating in Africa pose a threat beyond the region that extends to Europe and the United States, U.S. Africa Command's top military officer said here today.
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US Service Members Deliver Supplies to Bi'idley Storm Victims 11/23/2012
After the small village of Bi'idley located within the Ali Sabieh district of Djibouti was hit by a strong wind storm three months ago, the village's nearly 100 residents were left with Full Story
TRANSCRIPT: General Ham at the Chatham House, London 11/21/2012
During a presentation at the Chatham House, London, England, on November 16, 2012, General Carter Ham, commander of U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM), talked about AFRICOM's mission and its Full Story
TRANSCRIPT: General Ham Interviews With France 24 11/19/2012
The commander of the U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM), General Carter F. Ham, discussed the security sitation in Mali with France 24 on November 14, 2012.

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Soldiers, Teachers Team During First Aid Workshops 11/13/2012
U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa's 448th Civil Affairs Battalion, deployed from Fort Lewis, Wash., partnered with the Dikhil, Djibouti, Office of Education Full Story
Djibouti Language School Graduates 80 During Ceremony 10/19/2012
Nine U.S. service members and more than 200 Djiboutians gathered together Oct. 11, 2012, during a Noural-Imam Institute graduation ceremony to recognize 80 student for successfully completing their Full Story
RESEPI Meeting Helps African Nations Come Together to Control Animal Diseases Across Borders 9/28/2012
Across Africa, outbreaks of disease in animals pose a particular threat to the food supply and economies, rippling past borders and undermining precious stability. "With the movement of animals Full Story
TRANSCRIPT: Clinton's Remarks at a UN Secretary General Summit on Somalia 9/26/2012

At a United Nations Secretary General Summit on Somalia, September 26, 2012, Hillary Clinton, U.S. secretary of state, discussed three areas of emphasis in Somalia: continued improvement of Full Story

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