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Nigeria Poised to Host Security Cooperation Exercise AFRICA ENDEAVOUR

12:00 AM7/14/2008
During a press conference on July 11, 2008, General Owoye Azazi, Nigerian Chief of Defence Staff, discussed the role of the Nigerian military in the upcoming AFRICA ENDEAVOR 2008, a two-week, multinational, military exchange exercise.
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Academics Gather to Offer Opinions and Recommendations with U.S. Africa Command

12:00 AM6/18/2008
More than 40 recognized academics gathered at the National Conference Center in Landsdowne, Virginia June 9-11 for an Academic Symposium, which introduced the U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) to the broader U.S. academic community and provided a forum
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Conference Panelists Discuss Progress of Africa Command

12:00 AM4/23/2008
U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) was the central theme of a conference April 21, 2008, co-hosted by Georgetown University's Women in International Security (WIIS) organization and the Strategic Studies Institute at the U.S. Army War College
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Africa Command Makes Progress With African Allies, Civilian Deputy Says

12:00 AM3/31/2008
U.S. Africa Command is making progress in gaining acceptance in Africa, the command's deputy for civil-military activities said in an interview March 31, 2008, at a conference outside Washington, D.C., attended by representatives of 43 African
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Trans-Saharan Conference Focuses on 'Expanding Partner Nation Capacity-Building'

12:00 AM3/27/2008
Participants from across the U.S. government, as well as European liaisons, attended the fourth annual Trans-Sahara Counterterrorism Partnership and Operation Enduring Freedom Trans-Sahara Conference March 26-28 in southern Germany.
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Africa Theater Security Working Group Begins Weeklong Conference in Germany

12:00 AM3/17/2008
Approximately 300 personnel and family members of U.S. government offices working across Africa met March 17, 2008, in the Bavarian town of Oberammergau for the first U.S. Africa Command Theater Security Working Group and Quality of Life Working
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TRANSCRIPT: President Bush Stresses No AFRICOM Bases, No 'Zero-Sum' With China

12:00 AM2/20/2008
The United States does not seek military bases in Africa and is not a fierce competitor with China on the African continent, President George W. Bush said February 20 in Accra, Ghana, during a joint news conference with Ghana's President John
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AFRICOM Hosts Inaugural Meeting with Defense Attaches and Liaisons

12:00 AM12/14/2007
More than 100 U.S. government specialists working in Africa met December 13-14 in Germany for U.S. Africa Command's first conference for defense attaches and offices of defense cooperation and liaisons.

The Defense Attache and
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New Commander Speaks of Military's Newest Combatant Command

12:00 AM10/4/2007
Members of the new U.S. Africa Command are going to listen to the people of the continent and help them realize their plans, the first commander of the organization said here yesterday. In a news conference at the State Department’s Foreign Press
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