3:04 PM8/11/2023

ACCRA, GHANA –– Prof. N’Dri Athanase Yao, Brig. Gen. (Ret.), dons a U.S. Naval Forces Africa, U.S. Naval Forces Africa command ball cap at the Africa Malaria Task Force (AMTF) conference, July 18, 2023. The AMTF brought experts together from 25 partner nations to address best practices for detection and eradication of malaria throughout Africa, with a specific focus on the emerging threat from the invasive malaria-causing species, Anopheles stephensi.

3:04 PM8/11/2023

U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa (NAVEUR-NAVAF) Force Surgeon held an operational entomology event in support of the Africa Malaria Task Force (AMTF), July 17-21, in Accra, Ghana.

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9:33 AM8/4/2023

U.S. Marine Corps Gen. Michael Langley, commander, U.S. Africa Command, and U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. Michael Woods, command senior enlisted leader, traveled to Côte d’Ivoire and Togo, July 24-27, to further cooperation between the United States and the two countries. In the past year, General Langley has prioritized travel to Africa to meet with partner nations.

2:44 PM7/27/2023

10:22 AM7/20/2023

At the request of the Federal Government of Somalia, U.S. Africa Command conducted a collective self-defense airstrike in a remote area near Hareeri Kalle, approximately 15 kilometers south of Galcad, Somalia against al-Shabaab terrorists.

3:21 PM7/9/2023

At the request of the Federal Government of Somalia, U.S. Africa Command conducted three collective self-defense airstrikes overnight in a remote area near Afmadow, approximately 105 kilometers north of Kismayo, against al-Shabaab terrorists.

10:27 AM7/3/2023

The third Security Implications of Climate Change Symposium, organized by U.S. Africa Command (USAFRICOM) and the U.S. Institute for Peace (USIP) in concert with the Botswana Defence Force, convened in Gaborone June 26 through June 30 to address climate security challenges. The symposium brought together more than 100 military and government representatives from the United States and 33 African partners to identify practical and actionable solutions to climate security threats, along with future opportunities to collaborate on climate risk.

10:27 AM6/23/2023

The command welcomed the delegation as the nation continues regional peace and security. Zambia is a security leader in the region, participating in both the SADC Mission in Mozambique and MINUSCA. Since 2014, the U.S. has invested over $9 million in assistance for pre-deployment training for Zambian Battalions supporting MINUSCA. Meetings like this one help us explore other areas security cooperation can be expanded.

10:27 AM6/23/2023

10:27 AM6/23/2023

Gen. Michael Langley welcomed Zambia's Minister of Defense, the Honorable Ambrose Lufuma to AFRICOM's headquarters in Stuttgart to discuss regional security and Zambia's contributions to peace and security in the region. The minister and Zambian delegation met with senior U.S. government leaders to discuss continued security cooperation to achieve mutual security goals.

10:23 AM6/23/2023

Zambia’s Minister of Defense Ambrose Lufuma met with U.S. Marine Corps Gen. Michael Langley, commander of U.S. Africa Command, at the command’s headquarters in Stuttgart, Germany on June 12.

10:25 AM6/21/2023

U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancer aircraft conducts a demonstration on June 16, 2023 for distinguished visitor day during Exercise African Lion 2023 in TanTan, Morocco. Eighteen nations and approximately 8,000 personnel will participate in Exercise African Lion 2023 from May 13-June 18, 2023. (U.S. Army photo by 1st Sgt. John Etheridge).

10:25 AM6/21/2023

U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancer aircraft conducts a demonstration on June 16, 2023 for distinguished visitor day during Exercise African Lion 2023 in TanTan, Morocco. Eighteen nations and approximately 8,000 personnel will participate in Exercise African Lion 2023 from May 13-June 18, 2023. (U.S. Army photo by 1st Sgt. John Etheridge).

9:48 AM6/20/2023

2:42 PM6/14/2023

Gen. Michael Langley, commander, U.S. Africa Command (left), and Maj. Gen. Barise, Front Line States commander, greet each other outside the Joint Operations Control Center at Mogadishu, Somalia, June 13, 2023. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Natalie Vandergriff)

2:42 PM6/14/2023

Gen. Michael Langley, commander, U.S. Africa Command, gives an interview to The African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) media in Mogadishu, Somalia, June 13, 2023. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Natalie Vandergriff)