Gen. Townsend visits East Africa and Angola to advance mutual security interests

Gen. Stephen Townsend’s final stop on the trip was to Rwanda, where he and U.S. Chargé d’Affaires to Rwanda Deb MacLean met with Rwandan President Paul Kagame. Townsend expressed appreciation for Rwanda’s long-standing partnership with the United States, to include the long-standing cooperation with the state partnership program between Rwanda and the Nebraska National Guard, as a demonstration of Rwanda’s vision for a stable, security and prosperous Africa.

By U.S. Embassy in Rwanda , U.S. Embassy in Rwanda May 19, 2022

U.S. Africa Command and Zambia CIV-MIL Partnership Brings Mobile Laboratories to Southern Africa: A Game Changer for Infectious Disease Outbreak Response

In a significant boost to regional health security, three state-of-the-art mobile biological threat detection laboratories are arriving in Zambia and poised to modernize infectious disease outbreak response across nine southern African nations—Zambia, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Angola, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Malawi, and Tanzania.

U.S. Africa Command Commander Visits West Africa, Underscores Partnership in Addressing Evolving Terrorism Threat

General Dagvin Anderson conducted a visit to Benin and Cameroon September 16-20, 2025, his first visit to the region as Commander, U.S. Africa Command. The trip highlighted the strong and enduring security partnerships between the United States and these key West African nations.

AFRICOM Commander Assesses East in First African Trip

U.S. Africa Command’s new commander, Gen. Dagvin Anderson, visited East Africa this week to meet with political and defense leaders and U.S. embassy country teams and to engage with U.S. servicemembers stationed there.

U.S. Africa Command and Zambia CIV-MIL Partnership Brings Mobile Laboratories to Southern Africa: A Game Changer for Infectious Disease Outbreak Response

U.S. Africa Command Commander Visits West Africa, Underscores Partnership in Addressing Evolving Terrorism Threat

AFRICOM Commander Assesses East in First African Trip

U.S. Africa Command and Zambia CIV-MIL Partnership Brings Mobile Laboratories to Southern Africa: A Game Changer for Infectious Disease Outbreak Response

U.S. Africa Command Commander Visits West Africa, Underscores Partnership in Addressing Evolving Terrorism Threat

AFRICOM Commander Assesses East in First African Trip

United States Africa Command

Gen. Townsend visits East Africa and Angola to advance mutual security interests