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Sustainable proficiencies: Humanitarian Mine Action Program ‘trains the trainer’

3:52 PM12/17/2019

U.S. Marines continue the Humanitarian Mine Action Program, implementing a train-the-trainer concept to ensure Moroccan proficiency in their ability to instruct additional Moroccan service members in explosive ordnance disposal.

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U.S. Africa Command marks the 383rd birthday of the National Guard

5:00 PM12/13/2019

Members of U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) mark the 383rd birthday of the National Guard with a traditional cake-cutting ceremony at Kelley Barracks Dec. 13.

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New partners Rwanda, Nebraska National Guard seek to enhance deployment, sustainment of peacekeeping forces

3:22 PM12/12/2019

The Nebraska National Guard and Rwanda formalized their commitment to the Department of Defense’s State Partnership Program during a signing ceremony in Kigali, Rwanda, Dec. 12, 2019.

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Explosive Ordnance Disposal technicians host training in Uganda

2:00 PM12/9/2019

U.S. Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal technicians are in Magamaga, Uganda, from October 2019 to September 2020 to train members of the Uganda Peoples’ Defense Forces on proper munition disposal procedures and techniques.

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AFRICOM, Ghanaian Armed Forces create action plan for long-term security, stability

1:35 PM12/4/2019

U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) hosted senior-members of the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF), Nov. 13-16, to discuss long-term defense and security planning in the West African country.

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Djiboutian Rapid Intervention Battalion welcomes new commander

3:51 PM12/3/2019

“I would like to thank the team of American instructors who spare no effort to transmit their knowledge to the soldiers of the RIB,” said Djiboutian Army Lt. Gen. Zakaria Cheikh Ibrahim.

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U.S. conducts joint knowledge exchange with partners in Somalia

3:45 PM12/2/2019

U.S. service members in Somalia recently conducted a joint Tactical Casualty Combat Care information exchange and mass casualty exercise with neighboring Ugandan African Union Mission in Somalia soldiers.

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AFRICOM commander embarks USS Florida

8:37 AM11/29/2019

U.S. Army Gen. Stephen J. Townsend, commander, U.S. Africa Command and Rear Adm. William J. Houston, deputy commander, U.S. 6th Fleet and commander, Submarine Group 8 embarked the Ohio-class fleet guided-missile submarine USS Florida (SSGN 728) for a two-day underway, Nov. 25-26, 2019.

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APORA VIII: Knowledge sharing is contagious

7:58 AM11/25/2019

The eighth iteration of the African Partner Outbreak Response Alliance engagement took place Nov. 18-21 to collaborate on how to better combat the global threat of contagious diseases.

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Exercise Cutlass Express 2019.2 Concludes

8:43 AM11/19/2019

Maritime forces from 17 East African, European, North American, and West Indian Ocean nations joined several international organizations in celebrating the successful conclusion of multinational maritime exercise Cutlass Express 2019.2 (CE 19.2) during a ceremony held in Victoria, Seychelles, Nov. 16, 2019

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AFRICOM Command Senior Enlisted Leader relinquishes responsibility

4:01 PM11/15/2019

U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Ramon Colon-Lopez relinquished responsibility as the command senior enlisted leader of U.S. Africa Command during a ceremony Nov. 15, 2019 in Stuttgart, Germany.

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ISR Ops Begin at Nigerien Air Base 201 in Agadez

2:06 PM11/8/2019

In support of our partner forces and international efforts to counter violent extremist organizations in the region, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) operations have begun out of Nigerien Air Base 201, Agadez, Niger.

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Commander's East Africa visit focuses on partnerships, building capacity, and creating opportunity

1:49 PM11/8/2019

U.S. Army Gen. Stephen J. Townsend, commander, U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM), visited Djibouti, Somalia and Ethiopia Nov. 4-7 to engage with key partners on the long-term stability in East Africa, oversee the multinational maritime exercise Cutlass Express and recognize U.S. service members in the region.

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AFRICOM Commander Visits U.S., Partner Troops during Exercise Cutlass Express

9:36 AM11/5/2019

U.S. Army Gen. Stephen J. Townsend, commander, U.S. Africa Command, visited the Expeditionary Mobile Base USS Lewis B. Puller to observe evolutions and meet with troops during the multinational maritime exercise Cutlass Express 2019.2 in Djibouti, Nov. 4, 2019.

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Airmen help renovate women’s vocational school in Niger

2:38 PM11/1/2019

Airmen deployed to Nigerien Air Base 101 and U.S. Embassy personnel finished remodeling a local women’s vocational school in Niamey, Niger, Oct. 14, 2019.

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The Africa Military Law Forum

1:59 PM11/1/2019

For the past several years, AFRICOM has brought African military legal advisors from across the continent together with U.S. military legal advisors for the Africa Military Law Forum (AMLF). This year AMLF met for the fifth time at the International Institute for Humanitarian Law in Sanremo, Italy, from Sept. 10-12, 2019.

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Shared Accord 19 Emphasis, Rule of Law

9:07 AM11/1/2019

Approximately 1,000 military members from 26 countries, including the U.S., participated in the multinational military exercise Shared Accord 2019, which took place in and around the Rwanda Defense Force Gabiro Training Center, Rwanda, Aug. 14-28, 2019.

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CJTF-HOA commanding general visits Atalanta flagship

11:03 AM10/31/2019

U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Michael D. Turello, commanding general of Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, visited with leaders of Operation Atalanta on board ITS Antonio Marceglia, outside Djibouti City, Djibouti.

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First Time Operation Junction Rain Conducted in West Indian Ocean

1:06 PM10/24/2019

For the first in the West Indian Ocean, the U.S. Coast Guard and the Seychelles Coast Guard conducted a combined maritime law enforcement subject matter expert exchange as part of Operation Junction Rain (OJR), Sept. 9-27, 2019.

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Regional All-Female Basic Intelligence Course builds security cooperation among African nations

4:23 PM10/23/2019

U.S. Africa Command and the Government of Tunisia co-hosted a month-long course recently in Tunis, Tunisia for female intelligence officers from northwest Africa.

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