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Africa Outreach Includes Training, Humanitarian Aid
12:00 AM2/8/2008
West and Central African nations are busy acquiring skills needed to oppose smugglers and pirates, protect revenues from illegal fish poachers and stem suffering from human trafficking.
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U.S. Military Assists Americans Departing Chad
12:00 AM2/5/2008
STUTTGART-VAIHINGEN, Germany - U.S. European Command forces assisted in the authorized departure of American citizens, U.S. government personnel and family members, and third-country nationals by airlifting them out of Chad on Monday, February 4,
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U.S. Navy Delivers 130,000 Meals to Togo Flood Victims
12:00 AM2/4/2008
The crew of high speed vessel Swift delivered 23 pallets of humanitarian items, including 130,000 meals, January 29 to Togolese still suffering from last year's floods, on behalf of Africa Partnership Station and the Navy's Project
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U.S. Donates Communications System to AU Mission in Somalia
12:00 AM1/30/2008
As part of ongoing support for the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), the United States has donated a satellite communications system to provide a link between the African Union headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, and the deployed AU
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U.S. Military Women Teach English at Djibouti Girls Orphanage
12:00 AM1/30/2008
Female military personnel from Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) donated more than 50 book bags containing school supplies, flip flops, shampoo, soap and treats to girls at Center Aicha Bogoreh in Djibouti on January 27.
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New Radar System Improves Sea Safety for Sao Tome and Principe
12:00 AM1/30/2008
The Sao Tome and Principe Coast Guard has installed a new surface surveillance system, the Regional Maritime Awareness Capability (RMAC), on January 28.
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Kenyans Must Find Political Solution to Current Crisis, U.S. Says
12:00 AM1/29/2008
Kenya, a nation of nearly 34 million people, is an important friend of the United States, and an important mediator in regional civil strife and humanitarian crises elsewhere in Africa. And so in the current period of violence, the Kenyan
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Africa Partnership Station Band plays for local elementary school
12:00 AM1/22/2008
Africa Partnership Station (APS) musicians, stationed aboard the amphibious dock landing ship USS Fort McHenry (LSD 43), perform live for Belise Elementary School students here Jan. 16. APS is an international effort to enhance regional and
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U.S. Army sponsors medical exchange with Djibouti military
12:00 AM1/20/2008
U.S. Army and Air Force medical professionals took part in a Medical Information Exchange with the Djiboutian national army January 12-16 at the Kempinski Hotel in Djibouti.
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U.S. Sailor Helps Save Drowning Woman in Gabon
12:00 AM1/17/2008
The Gabonese Chief of Naval Forces, Captain Paul Biving Nziengui, formally recognized an American sailor January 17 for his part in helping to save the life of a drowning Gabonese woman.
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Africa Partnership Station Aims to Boost Maritime Security
12:00 AM1/15/2008
A multinational crew aboard USS Fort McHenry is cruising port-to-port in the Gulf of Guinea off Africa's west coast, training African volunteers to bolster regional security.
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Airmen Assist Burundi's First-Ever Deployment
12:00 AM1/8/2008
Members of the 86th Contingency Response Group deployed to Burundi on December 1 to train the country's foreign military in deployment planning, personnel and cargo preparation and processing for its first-ever deployment outside the Burundi
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Africa Partnership Station Arrives in Libreville, Gabon
12:00 AM1/7/2008
LIBREVILLE, Gabon -- Africa Partnership Station (APS) aboard Amphibious Dock Landing Ship USS Fort McHenry (LSD 43) arrived in Libreville, Gabon, January 7. APS's visit is part of a seven-month deployment designed to support and strengthen
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Military Review Discusses Africa Command
12:00 AM12/31/2007
United States Africa Command is the subject of a new article in Military Review, an independent research journal published by the U.S. Army.
"In many ways, AFRICOM is a post-Cold War experiment that radically rethinks security in
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U.S. AFRICOM Deputy Visits Liberia
12:00 AM12/20/2007
U.S. Navy Vice Admiral Robert T. Moeller, deputy to the commander for military operations for the newly formed U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM), visited Monrovia, Liberia, December 18-19.
During the visit, Moeller participated in the
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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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Creating Staff, not Finding Location, is AFRICOM's Goal, Deputy Says
12:00 AM12/5/2007
U.S. Africa Command is focused on creating a staff of specialists to develop long-term relationships with African militaries, not on establishing presence on the African continent or responding to immediate crises, AFRICOM's civilian deputy
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Planning Starts in Kenya for 24-Nation Communications Exercise
12:00 AM12/4/2007
Communications experts from 24 nations have gathered in Nairobi December 4-6 to begin initial planning for Africa Endeavor 2008 (AE '08), a collaborative information sharing and military communications interoperability exercise. AE '08 is
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U.S. AFRICOM Commander to Meet with Regional Oganizations
12:00 AM12/3/2007
Army Gen. William E. "Kip" Ward, commander of the newly formed U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM), has announced plans to visit the headquarters of two of Africa's five regional economic communities Dec. 3-6.
During the visit,
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AFRICOM Staff Discusses African HIV/AIDS on U.N. Day
12:00 AM12/1/2007
HIV/AIDS is a significant problem in Africa and will be a major challenge for United States Africa Command, AFRICOM staff members said during an awareness meeting that coincided with the annual World AIDS Day on December 1.
More than
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