United States Africa Command

USARAF holds change of command ceremony

USARAF holds change of command ceremony

Russia, Wagner Group complicating Libyan ceasefire efforts

Russia, Wagner Group complicating Libyan ceasefire efforts

Russia, Wagner Group complicating Libyan ceasefire efforts

Russia, Wagner Group complicating Libyan ceasefire efforts

AFRICOM Commander talks security partnerships with Spanish Defense Leaders

Combined Joint Task Force - Horn

New Commander and Sergeant Major Take Charge at Marine Corps Forces Europe and Africa

CJTF-HOA supports Djibouti’s fight against COVID-19

CJTF-HOA supports Djibouti’s fight against COVID-19

CJTF-HOA supports Djibouti’s fight against COVID-19

CJTF-HOA supports Djibouti’s fight against COVID-19

CJTF-HOA supports Djibouti’s fight against COVID-19

CJTF-HOA supports Djibouti’s fight against COVID-19

CJTF-HOA supports Djibouti’s fight against COVID-19

CJTF-HOA supports Djibouti’s fight against COVID-19

CJTF-HOA supports Djibouti’s fight against COVID-19

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AFRICOM partners with NATO to deliver critical supplies to East Africa

Logistics challenges, opportunities discussed during Lexington Institute webinar

Medical equipment donated to Lesotho at border station

Medical equipment donated to Lesotho at border station

Medical equipment donated to Lesotho at border station

Building partnerships at UA18

Building partnerships at UA18

Medical equipment provision aims to prevent, control infections

U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Europe

U.S., Senegalese naval leaders reaffirm commitment to partnership

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Air Force guidance on use cloth face covers

New evidence of Russian aircraft active in Libyan airspace

New evidence of Russian aircraft active in Libyan airspace

Combined Joint Task Force - Horn

Combined Joint Task Force - Horn

USARAF holds change of command ceremony

Maj. Gen. Andrew M. Rohling, the incoming U.S. Army Africa commanding general, left, receives the unit colors from Gen. Stephen Townsend, commander, U.S. Africa Command, during the USARAF change of command ceremony held at Caserma Ederle in Vicenza, Italy, July 15, 2020.

Photo by: Paolo Bovo, Vicenza, Italy

USARAF holds change of command ceremony

Photo by: Paolo Bovo, Vicenza, Italy

USARAF holds change of command ceremony

From left, Maj. Gen. Roger L. Cloutier, the outgoing U.S. Army Africa commanding general, Gen. Stephen Townsend, commander, U.S Africa Command, and Maj. Gen. Andrew M. Rohling, the incoming USARAF commanding general, attend the change of command ceremony held at Caserma Ederle in Vicenza, Italy, July 15, 2020.

Photo by: Paolo Bovo, Vicenza, Italy

Russia, Wagner Group complicating Libyan ceasefire efforts

Verified image of a concealed anti-personnel mine connected to Russian-backed Wagner Group found within a residential area in Tripoli.

Photo by: U.S. Africa Command Public Affairs, Libya

Russia, Wagner Group complicating Libyan ceasefire efforts

Verified image of a booby-trapped anti-personnel mine connected to Russian-backed Wagner Group found within a residential area in Tripoli.

Photo by: U.S. Africa Command Public Affairs

Russia, Wagner Group complicating Libyan ceasefire efforts

Verified image of a large improvised explosive device connected to Russian-backed Wagner Group hidden in cinder blocks within a residential area in Tripoli.

Photo by: U.S. Africa Command Public Affairs, Libya

Russia, Wagner Group complicating Libyan ceasefire efforts

Verified image of an improvised explosive device found in Tripoli. These weapons were introduced into Libya by the Wagner Group, a Russian-backed private military company.

Photo by: U.S. Africa Command Public Affairs, Libya

AFRICOM Commander talks security partnerships with Spanish Defense Leaders

The commander of U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM), Gen. Stephen Townsend, traveled to Spain July 8 to 9, 2020, to discuss partnerships in Africa with senior Spanish defense leaders and the U.S. country team.

Photo by: U.S. Embassy to Spain, Spain

Combined Joint Task Force - Horn

A U.S. Army Soldier provides security for a U.S. Air Force C-130J Super Hercules during unloading and loading operations in Somalia on Feb. 6, 2020. In East Africa, U.S. Africa Command supports missions and the building, training and equipping of Somali combat units. This requires significant logistics operations, including airlift of supplies and equipment as well as navigation through dangerous conflict-torn and remote areas.

Photo by: Tech. Sgt. Christopher Ruano, Somalia

New Commander and Sergeant Major Take Charge at Marine Corps Forces Europe and Africa

Major General Stephen M. Neary assumed his duties as the new commander, receiving the headquarters’ organizational colors from the outgoing commander, Maj. Gen. Patrick J. Hermesmann.

Photo by: Cpl. William Chockey

CJTF-HOA supports Djibouti’s fight against COVID-19

Larry E. André, U.S. Ambassador to Djibouti, speaks during a cermony held at Bouffard Hospital in Djibouti City, Djibouti, June 25, 2020. Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), donated 60 beds valued at $9,400 to the Djiboutian Ministry of Health for its efforts during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

Photo by: Senior Airman Dylan Murakami, Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti

CJTF-HOA supports Djibouti’s fight against COVID-19

Dr. Saleh Banoita Tourab, Executive Secretary of the Djiboutian Ministry of Health, speaks during a cermony held at Bouffard Hospital in Djibouti City, Djibouti, June 25, 2020. Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), donated 60 beds valued at $9,400 to the Djiboutian Ministry of Health for its efforts during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

Photo by: Senior Airman Dylan Murakami, Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti

CJTF-HOA supports Djibouti’s fight against COVID-19

U.S. Army Col. James Kerby, deputy surgeon, Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), speaks with Larry E. André, U.S. Ambassador to Djibouti, and Dr. Saleh Banoita Tourab, Executive Secretary of the Djiboutian Ministry of Health, prior to a ceremony at Bouffard Hospital in Djibouti City, Djibouti, June 25, 2020. CJTF-HOA donated 60 beds valued at $9,400 to the Djiboutian Ministry of Health for its efforts during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

Photo by: Senior Airman Dylan Murakami, Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti

CJTF-HOA supports Djibouti’s fight against COVID-19

U.S. Army Maj. Stephen Coppedge, Chief, Office of Security Cooperation, U.S. Embassy Djibouti, hands Larry E. André, U.S. Ambassador to Djibouti, a document to sign during a cermony held at Bouffard Hospital in Djibouti City, Djibouti, June 25, 2020. Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), donated 60 beds valued at $9,400 to the Djiboutian Ministry of Health for its efforts during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

Photo by: Senior Airman Dylan Murakami, Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti

CJTF-HOA supports Djibouti’s fight against COVID-19

U.S. Army Capt. Matthew Kirkpatrick, team chief, 411th Civil Affairs Battalion, Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA, posts a notice that reads, “Provided by the United States” prior to a ceremony at Bouffard Hospital in Djibouti City, Djibouti, June 25, 2020. CJTF-HOA donated 60 beds valued at $9,400 to the Djiboutian Ministry of Health for its efforts during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

Photo by: Senior Airman Dylan Murakami, Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti

CJTF-HOA supports Djibouti’s fight against COVID-19

U.S. Ambassador to Djibouti, Larry E. André, listens while Dr. Saleh Bonoita Tourab, Executive Secretary of the Djiboutian Ministry of Health, speaks during a ceremony in which hygiene supplies procured by Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) were delivered in Djibouti City, Djibouti, June 10, 2020. CJTF-HOA worked to purchase the supplies, valued at approximately $15,000, using Overseas Humanitarian, Disaster, and Civic Aid Appropriation (OHDACA) funds after the Djibouti government made a formal request for assistance to the U.S. Embassy.

Photo by: Senior Airman Gage Daniel, Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti

CJTF-HOA supports Djibouti’s fight against COVID-19

U.S. Army Capt. Dawn Carter (left), team chief, Alpha Company, 443rd Civil Affairs Battalion (CA BN), Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), and U.S. Army Sgt. Alexis Peine (right), team medic, 443rd CA BN, label hygiene supplies to assist Djibouti prevent COVID-19 infections among hospital staff and its citizens at Djibouti City, Djibouti, June 10, 2020. CJTF-HOA worked to purchase the supplies, valued at approximately $15,000, using Overseas Humanitarian, Disaster, and Civic Aid Appropriation (OHDACA) funds after the Djibouti government made a formal request for assistance to the U.S. Embassy.

Photo by: Senior Airman Gage Daniel, Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti

CJTF-HOA supports Djibouti’s fight against COVID-19

U.S. Army Maj. Jonathan Holliday (left), bilateral affairs officer, U.S. Embassy to Djibouti, and U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Mackenzie Vilme (right), team sergeant, Alpha Company, 443rd Civil Affairs Battalion (CA BN), Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), unload hygiene supplies to assist Djibouti prevent COVID-19 infections among hospital staff and its citizens at Djibouti City, Djibouti, June 10, 2020. CJTF-HOA worked to purchase the supplies, valued at approximately $15,000, using Overseas Humanitarian, Disaster, and Civic Aid Appropriation (OHDACA) funds after the Djibouti government made a formal request for assistance to the U.S. Embassy.

Photo by: Senior Airman Gage Daniel, Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti

CJTF-HOA supports Djibouti’s fight against COVID-19

U.S. Army Maj. Robert Middleton (left), company commander, Alpha Company, 443rd Civil Affairs Battalion, Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), and U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Mackenzie Vilme (right), team sergeant, Alpha Company, 443rd CA BN, unload hygiene supplies to assist Djibouti prevent COVID-19 infections among hospital staff and its citizens at Djibouti City, Djibouti, June 10, 2020. CJTF-HOA worked to purchase the supplies, valued at approximately $15,000, using Overseas Humanitarian, Disaster, and Civic Aid Appropriation (OHDACA) funds after the Djibouti government made a formal request for assistance to the U.S. Embassy.

Photo by: Senior Airman Gage Daniel, Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti

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AFRICOM partners with NATO to deliver critical supplies to East Africa

The materials delivered included medical personal protective equipment and blood to support the forward-deployed field medical unit in East Africa. The shipment also included ammunition and supplies to address mutual threats in the region.

Photo by: courtesy photo, Djibouti

Logistics challenges, opportunities discussed during Lexington Institute webinar

Photo by: courtesy photo, Djibouti

Medical equipment donated to Lesotho at border station

Department of Defense personnel assigned to the United States embassies in South Africa and the Kingdom of Lesotho met at the Maseru Bridge Border Post crossing between the two nations to hand-off medical protective equipment June 25, 2020.

Photo by: Lt. Col. Al Phillips, Pretoria, South Africa

Medical equipment donated to Lesotho at border station

From left, Rudolph Stroebel, the South African High Commission Maseru First Secretary, U.S. Army Lt. Col. Darrick Mosley, U.S. Embassy Office of Defense Cooperation Chief, Lesotho Ministry of Health Supply Chain Manager Lefa Mabesa, Lesotho Ministry of Health Director of Supply Chain, Mamojalefa Matsoara and U.S. Army Maj. Todd Meskil, the U.S. Embassy Army Attache assigned in Pretoria, South Africa. Military personnel assigned to the U.S. embassy in South Africa delivered 12,000 medical grade face masks, 11,000 face shields and 256 thermometers to their counterparts from the U.S. embassy in the Kingdom of Lesotho.

Photo by: Lt. Col. Al Phillips, Pretoria, South Africa

Medical equipment donated to Lesotho at border station

U.S. Army Maj. Todd Meskil, the U.S. Embassy Army Attache assigned in Pretoria, South Africa, passes protective equipment supplies to Rudolph Stroebel, the South African High Commission Maseru First Secretary during a supply transfer at the Maseru Bridge Border Post crossing between South Africa and the Kingdom of Lesotho on June 25, 2020.

Photo by: Lt. Col. Al Phillips, Pretoria, South Africa

Building partnerships at UA18

Soldiers from 36th Engineer Brigade and Ghana Armed Forces arm wrestle during downtime of United Accord at the Bundase Training Camp in Ghana July 27, 2018. United Accord, which is slated for execution in September 2020, is a Ghana Armed Forces and U.S. Army Africa exercise consisting of a command post, field, and medical training, and Jungle Warfare School.

Photo by: Staff Sgt. Charles Stefan, Ghana

Building partnerships at UA18

Soldiers from 36th Engineer Brigade and Ghana Armed Forces arm wrestle during downtime of United Accord at the Bundase Training Camp in Ghana July 27, 2018. United Accord, which is slated for execution in September 2020, is a Ghana Armed Forces & U.S. Army Africa exercise consisting of a command post, field, and medical training, and Jungle Warfare School.

Photo by: Staff Sgt. Charles Stefan, Ghana

Medical equipment provision aims to prevent, control infections

General of Division Alexandre Apalo Touré, superior commander of the Côte d'Ivoire National Gendarmerie, and Lt. Col. Wes Chaney, senior defense official, pose with donated medical equipment to the Army Health Service at the Main Health Center of the Agban barracks of the National Gendarmerie on June 10, 2020.

Photo by: U.S. Embassy Côte d'Ivoire, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire

U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Europe

U.S. Marines with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa 19.2, Marine Forces Europe and Africa, extract a simulated casualty during quick-reaction force training in Thiés, Senegal, Aug. 5, 2019. The rehearsal increased the Marines’ ability to conduct link-up procedures, on scene and in-route trauma stabilization, and offensive and defensive operations.

Photo by: Cpl. Margaret Gale, Thies, Senegal

U.S., Senegalese naval leaders reaffirm commitment to partnership

Photo by: Cpl. Margaret Gale, Thies, Senegal

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AFRICOM supports Dept. of State meeting in Libya

U.S. Ambassador to Libya Richard Norland and Commander of U.S. Africa Command, General Stephen Townsend met with Libyan Prime Minister Fayez Al-Sarraj on June 22, 2020 in Zuwara, located in western Libya. The meeting was held to emphasize the U.S. position that peace in Libya must be achieved through the political process, not military means.

Photo by: U.S. Embassy Libya, Libya

AFRICOM supports Dept. of State meeting in Libya

Photo by: U.S. Embassy Libya, Libya

AFRICOM supports Dept. of State meeting in Libya

U.S. Africa Command commander General Stephen J. Townsend accompanied U.S. Ambassador to Libya Richard Norland to a meeting with Libyan Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj on June 22 in Zuwara, Libya. The meeting was held to emphasize the U.S. position that peace in Libya must be achieved through the political process, not military means.

Photo by: Cpl. Nathan Reyes, Libya

AFRICOM supports Dept. of State meeting in Libya

Photo by: Cpl. Nathan Reyes, Libya

Air Force guidance on use cloth face covers

Photo by: Charo Gutierrez

New evidence of Russian aircraft active in Libyan airspace

These Russian aircraft are being used to support private military companies (PMCs) sponsored by the Russian government. A MiG-29 was photographed operating in the vicinity of the city of Sirte, Libya. The Spoon Rest is a Russian-made, mobile early warning radar system, designed to provide tactical support to military activities. Russia uses this system when deployed to a nation in the conduct of tactical combat operations.

Photo by: U.S. Africa Command Public Affairs, Libya

New evidence of Russian aircraft active in Libyan airspace

These Russian aircraft are being used to support private military companies (PMCs) sponsored by the Russian government. “We know these fighters were not already in Libya and being repaired,” said Col. Chris Karns, director of public affairs, U.S. Africa Command. “Clearly, they came from Russia. They didn’t come from any other country.”

Photo by: U.S. Africa Command Public Affairs, Libya

Combined Joint Task Force - Horn

Kenya Air Force Lt. Col. Rodah Mwasigwa, foreign liaison officer (FLO) for Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), stands by the CJTF-HOA shield in the headquarters building, Jun. 11, 2020, at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti. Mwasigwa serves as the first female FLO from the Kenya Defense Forces (KDF). Mwasigwa’s role as a FLO include liaising between KDF headquarters and CJTF-HOA on matters pertaining to operations and training, briefing Joint Task Force headquarters on activities within Kenya or the African Union Mission to Somalia’s (AMISOM) area of responsibility, and coordinating with coalition partners and nations represented at CJTF-HOA for a seamless, accurate flow of information. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Ashley Nicole Taylor)

Photo by: Tech. Sgt. Ashley Taylor, Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti

Combined Joint Task Force - Horn

Kenya Air Force Lt. Col. Rodah Mwasigwa, foreign liaison officer (FLO) for Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), works at the CJTF-HOA headquarters building, Jun. 15, 2020, at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti. Mwasigwa serves as the first female FLO from the Kenya Defense Forces (KDF). Since her arrival at CJTF-HOA, Mwasigwa has facilitated training for KDF personnel, coordinated multiple key leader engagements, and assisted CJTF-HOA leaders following the attack on Manda Bay, Kenya, on Jan. 5, 2020. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Ashley Nicole Taylor)