6:21 PM9/25/2020

During the trip, both Young and Anderson conducted key leader engagements with African and international partner civilian and military leaders. At trip stops, leaders focused on the regional VEO threats and collective solutions to degrade these terrorist networks.

6:34 PM9/23/2020

12:00 AM9/23/2020

U.S. Army Gen. Stephen Townsend, commander of U.S. Africa Command, met with President Abdelmajid Tebboune in Algiers, Algeria Sept. 23, to discuss regional security issues and engagement opportunities.

9:33 AM9/21/2020

The Expeditionary Sea Base USS Hershel "Woody" Williams and the Royal Moroccan Navy's Floreal-class Frigate Mohammad V conduct training for the tracking and intercept of vessels of interest in the Atlantic Ocean, Sept. 15, 2020.

9:31 AM9/21/2020

An MH-60S Seahawk helicopter, assigned to the "Ghost Riders" of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 28, conduct visit board search and seizure drills with the Royal Moroccan Navy's Floreal-class Frigate Mohammad V and the Expeditionary Sea Base USS Hershel "Woody" Williams in the Atlantic Ocean Sept. 15, 2020.

9:27 AM9/21/2020

The Expeditionary Sea Base USS Hershel "Woody" Williams and the Royal Moroccan Navy's Floreal-class Frigate Mohammad V conduct training for the tracking and intercept of vessels of interest in the Atlantic Ocean, Sept. 15, 2020.

9:25 AM9/21/2020

An MH-60S Seahawk helicopter, assigned to the "Ghost Riders" of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 28, conduct visit board search and seizure drills with the Royal Moroccan Navy's Floreal-class Frigate Mohammad V and the Expeditionary Sea Base USS Hershel "Woody" Williams in the Atlantic Ocean Sept. 15, 2020.

9:22 AM9/21/2020

Personnel aboard Expeditionary Sea Base USS Hershel "Woody" Williams participate in visit, board, search and seizure training with Sailors assigned to the Royal Moroccan Navy's Floreal-class Frigate Mohammad V in the Atlantic Ocean Sept. 15, 2020.

8:40 AM9/21/2020

The exercise follows Morocco’s participation in an air interoperability mission Sept. 7, in which four F-16s from the Moroccan Air Force trained alongside U.S. Air Force B-52H Stratofortresses and the U.S. Navy's USS Roosevelt.

9:37 AM9/18/2020

11:59 AM9/17/2020

U.S. Africa Command leaders visited with French Chief of the Defense Staff, General Francois Lecointre, and other French senior officials to discuss continued U.S.-French cooperation in Africa.

12:00 AM9/17/2020

Maj. Gen. Neary thanked Brig. Gen. Omola for Uganda’s contributions to regional security and its longstanding partnership during the call Sept. 16, 2020.

3:12 PM9/15/2020

Maj. Gen. Dagvin Anderson, commander, U.S. Special Operations Command Africa (SOCAF), and a panel of experts on violent extremist organizations in Africa conducted a web event, “The crossroad of competition: Countering the rise of violent extremists and revisionist powers in Africa,” moderated by the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) Sept. 9.

3:07 PM9/15/2020

5:27 PM9/11/2020

5:19 PM9/11/2020

Today, U.S. Africa Command continues the fight against al-Qaeda and its affiliates across the African continent, protecting the American people as well as our African and international partners. This important work safeguards our nation, strengthens our partners, and protects our way of life from enemies intent on our destruction.

7:58 PM9/9/2020

U.S. Africa Command commander Gen. Stephen Townsend traveled to Tunisia Sept. 9 to meet with key Tunisian leadership, including Tunisian President Kais Saied and Tunisian Minister of Defense, Ibrahim Bartagi. U.S. Ambassador to Tunisia Donald Blome also participated in the meetings.

6:21 PM9/8/2020

U.S. Africa Command officials released the identity of the senior Al-Shabaab leader killed in an Aug. 25 airstrike in Somalia as the terrorist known as Abdulqadir Commandos.

5:20 PM9/8/2020

U.S. Strategic Command, in support of U.S. Africa Command, conducted a B-52 interoperability training mission with the Tunisian Air Force over the Mediterranean Sea, Sept. 8.

1:37 PM9/8/2020

Moroccan F-16's fly alongside a U.S. B-52H Stratofortress assigned to the 5th Bomb Wing at Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, during a Bomber Task Force mission Sept. 7, 2020. Operations and engagements with allies and partners demonstrate and strengthen shared commitment to global security and stability.