4:56 PM8/10/2017

On Aug. 10, 2017, the Department of Defense conducted two kinetic strikes against al-Shabaab militants.

10:37 AM8/4/2017

On July 30, 2017, at approximately 3 p.m. Somalia local time, the Department of Defense conducted a successful kinetic strike near Tortoroow in southern Somalia, killing al-Shabaab’s Ali Muhammad Hussein, known as Ali Jabal.

1:49 PM7/31/2017

On July 30, 2017, at approximately 3 p.m. Somalia local time working from actionable intelligence, the Department of Defense conducted a successful kinetic strike operation against an al-Shabaab Mogadishu Attack Network militant in Somalia, killing one fighter and with no civilian casualties.

11:13 AM7/28/2017

Sixteen military and civilian leaders from 13 African countries met with U.S. Africa Command staff in Stuttgart, Germany July 26.

1:40 PM7/19/2017

South African Army Brig. Gen. Gustav Lategan and Brig. Gen. William J.Prendergast, U.S. Army Africa Deputy Commanding General, places the final plaque on the pile of rocks signifying the pledge to train safely during Shared Accord 2017 at the South Africa Army Combat Training Center, July 17, 2017. SA17 is a Joint-Combined Command Post Exercise (CPX) and company field training exercise (FTX) focused on peace keeping operations designed to exercise participants' capability and capacity to conduct African Union/United Nations mandated peace keeping operations.

12:47 PM7/19/2017

Vice Adm. Michael Franken, Deputy to the Commander for Military Operations, participates in a session during the OCP Policy Center’s African Peace and Security Annual Conference in Rabat, Morocco July 9-11, 2017.

12:33 PM7/19/2017

Vice Adm. Michael Franken participated in the OCP Policy Center’s African Peace and Security Annual Conference in Rabat, Morocco July 9-11, 2017.

10:43 PM7/14/2017

Africa Union hosts the Africa Logistics Forum - 2017, in conjunction with U.S Africa Command, at Plenary Hall, AU Compound, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, April 25-27.

4:41 PM7/14/2017

Engagement provides opportunity to understand how intergovernmental organizations coordinate law enforcement activities in Africa.

4:17 PM7/13/2017

Brig. Gen. Mohamed Lehreitani, Chief of the Mauritanian AirForce, speaks with personnel from U.S. Africa Command and its components, during the annual Mauritanian Country Cooperation meeting held in Stuttgart, Germany July 11-12, 2017. The purpose of the country cooperation meeting is to coordinate defense planning efforts for the upcoming fiscal year and identify areas for future cooperation. (U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communications Specialist 2nd Class (SW/AW) Dominique J. Shelton RELEASED)

4:17 PM7/13/2017

Brig. Gen. Mohamed Lehreitani, Chief of the Mauritanian AirForce, speaks with personnel from U.S. Africa Command and its components, during the annual Mauritanian Country Cooperation meeting held in Stuttgart, Germany July 11-12, 2017. The purpose of the country cooperation meeting is to coordinate defense planning efforts for the upcoming fiscal year and identify areas for future cooperation. (U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communications Specialist 2nd Class (SW/AW) Dominique J. Shelton RELEASED)

5:44 PM7/5/2017

On July 4, 2017 the Department of Defense conducted a successful collective self-defense strike operation against an al-Shabaab troop concentration.

2:18 PM6/30/2017

U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Donald C. Bolduc transferred command of Special Operations Command Africa to U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. J. Marcus Hicks June 29.

11:25 AM6/29/2017

6:17 PM6/11/2017

On June 11, 2017, U.S. forces conducted a precision airstrike in southern Somalia.

3:52 PM6/8/2017

LIBREVILLE, Gabon – Lt. Col. Laurette Magouka, internal medicine specialist, Gabonese Army, addresses participants of the 4th conference of the African Partner Outbreak Response Alliance, May 31, 2017, at the School of Applied Military Health Service compound, Libreville, Gabon. (Photo by Staff Sgt. Grady Jones, Public Affairs, U.S. AFRICOM)

3:51 PM6/8/2017

LIBREVILLE, Gabon – Dr. Charles Beadling, associate professor of military and emergency medicine, Uniformed Services University Of The Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, addresses participants of the 4th conference of the African Partner Outbreak Response Alliance at the School of Applied Military Health Service compound, Libreville, Gabon. (Photo by Staff Sgt. Grady Jones, Public Affairs, U.S. AFRICOM)

3:50 PM6/8/2017

The African Partner Outbreak Response Alliance conference held its fourth conference, May 31-June 2, 2017, at the School of Applied Military Health Service compound, Libreville, Gabon. Created as a response to the Ebola Crisis in Africa from 2014-2016, APORA provides a means for African partners to discuss measures to mitigate, detect, and effectively fight future pandemics epidemics on the continent of Africa. (Photo by Staff Sgt. Grady Jones, Public Affairs, U.S. AFRICOM)

3:50 PM6/8/2017

LIBREVILLE, Gabon – Cynthia Akuetteh, U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Gabon, and Sao Tome and Principe, addresses participants of the fourth African Partner Outbreak Response Alliance conference, May 31, 2017, at the School of Applied Military Health Service compound, Libreville, Gabon. (Photo by Staff Sgt. Grady Jones, Public Affairs, U.S. AFRICOM)

3:43 PM6/8/2017

LIBREVILLE, Gabon – Gen. Jean Raymond Nzenze, surgeon general, Gabonese Army, addresses participants of the 4th conference of the African Partner Outbreak Response Alliance, May 31, 2017, at the School of Applied Military Health Service compound, Libreville, Gabon. (Photo by Staff Sgt. Grady Jones, Public Affairs, U.S. AFRICOM)