Africa Center for Strategic Studies Opens Regional Office for West Africa
12:00 AM11/21/2008
The Africa Center for Strategic Studies (ACSS) celebrated the opening of its Regional Office for West Africa (ROWA) today with a ribbon-cutting ceremony in Dakar, Senegal. ROWA is the Africa Center's second regional office in Africa.
Africa Sports Diplomacy Team Engages with Libreville Students
12:00 AM9/22/2008
Service members with Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Europe (CNE) painted classrooms in two schools September 15 and 16, 2008 during an 11-day Africa Sports Diplomacy Tour to West and Central Africa as part of an Africa Partnership Station initiative
Equatorial Guinea Navy Officers Train Aboard U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Dallas
12:00 AM7/7/2008
Two Equatorial Guinea Navy officers recently joined with U.S. coast guard members on the cutter Dallas for a monthlong familiarization with maritime techniques and procedures off the coast of West Africa.
AFRICOM's Senior Enlisted Member Visits Armed Forces of Liberia
12:00 AM6/1/2008
U.S. Africa Command's senior enlisted member, Command Sergeant Major Mark S. Ripka, conducted a weeklong visit to Liberia May21-28, 2008, to work with the international team helping to create the new Armed Forces of Liberia following the West
U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Sets Sail for Visit to West Africa, Mediterranean and Black Sea
12:00 AM5/27/2008
The Coast Guard Cutter Dallas departed Charleston, South Carolina, on Sunday, May 25, 2008, for a four-and-a-half month deployment to conduct maritime safety and security exchanges with countries along the central and west coasts of Africa, the
USS Fort McHenry Returns From Maiden Deployment to West and Central Africa
12:00 AM5/4/2008
Amphibious dock landing ship USS Fort McHenry (LSD 43) returned to its homeport May 4, 2008, after a seven-month deployment as the first platform for Africa Partnership Station (APS), an initiative working with countries from West and Central
U.S. Navy and Marine Corps Develop Mobile Sea Transport Platform
12:00 AM3/25/2008
As part of an exercise called West African Training Cruise 08, the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps over four days in March 2008 built and tested a system for transporting cargo from ship-to-ship and ship-to-land. The Improved Navy Lighterage System
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.
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.