Search Results

Count: 6204

Article

Sailors Train Ugandan Forces, Prepare for Advancement

Sailors Train Ugandan Forces, Prepare for Advancement

Sailors Train Ugandan Forces, Prepare for Advancement

9:57 AM7/9/2013

Sailors assigned to Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa recently completed their second 10-week training engagement with Uganda People’s Defense Force (UPDF) soldiers. While enhancing the capabilities of two UPDF logistics

Read more

Article

Partnership Tackles Hunger, Poverty in Africa

Partnership Tackles Hunger, Poverty in Africa

Partnership Tackles Hunger, Poverty in Africa

8:10 AM7/8/2013

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) have announced a partnership intended to accelerate smallholder farmer access to transformative agricultural technologies in Africa.

Read more

Article

US Works with Malawian Officials to Promote Whole-of-Government Approach

US Works with Malawian Officials to Promote Whole-of-Government Approach

US Works with Malawian Officials to Promote Whole-of-Government Approach

2:41 PM7/2/2013

Approximately 1,000 participants took part in a three-week long capacity building event to empower partner nation governments to improve their capability to deal with crises that could arise, from violent extremist threats to major natural disasters.

Read more

Article

Western Accord 13 Begins Command Post Exercise

Western Accord 13 Begins Command Post Exercise

Western Accord 13 Begins Command Post Exercise

9:32 AM7/1/2013

Ghana Armed Forces along with U.S. Army Africa concluded week one of Western Accord 13 and began a command post exercise June 24 at the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Center, Accra, Ghana.

Read more

Article

CJTF-HOA Prepares Mobile Forward Command Post

CJTF-HOA Prepares Mobile Forward Command Post

CJTF-HOA Prepares Mobile Forward Command Post

1:35 PM6/26/2013

The first of its kind, Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa's forward command post gives U.S. Africa Command and CJTF-HOA an eyes-on capability that amplifies the ability to rapidly respond to a crisis or humanitarian incident in Africa."Our

Read more

Article

Officials from more than 30 Nations Meet for Africa Center’s Annual Senior Leaders Seminar

Officials from more than 30 Nations Meet for Africa Center’s Annual Senior Leaders Seminar

Officials from more than 30 Nations Meet for Africa Center’s Annual Senior Leaders Seminar

9:21 AM6/19/2013

More than 50 senior officials from 36 African countries attended the opening of the Africa Center for Strategic Studies (ACSS)’s Senior Leaders Seminar on June 17, 2013, in Arlington, Virginia. The opening included keynote remarks by Ms. Amanda

Read more

Article

AFRICOM's Humanitarian Assistance Program Helps Ranchers in Mauritania

AFRICOM's Humanitarian Assistance Program Helps Ranchers in Mauritania

AFRICOM's Humanitarian Assistance Program Helps Ranchers in Mauritania

8:23 AM6/19/2013

Right behind agriculture, ranching is the biggest source of nutrition in West Africa, so for ranchers, a safe and secure place to bring their livestock for vaccinations and de-worming medication is critical. That is why United States Africa

Read more

Article

U.S. Army Africa Sponsors African Deployment Partnership Training in Togo

U.S. Army Africa Sponsors African Deployment Partnership Training in Togo

U.S. Army Africa Sponsors African Deployment Partnership Training in Togo

6:48 AM6/19/2013

As part of African Deployment Partnership Training known as ADAPT, three U.S. Army Soldiers traveled to Lomé, Togo, to provide Phase II of Ground Training for 29 Togolese Defense Force personnel

Read more

Article

Malawi Hosts Final Planning Event for Exercise Africa Endeavor 2013

Malawi Hosts Final Planning Event for Exercise Africa Endeavor 2013

Malawi Hosts Final Planning Event for Exercise Africa Endeavor 2013

1:54 PM6/14/2013

More than 170 participants from across the African, European and North American continents gathered in Lilongwe, Malawi the first week of June for the final planning event leading to Exercise Africa Endeavor currently scheduled to take place in

Read more

Article

AFRICOM Partners on Enlisted Education and Professional Development

AFRICOM Partners on Enlisted Education and Professional Development

AFRICOM Partners on Enlisted Education and Professional Development

1:04 PM6/14/2013

Partnerships are at the center of U.S. Africa Command's engagements to create a framework to support and sustain long-term cooperation. AFRICOM has grounded this ethos in a program focusing on enlisted service members from partner nations. "The

Read more

Article

African Airmen Return to Air University for U.S. Air Forces Africa Symposium

African Airmen Return to Air University for U.S. Air Forces Africa Symposium

African Airmen Return to Air University for U.S. Air Forces Africa Symposium

11:10 AM6/14/2013

Military officers from the air forces of 16 African countries returned to Air University for the African Airmen Alumni Symposium June 11-13.

Read more

Article

U.S. Africa Command Commander Visits USS Samuel B. Roberts

U.S. Africa Command Commander Visits USS Samuel B. Roberts

U.S. Africa Command Commander Visits USS Samuel B. Roberts

10:20 AM6/14/2013

Gen. David Rodriguez, commander, U.S. Africa Command, visited the guided-missile frigate USS Samuel B. Roberts (FFG 58), June 11, as part of a port visit to Augusta Bay, Italy.

Read more

Article

General Linder Assumes Command of US Special Operations Command Africa

General Linder Assumes Command of US Special Operations Command Africa

General Linder Assumes Command of US Special Operations Command Africa

1:03 PM6/13/2013

General Linder takes command of US Special Operations Command Africa Brigadier General James B. Linder assumed command of U.S. Special Operations Command Africa (SOCAFRICA) from Rear Admiral Brian L. Losey during a change of command ceremony

Read more

Article

AFRICOM Commander Visits Service Members at Naval Air Station Sigonella

AFRICOM Commander Visits Service Members at Naval Air Station Sigonella

AFRICOM Commander Visits Service Members at Naval Air Station Sigonella

11:34 AM6/13/2013

U.S. Africa Command Commander General David M. Rodriguez meets Marines and Sailors during a visit to Naval Air Station Sigonella, Italy, June 11, 2013.

Read more

Article

Camp Skeeter Program Fights Mosquito Bites

Camp Skeeter Program Fights Mosquito Bites

Camp Skeeter Program Fights Mosquito Bites

10:40 AM6/13/2013

Controlling mosquito populations at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, is more than a convenience — it is a vital health service provided by a team of medical specialists to protect camp and Combined Joint Task Force–Horn of Africa personnel from the

Read more

Article

ACSS Symposium in Kenya Examines Social Media, Electoral Security

ACSS Symposium in Kenya Examines Social Media, Electoral Security

ACSS Symposium in Kenya Examines Social Media, Electoral Security

7:27 AM6/13/2013

Technological advances and the rapid expansion of social media usage throughout Africa create new opportunities and challenges for electoral security on the continent, according to a group of experts speaking May 22, 2013, at a Topical Symposium on

Read more

Article

AFRICOM Commander Visits Sailors Aboard USS Samuel B. Roberts (FFG-58)

AFRICOM Commander Visits Sailors Aboard USS Samuel B. Roberts (FFG-58)

AFRICOM Commander Visits Sailors Aboard USS Samuel B. Roberts (FFG-58)

10:16 AM6/12/2013

Army General David M. Rodriguez, commander, U.S. Africa Command (USAFRICOM), is piped aboard the guided missile frigate USS Samuel B. Roberts (FFG-58) during the ship’s port visit in Augusta Bay, Sicily. Samuel B. Roberts, homeported in Mayport,

Read more

Article

Zambia Minister of Defense Visits AFRICOM

Zambia Minister of Defense Visits AFRICOM

Zambia Minister of Defense Visits AFRICOM

2:38 PM6/7/2013

Zambia's Minister of Defense, Geoffrey Bwalya Mwamba, meets U.S. Africa Command Commander General David Rodriguez during a visit to the command's headquarters in Stuttgart, Germany, June 4, 2013. Mr. Mwamba visited AFRICOM to learn more about the

Read more

Article

2-138th FSC Shares Best ECP Practices With Djiboutian Army

2-138th FSC Shares Best ECP Practices With Djiboutian Army

2-138th FSC Shares Best ECP Practices With Djiboutian Army

2:07 PM6/7/2013

Six Soldiers from the Kentucky National Guard's 2-138th Forward Support Company assigned to Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, recently shared best entry control point practices with La Force Armee de Djibouti (FAD) at FAD Poste de Loyada,

Read more

Article

Africa Center and U.S. Dept. of State Hold Maritime Safety and Security Seminar in Ghana

Africa Center and U.S. Dept. of State Hold Maritime Safety and Security Seminar in Ghana

Africa Center and U.S. Dept. of State Hold Maritime Safety and Security Seminar in Ghana

10:02 AM6/7/2013

The Africa Center for Strategic Studies (ACSS), the U.S. Department of State Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement (INL), and the government of Ghana welcomed government officials and experts in maritime law to the Trans-Atlantic

Read more

1 … 230 231 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 239 240 … Last