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Ugandans Train for Future AMISOM Mission

8:42 AM10/28/2013

A recent U.S. Army Africa organized training event helped prepare a Uganda Peoples' Defense Force military police company for an upcoming deployment to Somalia.

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Africa Command Helps Partners Promote Maritime Security

8:39 AM10/28/2013

Capacity-building efforts being advanced by U.S. Africa Command are helping African nations confront maritime crime, including piracy in the Gulf of Guinea and events currently unfolding off the Nigerian coast, the Africom commander reported.

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General Rodriguez's Interview on Security Cooperation in Sub-Saharan Africa

12:38 PM10/25/2013

Commander of AFRICOM General David M. Rodriguez and the Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Linda Thomas-Greenfield about U.S. security cooperation and foreign policy in the Sub-Saharan Africa.

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U.S. AFRICOM Commander and Top U.S. Diplomats Meet Representatives of 45 African Nations

10:22 AM10/25/2013

Ambassadors, diplomats, and military officers representing 45 African nations participated in a 90-minute roundtable discussion October 23, 2013, with three of the top U.S. officials engaged in U.S.-Africa relations, including General David M.

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Mozambican General to African Leaders: Ethics is the Cornerstone of Good Leadership

9:49 AM10/25/2013

Mozambican Brigadier General Joaquim Marcos Manjate said core values of ethical leadership should include fulfilling the basic needs of those who are led, as well as seeking consensus between leaders and the led, for the good of the whole community.

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State and Defense Officials Work with African Partners for Stability

9:39 AM10/25/2013

AFRICOM’s commander, General David Rodriguez, said the 5-year-old Defense Department campaign is working to achieve a more “safe and secure Africa.” Rodriguez spoke with a group of African journalists via webcast October 23 from the State

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U.S. Officials Lead U.N. Security Council Visit to Rwanda

9:22 AM10/24/2013

U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power led a U.N. Security Council delegation on its first official visit to Rwanda since 2009 to assess the security situation and meet with Rwandan officials to discuss peace efforts in Africa’s

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AFRICOM Helps Partners Stand Up to Violent Extremism

7:59 AM10/24/2013

Citing progress in helping African partners countering violent extremist organizations, the commander of U.S. Africa Command said the terrorist attack last month at a mall in Nairobi, Kenya, actually shows that U.S. efforts and policies are working.

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Ethics Take Center Stage for Next Generation of African Security Sector Leaders Course

8:44 AM10/23/2013

Leadership, ethics, and Africa’s role in global security were among the topics discussed when nearly 60 professionals from 40 African nations met for the opening of the Next Generation of African Security Sector Leaders (NextGen) course October 21,

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Special-Purpose MAGTF Africa Completes Training Engagement with UPDF

8:34 AM10/22/2013

CAMP SINGO, Uganda - Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa 13.3 Marines and sailors recently finished a 10-week training engagement with Uganda People’s Defense Force soldiers in Camp Singo, Uganda, from July to September.

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AFRICOM Partners with Ghana to Build Capability at Disaster Management Workshop

1:14 PM10/21/2013

Members of the North Dakota Army National Guard and staff members at U.S. Africa Command are part of a training team that worked with the Ghanaian team in Accra to help develop and conduct Geographic Information System (GIS) training September

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Democratic Republic of Congo partners with U.S. to build capacity during Lion Rouge exercise

2:16 PM10/17/2013

Over 200 FARDC officers and NCOs attended these series of trainings in Kitona, Bas Congo, which included medical, civil military operations and judicial trainings

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Tanzanian People's Defense Force Naval Command, Police Force Maritime Receive New Communications System

11:22 AM10/17/2013

Ambassador Alfonso E. Lenhardt officially handed over the recently installed Maritime VHF Communications System to Dr. Emanuel Nchimbi, Minister of Home Affairs, at an event held at the Tanzania Police Force (TPF) Maritime Operation Center.

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Communications Training, Radio Upgrades Enhance AFL’s Operational Capability

12:41 PM10/16/2013

With a “Lima Charlie” response followed by an operational update from Armed Forces of Liberia soldiers deployed to Mali, the Headquarters AFL staff successfully employed a new radio communications system Sept 15, 2013.

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U.S. Army Africa Veterinarian Reviews South Sudan Program

7:00 AM10/16/2013

In August, a veterinarian with the U.S. Army Africa Surgeon’s Office, traveled to Juba, South Sudan, to assist in a review of a U. S. Department of State training program where Sudan People's Liberation Army medics receive three weeks of

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ACSS Hosts Roundtable on Counter-poaching and its Linkages to Transnational and Transregional Trafficking

10:19 AM10/9/2013

The Africa Center for Strategic Studies hosted a roundtable discussion on the topic with two guests, Mr. Marius Roos, a Colonel in the South African Army Reserve Force and managing director of Pathfinder Corporation, a South African private

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US, Ghana Combat Malnutrition with New Center

8:36 AM10/9/2013

The U.S. and Ghana are teaming up to ease hunger in the West Africa nation. The project, a joint effort by U.S. Africa Command, the U.S. Agency for International Development, the U.S. Embassy and the Ghanaian Ministry of Health, is designed to

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Africa Partnership Station Delivers School Supplies in Ghana

9:38 AM10/8/2013

Ghana is one of several countries throughout the western region of Africa where the U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) is delivering school supplies to reinforce existing partnerships with African nations.

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Plans Finalized for Cutlass Express 2013

10:48 AM10/7/2013

Sailors and civilian maritime personnel from Europe, Africa and the U.S. finalized the schedule of events and associated objectives for Exercise Cutlass Express 2013 (CE13) during a final planning conference, Sept. 23-27.

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Congo Native Expands Horizons in the U.S. Military

7:11 AM10/7/2013

Born and raised in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Staff Sgt. Alain Mukendi, an Aviano Airman Leadership School instructor, grew up speaking French along with three other African dialects. In 1999, his father won the Diversity Visa lottery,

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