10:11 AM3/25/2013

Higher education institutions in Armenia, Paraguay, Rwanda and South Sudan will be partnering with universities in the United States to promote gender equality and women’s leadership through a new program organized by the U.S. Agency for

8:28 AM3/25/2013

Representatives from civil authorities and the Armed Forces of Benin met with representatives from the Center for Disaster and Humanitarian Assistance Medicine (CDHAM) and U.S. Africa Command's Disaster Management and Preparedness Program (DMPP) in

3:13 PM3/22/2013

General Carter Ham, Commander, U.S. Africa Command, meets with members of the South African media, March 22, 2013, Stuttgart, Germany

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2:25 PM3/22/2013

The lives of 20 million people have been saved in recent years because the United States and other governments have scaled up their campaign against tuberculosis (TB), working to overcome one of the world's most deadly diseases, the U.S.

2:18 PM3/22/2013

U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has shifted its approach to development assistance, emphasizing public-private partnerships, channeling funds to local governments and organizations with knowledge and expertise to create

3:34 PM3/21/2013

Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa 13 completed the Tactical Combat Casualty Care course here, March 14, 2013. The Marines completed the week-long course in preparation for military-to-military engagements with

1:40 PM3/20/2013

Kenyan soldiers exchange best practices

8:33 AM3/20/2013

SOUTHWEST EUROPE -- Airmen flying KC-135 Stratotankers from the 100th Air Refueling Wing, RAF Mildenhall, England, completed the 100th refueling mission March 17, 2013, supporting French fighter aircraft conducting operations in Mali.

9:28 AM3/19/2013

The National Guard’s State Partnership Program is an extraordinarily effective, enduring, low-cost tool to advance the national security objective of building partnership capacity, two veteran combatant commanders told Congress last week. “You

8:12 AM3/18/2013

Immense progress has taken place in Mali since January when an international force of French and African troops arrived to retake the northern part of the country from violent extremists, according to two U.S. diplomats working to resolve the crisis.

7:34 AM3/18/2013

The multinational maritime exercise Saharan Express 2013 (SE-13) successfully concluded with post-sail discussions and a press conference, March 14.

7:11 AM3/18/2013

Now in its fifth year, U.S. Africa Command brings “markedly increased” capabilities to its mission of defending U.S. interests and developing regional militaries, the command’s leader told Congress today. During a House Armed Services Committee

10:44 AM3/15/2013

Promoting regional cooperation and developing interoperability among partner nations of the Trans-Sahara was the focus of this year's Exercise Flintlock in Mauritania. Fourteen African, European and North American militaries collaborated during

4:05 PM3/14/2013

A Mauritanian doctor examines patients during a scheduled Medical Seminar to provide aid to the village of Weizen, Mauritania, Feb 24, 2013. Flintlock exercises have been conducted across north and western Africa since 2005 to improve the security

3:42 PM3/14/2013

Flintlock 2013

2:54 PM3/14/2013

Saharan Express is an international maritime security cooperation exercise designed to improve maritime safety and security in West Africa.

11:45 AM3/14/2013

Military Will Maintain Low-key Africa Presence, U.S. Africa Command,

8:53 AM3/13/2013

The three winning teams in the Apps4Africa 2012 Business Challenge accepted their awards at a March 6 event sponsored by the U.S. Embassy in Kampala, Uganda.

8:16 AM3/13/2013

Worldwide, more resources than ever are being devoted to empowering and protecting women and girls, says a top official of the U.S. Agency for International Development. Along with those resources, more laws and resolutions to protect women have