1:59 PM11/1/2019

For the past several years, AFRICOM has brought African military legal advisors from across the continent together with U.S. military legal advisors for the Africa Military Law Forum (AMLF). This year AMLF met for the fifth time at the International Institute for Humanitarian Law in Sanremo, Italy, from Sept. 10-12, 2019.

9:07 AM11/1/2019

Approximately 1,000 military members from 26 countries, including the U.S., participated in the multinational military exercise Shared Accord 2019, which took place in and around the Rwanda Defense Force Gabiro Training Center, Rwanda, Aug. 14-28, 2019.

11:03 AM10/31/2019

U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Michael D. Turello, commanding general of Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, visited with leaders of Operation Atalanta on board ITS Antonio Marceglia, outside Djibouti City, Djibouti.

1:06 PM10/24/2019

For the first in the West Indian Ocean, the U.S. Coast Guard and the Seychelles Coast Guard conducted a combined maritime law enforcement subject matter expert exchange as part of Operation Junction Rain (OJR), Sept. 9-27, 2019.

4:23 PM10/23/2019

U.S. Africa Command and the Government of Tunisia co-hosted a month-long course recently in Tunis, Tunisia for female intelligence officers from northwest Africa.

11:19 AM10/22/2019

To better understand what the burgeoning youth population means for Africa’s future, AFRICOM hosted a panel of youth leaders in Stuttgart, Germany, to discuss ideas for engaging African youth as a means to promote peace throughout the continent.

1:39 PM10/18/2019

Airmen assigned to the 768th Expeditionary Air Base Squadron instructed Forces Armées Nigeriennes (Nigerien Armed Forces) personnel during a week-long Improvised Explosive Device Awareness Course, here, Oct. 7-11, 2019.

10:09 AM10/17/2019

Whitney Baird, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for West Africa and Security Affairs in the Bureau of African Affairs, met with the U.S. Ambassadors to Burkina Faso, Mali, Mauritania, and Niger to discuss field perspectives and an overall approach for the Sahel region of Africa, in Stuttgart, Germany, Oct. 8, 2019.

6:08 PM10/4/2019

United States Africa Command (USAFRICOM) and the Ghana Armed Forces co-hosted the 2019 North and West Africa Directors of Military Intelligence Conference at the Kofi Annan International Peace Keeping Training Center in Accra, from Sept. 18-19, 2019.

1:58 PM9/27/2019

The commander of U.S. Africa Command hosted a reception for influential members of the local community in Stuttgart, Germany, Sept. 24, 2019.

1:24 PM9/20/2019

U.S. Army Gen. Stephen Townsend, commander, U.S. Africa Command visited Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger Sept. 16-19, 2019 marking his first trip to West Africa since taking command in July.

10:41 AM9/17/2019

The AFRICOM Office of the Command Surgeon invited various U.S. agencies to participate in the first ever Infectious Disease Strategic Planning Workshop on Patch Barracks, in Stuttgart, Germany, from Sept. 4-6, 2019.

9:21 AM9/6/2019

U.S. Secretary of Defense Dr. Mark T. Esper visited U.S. Africa Command Sep. 5, 2019, in Stuttgart, Germany to meet with command leadership and better understand the command’s efforts and operations in Africa.

3:00 PM8/30/2019

The commander, U.S. Africa Command visited the U.S. Embassy Tunis, saw U.S. and Tunisian security cooperation locations and support, as well as met with senior Tunisia Ministry of Defense service chiefs and officials Aug. 26-28.

9:57 AM8/29/2019

Approximately 120 air force delegates from the U.S., Kenya, Burundi, Tanzania and Uganda came together for a week of knowledge sharing on personnel recovery topics for this iteration of African Partnership Flight Kenya 2019 held at Laikipia Air Base, Kenya, Aug. 20 - 24.

10:33 AM8/28/2019

9:58 AM8/28/2019

2:24 PM8/26/2019

The Ghana Armed Forces and U.S. Africa Command co-hosted the 14th annual Senior Leader Communications Symposium and Technology Exposition, Africa Endeavor, Aug. 18-23.

2:38 PM8/23/2019

As part of the Africa Endeavor 2019 training program, participants were taken on a field survey to several communication institutions within the greater Accra region, Aug. 21.

11:37 AM8/21/2019

Senior enlisted leaders from 27 African nations and the U.S. gathered in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, for the third annual Africa Senior Enlisted Leader Conference.