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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

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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

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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,

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USS Gonzalez and Tanzania Conduct Anti-piracy Focused PASSEX

12:57 PM6/11/2013

Sailors from the guided-missile destroyer USS Gonzalez (DDG 66) and Tanzanian People’s Defence Force (TPDF) navy exchanged best practices and exercised techniques of maritime interdiction, June 6. The military-to-military bilateral training

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USS Gonzalez and Tanzania Conduct Anti-piracy Focused PASSEX

12:15 PM6/11/2013

Sailors from the guided-missile destroyer USS Gonzalez (DDG 66) train alongside with members of the Tanzania People's Defense Force navy's and boarding teams during a training event aboard Gonzalez as part of a military-to-military bilateral

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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

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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,

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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

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Africa Center and U.S. Embassy Sponsor Symposium on Natural Resources and Conflict Prevention in Tanzania

12:41 PM6/6/2013

A group of 71 security sector experts and students from the Tanzania National Defence College, academic institutions, the Ministry of Defence, non-profit organizations, Tanzanian Parliamentarians and U.S. and Tanzanian government officials,

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CFC Donations Come Back to Help Family Support and Youth Program in Stuttgart

1:30 PM6/5/2013

U.S. Africa Command employees contributed to 2012 Combined Federal Campaign-Overseas and in return received a check for their contributions to the Family Support and Youth Program (FSYP).

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Wisconsin Club Donates School Supplies to Djiboutian School

12:32 PM6/4/2013

Soldiers from the 411th Civil Affairs Battalion in support of Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa recently visited youth at a school in Chebelley as part of an ongoing effort to build relationships and partnerships with the village.

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U.S. Marines, Sailors Train Senegalese Military

11:19 AM6/3/2013

U.S. Marines and Sailors with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa 13 began training Senegalese Companie de Fusilier Marine Commandos in Dakar, Senegal, Recently.

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U.S. Offers Reward for Leaders of Lord’s Resistance Army

7:56 AM5/31/2013

The U.S. government is offering a reward of up to $5 million for information leading to the arrest, transfer or conviction of three leaders of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), which has been committing atrocities in central Africa and the Great

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‘Dagger University’ Prepares Soldiers for Missions to Africa

9:44 AM5/29/2013

Soldiers with 2nd ‘Dagger’ Armored Brigade Combat Team have known about their regional alignment with the continent of Africa for a while now, but that doesn’t mean the excitement of the unique mission-set has worn off, especially with some

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ACSS Senior Diplomatic Advisor Examines Threats Posed by Drug Trafficking in West Africa

8:37 AM5/29/2013

Trafficking poses an immense challenge to democratic governance and human security in West Africa, Brown wrote in the report, which was published by the Strategic Studies Institute at the U.S. Army War College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania.

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ACSS Senior Diplomatic Advisor Examines Threats Posed by Drug Trafficking in West Africa

7:17 AM5/28/2013

“West Africa is under attack from international criminal networks that are using the sub-region as a key global hub for the distribution, wholesale, and increased production of illicit drugs,” according to a new report by David Brown, Senior

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African senior NCOs and warrant officers support partnerships, leadership capacity during 2013 JWOS

1:14 PM5/22/2013

Thirty-three senior noncommissioned officers and warrant officers from 24 African nations gathered at the Edelweiss Conference Center in Garmisch, Germany to kick off a week long Joint Warrant Officer and Senior Non-commissioned Officer Symposium

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Road to Africa and Central Accord 14 Begins in Italy for New York Army National Guard

8:29 AM5/20/2013

To prepare for participation for Exercise Central Accord 14, 369th Sustainment Brigade Commander Col. Reginald Sanders from the New York Army National Guard traveled to Vicenza, Italy recently to share lessons learned from their participation in

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Djiboutian, US Doctors Keep Eyes Out for Djiboutians

7:05 AM5/20/2013

A bilateral venture between doctors from the 411th Civil Affairs Battalion in support of Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa's and Djibouti Armed Forces Health Services recently provided dozens of civilian patients long-awaited eye

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Deploying AFL Soldiers Participate in IED Recognition Course

10:59 AM5/17/2013

Armed Forces of Liberia soldiers slated to deploy to Mali completed an improvised explosive device recognition course provided by Operation ONWARD LIBERTY mentors at Edward Binyah Kesselly Military Barracks May 3.

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