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Airmen in Niger stand ready to support African partners
Airmen stationed at Nigerien Air Base 101 in Niamey, Niger, and Nigerien Air Base 201 in Agadez, support partner forces and international efforts to counter violent extremist organizations in the region.
Photo by: U.S. Air Forces Africa, Niger
The U.S., Rwanda sign Status of Forces Agreement
Rwanda and the United States of America signed the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) that will strengthen the existing good military cooperation between the United States of America and Rwanda. The signing ceremony was held May 28, 2020, at the Office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, in Kimihurura. (photos courtesy of U.S. Embassy Rwanda)
Photo by: U.S. Embassy Rwanda, Rwanda
The U.S., Rwanda sign Status of Forces Agreement
Rwanda and the United States of America signed the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) that will strengthen the existing good military cooperation between the United States of America and Rwanda. The signing ceremony was held May 28, 2020, at the Office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, in Kimihurura. (photos courtesy of U.S. Embassy Rwanda)
Photo by: U.S. Embassy Rwanda, Rwanda
Protective masks distributed in South Africa
Embassy announces 729,000 protective masks donated for South Africa’s National Department of Health to help combat COVID-19.
Protective masks distributed in South Africa
Lana. J.Marks, the United States Ambassador to South Africa, bumps elbows with South African Deputy Health Minister Dr. Joe Phaala, as they mark the delivery of 720,000 FFP2 protective masks to to South Africa's National Department of Heatlh from the U.S. Department of Defense Threat Reduction Agency’s (DTRA) Biological Threat Reduction Program at the U.S. Embassy in Pretoria, South Africa on May 15, 2020. Photo by Army Lt. Col. Al Phillips, U.S. Embassy Pretoria.
Photo by: Lt. Col. Al Phillips, Pretoria, South Africa
Protective masks distributed in South Africa
Lana. J.Marks, center left, the United States Ambassador to South Africa, joins South African Deputy Health Minister Dr. Joe Phaala, center right, in marking the delivery of 720,000 FFP2 protective masks to to South Africa's National Department of Heatlh from the U.S. Department of Defense Threat Reduction Agency’s (DTRA) Biological Threat Reduction Program at the U.S. Embassy in Pretoria, South Africa on May 15, 2020. Also pictured are U.S. Navy Capt. Steven Morgenfeld, the Senior Defense Attache at the U.S. Embassy, far left, and Lt. Col. Darrick Mosley, the U.S. Office of Defense Cooperation Chief in South Africa. Photo by Army Lt. Col. Al Phillips, U.S. Embassy Pretoria.
Photo by: Lt. Col. Al Phillips, Pretoria, South Africa
U.S. delivers specialized vehicles to Moroccan Special Operations Forces
The United States transferred ownership of 21 specialized vehicles to the Moroccan Forces Armées Royale Special Operations Company May 6. The delivery marks a critical step in enhancing the unit’s capacity to conduct special operations and internal company command and control by the end of this year. (Photo courtesy of U.S. Embassy Morocco)
Photo by: U.S. Africa Command Public Affairs, Stuttgart, Germany
U.S. delivers specialized vehicles to Moroccan Special Operations Forces
Col. Abderrahim Maddah, post commander of the FAR Southern Zone Training Center in Tifnit, met with the Senior Defense Official of the U.S. Embassy, Col. Kenneth Gjone, to complete transfers of ownership of 21 specialized vehicles to the Moroccan Forces Armées Royale Special Operations Company May 6. The delivery marks a critical step in enhancing the unit’s capacity to conduct special operations and internal company command and control by the end of this year. (Photo courtesy of U.S. Embassy Morocco)
Photo by: U.S. Africa Command Public Affairs, Stuttgart, Germany
U.S. delivers specialized vehicles to Moroccan Special Operations Forces
The U.S. transferred ownership of 21 specialized vehicles to the Moroccan Forces Armées Royale Special Operations Company valued May 6. The delivery marks a critical step in enhancing the unit’s capacity to conduct special operations and internal company command and control by the end of this year. (Photo courtesy of U.S. Embassy Morocco)
Photo by: U.S. Africa Command Public Affairs, Stuttgart, Germany
U.S. delivers specialized vehicles to Moroccan Special Operations Forces
The U.S. transferred ownership of 21 specialized vehicles to the Moroccan Forces Armées Royale Special Operations Company valued May 6. The delivery marks a critical step in enhancing the unit’s capacity to conduct special operations and internal company command and control by the end of this year. (Photo courtesy of U.S. Embassy Morocco)
Photo by: U.S. Africa Command Public Affairs, Stuttgart, Germany
Nigerien Air Force's first female pilot adds C-130 to repertoire
Her participation in the course, a six-month international pilot training program, taught her how to be a combat-capable pilot of a C-130 Hercules.
Partnership further equips Moroccan healthcare workers
The U.S. Mission to Morocco transferred a supply of personal protective equipment to laboratory technicians at the National Institute of Health and Hygiene in Rabat, Morocco. The equipment goes directly to safeguarding the lives of Morocco's healthcare workers on the frontlines in the fight against the novel coronavirus, helping them to continue testing and screening for COVID-19 with sufficient protections in place. (Photo courtesy of U.S. Embassy Morocco)
Photo by: U.S. Embassy Morocco, Rabat, Morocco
Partnership further equips Moroccan healthcare workers
The U.S. Mission to Morocco transferred a supply of personal protective equipment to laboratory technicians at the National Institute of Health and Hygiene in Rabat, Morocco. The equipment goes directly to safeguarding the lives of Morocco's healthcare workers on the frontlines in the fight against the novel coronavirus, helping them to continue testing and screening for COVID-19 with sufficient protections in place. (Photo courtesy of U.S. Embassy Morocco)
Photo by: U.S. Embassy Morocco, Rabat, Morocco
Humanitarian assistance provided to Seychelles, Mauritius to combat COVID-19
The U.S. Embassy in Mauritius and Seychelles and U.S. Africa Command donated 2900 KN95 masks and 200 face shields to the Seychelles Department of Health on April 28. The donation, which will assist medical professionals fight the epidemic, was made possible by Air Seychelles providing transportation of the PPE. (Photos courtesy of Air Seychelles)
Photo by: Air Seychelles, Mauritius and Seychelles
Humanitarian assistance provided to Seychelles, Mauritius to combat COVID-19
The U.S. Embassy in Mauritius and Seychelles and U.S. Africa Command donated 2900 KN95 masks and 200 face shields to the Seychelles Department of Health on April 28. The donation, which will assist medical professionals fight the epidemic, was made possible by Air Seychelles providing transportation of the PPE. (Photos courtesy of Air Seychelles)
Photo by: Air Seychelles, Mauritius and Seychelles
Partnership further equips Moroccan healthcare workers
The U.S. Mission to Morocco transferred a supply of personal protective equipment to laboratory technicians at the National Institute of Health and Hygiene in Rabat, Morocco. The equipment goes directly to safeguarding the lives of Morocco's healthcare workers on the frontlines in the fight against the novel coronavirus, helping them to continue testing and screening for COVID-19 with sufficient protections in place. (Photo courtesy of U.S. Embassy Morocco)
Photo by: U.S. Embassy Morocco, Rabat, Morocco
Medical logistics team distributes personal protective equipment in fight against COVID19
U.S. Air Force Airmen assigned to the 75th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron (EAS), load a C-130J Super Hercules with cargo in Djibouti, Apr. 27, 2020. The 75th EAS provides strategic airlift capabilities across the Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) area of responsibility and is responsible for moving many of the medical supplies pushed to outstations as part of the COVID-19 pandemic response. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Ashley Nicole Taylor)
Photo by: Tech. Sgt. Ashley Taylor, Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti
Air Forces Africa delivers medical supplies to Ghana
The medical supplies included extraction kits, viral collection swabs, universal and viral transport media to collect and store specimens, and the replenishment of other consumable lab supplies.
Logistics challenges, opportunities discussed during Lexington Institute webinar
Staff Sgt. Kalem Postell, 727th Air Mobility Squadron security manager, marshals a K-loader during the loading of pallets and equipment onto a C-5 Super Galaxy assigned to the 9th Airlift Squadron, Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, during a medical cargo mission at RAF Mildenhall, England, April 18, 2020. The 9th AS and the 727th AMS, based at RAF Mildenhall, took part in a mission which involved delivering COVID-19 test kits and other equipment to Accra, Ghana, to be distributed throughout the U.S. African Command area of responsibility. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Brandon Esau)
Photo by: USAFE-AFAFRICA Public Affairs
Medical logistics team distributes PPE in fight against COVID-19
U.S. Army Sgt. Enock Langat, medical logistics (MEDLOG) noncommissioned officer for Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), prepares a shipment of medical supplies at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Apr. 24, 2020. Since the inception of the COVID-19 outbreak, the MEDLOG team has shipped more than 7,000 surgical masks (facemasks), including 5,000 N95 respirators; 2,500 surgical gowns; 150 pairs of reusable goggles; and 20,000 pairs of gloves to outstations throughout East Africa. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Ashley Nicole Taylor)
Photo by: Tech. Sgt. Ashley Taylor, Camp Lemonnier, , Djibouti
Medical logistics team distributes PPE in fight against COVID-19
U.S. Army Capt. Ethan Betts, medical logistics (MEDLOG) officer for Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), places a medical sticker on a box of medical supplies at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Apr. 24, 2020. CJTF-HOA’s MEDLOG is responsible for distributing supplies and healthcare equipment, whether it be a computer system, a bandage, narcotics or PPE, to medical providers anywhere in East Africa. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Ashley Nicole Taylor)
Photo by: Tech. Sgt. Ashley Taylor, Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti
Air Force Africa delivers medical supplies to Ghana
A Ghanaian aerial porter transfers medical supplies provided by Navy Medical Research Unit Three-Ghana Detachment, onto a pallet truck in Accra, Ghana, April 24, 2020. The medical supplies included extraction kits, viral collection swabs, universal and viral transport media to collect and store specimens, and the replenishment of other consumable lab supplies. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Devin Nothstine)
Photo by: USAFE-AFAFRICA Public Affairs
Area of Responsibility
What AFRICOM is doing throughout the region on a per-country basis
Area of Responsibility
What AFRICOM is doing throughout the region on a per-country basis
Area of Responsibility
Area of Responsibility
Military medical in East Africa coordinate COVID-19 response
The CJTF-HOA Surgeon Cell has a mission essential role in sustaining the health of U.S. armed forces, supporting ongoing operations and strengthening partner-nation alliances.
It takes a village: military medical in East Africa coordinate response to COVID-19
Because of the size of the operating area, which includes 12 countries spanning 2.4 million square miles, the CJTF-HOA Surgeon Cell has a mission essential role in sustaining the health of U.S. armed forces, supporting ongoing operations and strengthening partner-nation alliances.
Tunisian Air Show develops aerospace and defense partnerships
Military members from across U.S. Africa Command attended the inaugural Tunisia International Aerospace and Defense Exhibition (IADE) March 4-8.
Tunisian Air Show develops aerospace and defense partnerships
Military members from across U.S. Africa Command attended the inaugural Tunisia International Aerospace and Defense Exhibition (IADE) March 4-8.
Tunisian Air Show develops aerospace and defense partnerships
Military members from across U.S. Africa Command attended the inaugural Tunisia International Aerospace and Defense Exhibition (IADE) March 4-8.
Locally-sourced protective masks donated to South Africa
South African Military Health Service Deputy Surgeon General, Maj. Gen. Noel Ndhlovu, and U.S. Navy Capt. Steven Morgenfeld, Senior Defense Attaché at the U.S. Embassy, mark the delivery of N95 anti-virual masks provided to the Military Health Service by the U.S. Embassy in Pretoria, South Africa, April 23, 2020. The use of humanitarian funds to purchase the personal protective equipment marks the determination of the two nations to work together to control the coronavirus pandemic. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Lt. Col. Al Phillips)
Photo by: Lt. Col. Al Phillips, Pretoria, South Africa
Locally-sourced protective masks donated to South Africa
South African Military Health Service Deputy Surgeon General, Maj. Gen. Noel Ndhlovu, and U.S. Navy Capt. Steven Morgenfeld, Senior Defense Attaché at the U.S. Embassy, mark the delivery of N95 anti-virual masks provided to the Military Health Service by the U.S. Embassy in Pretoria, South Africa, April 23, 2020. The use of humanitarian funds to purchase the personal protective equipment marks the determination of the two nations to work together to control the coronavirus pandemic. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Lt. Col. Al Phillips)
Photo by: Lt. Col. Al Phillips, Pretoria, South Africa
Locally-sourced protective masks donated to South Africa
South African Military Health Service Deputy Surgeon General, Maj. Gen. Noel Ndhlovu, and U.S. Navy Capt. Steven Morgenfeld, Senior Defense Attaché at the U.S. Embassy, mark the delivery of N95 anti-virual masks (one worn by Ndhlovu) provided to the Military Health Service by the U.S. Embassy in Pretoria, South Africa, April 23, 2020. The use of humanitarian funds to purchase the personal protective equipment marks the determination of the two nations to work together to control the coronavirus pandemic. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Lt. Col. Al Phillips)
Photo by: Lt. Col. Al Phillips, Pretoria, South Africa
Air Force Africa delivers medical supplies to Ghana
U.S. Air Force Airmen unload a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft assigned to Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey in Niamey, Niger, April 23, 2020. The cargo included approximately 4,000 pounds of medical supplies provided by Navy Medical Research Unit Three-Ghana Detachment, to be delivered to the Government of Ghana in support a global response the COVID-19 pandemic. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Devin Nothstine)
Photo by: USAFE-AFAFRICA Public Affairs
U.S. supports Somalia COVID-19 response with hospital bed donation
The United States Embassy Mogadishu, through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), will donate 350 hospital beds and 500 bedsheets to support the Somali Government in preventing and controlling the spread of COVID-19.
Photo by: United States Embassy, Mogadishu, Somalia
Civilian Casualty Report and Allegations
As part of the command’s fundamental commitment to transparency, U.S. Africa Command is implementing a quarterly report on the status of ongoing and completed civilian casualty allegations and assessments.
Military Presence
What AFRICOM is doing throughout the region on a per-country basis
Civilian Casualty Report and Allegations
As part of the command’s fundamental commitment to transparency, U.S. Africa Command is implementing a quarterly report on the status of ongoing and completed civilian casualty allegations and assessments.
Civilian Casualty Report and Allegations
As part of the command’s fundamental commitment to transparency, U.S. Africa Command is implementing a quarterly report on the status of ongoing and completed civilian casualty allegations and assessments.
