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North Carolina Finds Perfect Match in Botswana

12:00 AM8/25/2009

State, national and local leaders met in August 2009 with officials from many facets of Botswana to discuss various issues that may be addressed by a new partnership between North Carolina and the Republic of Botswana.

Addressing

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Medical Exercise in Swaziland Ends Successfully

12:00 AM8/25/2009

Umbutfo Swaziland Defence Force (USDF), U.S. Army Africa, and U.S. Africa Command (USARAF) concluded the two-week MEDFLAG 09 exercise with a closing ceremony at USDF headquarters in Manzini, Swaziland on August 14, 2009.

MEDFLAG is a

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U.S. Coast Guard, Sierra Leone Nab Vessel Fishing Illegally

12:00 AM8/24/2009

Crewmembers from U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Legare (WMEC 912), along with representatives from Sierra Leone's Armed Forces Maritime Wing, Fisheries Ministry and Office of National Security, conducted a joint boarding operation on a

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Seychelles President James Michel Hails Strengthening of Surveillance Cooperation with the United States

12:00 AM8/20/2009

U.S. Africa Command Public Affairs Note: Following is a press release by the Republic of Seychelles Office of the President. It is posted on the U.S. Africa Command website to increase public awareness of the cooperation between Seychelles and the

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Commander, U.S. Africa Command, Visits Island Nations of Mauritius and Seychelles

12:00 AM8/20/2009

General William "Kip" Ward concluded his first visit to the island nations of Mauritius and Seychelles, August 19, 2009, where he traveled to meet with the nations' leadership to discuss future avenues of cooperation in the realm of maritime

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Africa Command Supporting U.S. Government Initiative in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

12:00 AM8/19/2009

The U.S. Africa Command has been asked by the U.S. Department of State to assist the U.S. government's efforts in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to prevent and respond to sexual and gender-based violence in the DRC.
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U.S. Africa Command Academic Symposium Begins in Ethiopia

12:00 AM8/19/2009

Opening ceremonies were held August 18, 2009 at the Sheraton Hotel in Addis Ababa for the second U.S. Africa Command Academic Symposium.

Thirty-seven academics from Africa, Europe and the United States have come together to enhance

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17th Air Force Hosts First Military Exchange from Burkina Faso

12:00 AM8/19/2009

The 17th Air Force, also known as U.S. Air Forces Africa, recently took another step forward in building meaningful relationships with African nations when it hosted the first-ever visit by a delegation of Burkina Faso officers to an American base

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Clinton: Liberia's Progress is a Triumph of the Human Spirit

12:00 AM8/18/2009

That Liberians emerged from 14 years of bloodshed and lawlessness to produce peace, free elections and a democratic government is not so much a triumph of might as it is a triumph of the human spirit, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said

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National Guard Adds Liberia to Partnership Program

12:00 AM8/17/2009

The National Guard will add Liberia to its State Partnership Program this year (2009), bringing the number of African nations taking part in the program to eight.

The addition fulfills a request Liberia, a West African nation, made to

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CJTF-HOA Civil Affairs Team Helps Rebuild Fire Devastated Neighborhood in Djibouti City

12:00 AM8/17/2009

Zamzam Ahmed Dinbil was asleep in a second floor bedroom, her one-year-old daughter beside her, when the fire began that destroyed 21 homes and displaced 126 people in the Quarter 7 BIS neighborhood in the Boulaos commune of Djibouti on August 10,

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U.S. Service Members Visit Swazi Orphanage

12:00 AM8/14/2009

U.S. service members participating in exercise MEDFLAG 09 donated 6,200 South African Rand (about $800) worth of food and toys to 65 children, ranging in age from one to 15 years old at Emmanuel Khayalethu Orphanage in Swaziland, Aguust 14, 2009.

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Africa Command Helps Countries Face Common Challenges

12:00 AM8/14/2009

U.S. Africa Command is hitting its stride as it works with African nations to confront common security challenges, a Pentagon official said.

The command's main mission is to build the security capacity of partner nations

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Delaware Air National Guard and Malawi Defence Force Complete Military Police Workshop

12:00 AM8/13/2009

Members of the Delaware Air National Guard and the Military Police Company of the Malawi Defence Force (MDF) recently completed a military to military (mil-to-mil) security cooperation workshop at Kamuzu Barracks in Lilongwe, Malawi, August 10-14,

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Arleigh Burke Wraps up APS Mission in Tanzania

12:00 AM8/12/2009

Africa Partnership Station (APS) Arleigh Burke arrived in Tanzania's largest city today, marking the final stop of the guided-missile destroyer's APS initiative in South and East Africa.

While in port at Dar es Salaam, USS

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Maritime Center of Excellence Graduates Second Class

12:00 AM8/12/2009

Thirty-one students from eight countries graduated from the Maritime Center of Excellence (MCE) at Bandari College in Mombasa, Kenya August 7, 2009.

The graduation marked the completion of the second group to attend the three-week

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General Ward visits 17th Air Force Headquarters

12:00 AM8/11/2009

General William "Kip" Ward, commander of U.S. Africa Command, made his first visit to the newly renovated headquarters of 17th Air Force, also known as U.S. Air Forces Africa, August 11, 2009. Located in Ramstein Air Base in Germany, 17th

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Djiboutian Army Learns Combat Life Saving Skills from U.S. Military

12:00 AM8/11/2009

Thirty-Five Soldiers from the Djiboutian Army completed a Combat Life Saver Seminar coordinated by U.S. soldiers from Army Central Command (ARCENT) and Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) August 6, 2009 at nearby Camp Chekh

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Africa Center for Strategic Studies holds Regional Health and Security Seminar in Zambia

12:00 AM8/10/2009

Opening ceremonies were held in Lusaka, Zambia, August 10, 2009, at the Africa Center for Strategic Studies (ACSS)-sponsored Health and Security in Africa Seminar. Keynote speaker Dr. Velepi Mtonga, Permanent Secretary of the Minister of Health in

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Dental Team Treats Patients During Medical Exercise

12:00 AM8/8/2009

A six-member combined dental team from the Air Force, Army and Umbutfo Swaziland Defence Force treated 55 patients during a dental civic assistance project as part of a medical exercise in Hhohho, Swaziland, August 6-7, 2009.

Three of

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