Locally-sourced protective masks donated to South Africa
12:00 AM4/23/2020
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)
Locally-sourced protective masks donated to South Africa
12:00 AM4/23/2020
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)
Locally-sourced protective masks donated to South Africa
12:00 AM4/23/2020
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)
Air Force Africa delivers medical supplies to Ghana
12:00 AM4/23/2020
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)
U.S. supports Somalia COVID-19 response with hospital bed donation
10:29 AM4/22/2020
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.
U.S. supports Somalia COVID-19 response with hospital bed donation
10:27 AM4/22/2020
These beds and accessories will be used in the ICU units of De Martino hospital and in isolation centers in Mogadishu and be distributed to newly established isolation centers in the regions helping medical personnel to provide life-saving care to their patients.
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.
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.
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.
Legal Colloquium strengthens relationships between African commanders and legal advisors
11:35 PM4/21/2020
PRETORIA, South Africa-- More than 110 African participants from nearly 40 AU member militaries were represented at the 2020 Colloquium, states met to discuss the important role legal advisors provide operational commanders as they addressed issues on the battlefield. The event, held March 3-5 in Pretoria, South Africa, is the only military conference that exclusively brings together military commanders and legal advisors from across the African Union (AU). (Photo courtesy of U.S. Embassy South Africa)
Legal Colloquium strengthens relationships between African commanders and legal advisors
11:35 PM4/21/2020
PRETORIA, South Africa-- More than 110 African participants from nearly 40 AU member militaries were represented at the 2020 Colloquium; states met to discuss the important role legal advisors provide operational commanders as they addressed issues on the battlefield. The event, held March 3-5 in Pretoria, South Africa, is the only military conference that exclusively brings together military commanders and legal advisors from across the African Union (AU). (Photo courtesy of U.S. Embassy South Africa)
Legal Colloquium strengthens relationships between African commanders and legal advisors
11:35 PM4/21/2020
PRETORIA, South Africa-- More than 110 African participants from nearly 40 AU member militaries were represented at the 2020 Colloquium. The event, held March 3-5 in Pretoria, South Africa, is the only military conference that exclusively brings together military commanders and legal advisors from across the African Union (AU). (Photo courtesy of U.S. Embassy South Africa)
Legal Colloquium strengthens relationships between African commanders and legal advisors
11:34 PM4/21/2020
More than 110 African participants from nearly 40 AU member militaries were represented at the 2020 Colloquium. Delegates from the British Army, AFRICOM headquarters and its component units, and the Legal Counsel from the African Union attended the event, with commanders and legal advisors discussing military-legal issues that arise in a wide variety of military operations.
Air Force Face Mask Guidance
All individuals on Department of Air Force property, installations, and facilities are required to wear cloth face coverings when they cannot maintain six feet of physical distance in public areas or work centers. See the attached flyer on how to properly wear a face mask.
Narration by U.S. Army Gen. Stephen Townsend, with excerpts taken from testimony Townsend provided to the Senate Armed Services Committee Jan. 30, 2020. United States Africa Command is one of six of the U.S. Defense Department's geographic combatant commands and is responsible to the Secretary of Defense for military relations with African nations, the African Union, and African regional security organizations.