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Representatives from 30 African Nations Meet to Finalize Planning for Africa Endeavor 12

12:00 AM5/4/2012
Participants from more than 30 African nations met with their Western counterparts from the United States, Canada, and the Netherlands this week in Accra, Ghana, to finalize planning for Exercise Africa Endeavor 2012.

The final
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Embarkation Specialists Begin Retrograde Port Operations after African Lion 2012

12:00 AM5/4/2012
Service members began hosing down military equipment in preparation for the retrograde portion of Exercise African Lion 12 at the port of Agadir, Morocco, April 16, 2012.

Three-hundred fifteen vehicles, generators, flood lights and
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US, Tanzania Military Attorneys Find More Similarities Than Differences in Military Law

12:00 AM5/4/2012
Two members of the Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa legal staff and one U.S. Army Africa legal staff member recently attended the Military Law Symposium at the Peacekeeping Training Center here as part of a traveling contact team.  Read more
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USS Simpson Concludes Participation in Saharan Express 2012

12:00 AM5/2/2012
Sailors aboard the guided-missile frigate USS Simpson (FFG 56) concluded their participation in exercise Saharan Express 2012 while underway off the coast of West Africa, April 30, 2012.

Saharan Express, one of four express series
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US, Rwandan Defense Force Personnel Exchange Best Practices

12:00 AM4/30/2012
Five personnel assigned to Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa exchanged best practices with soldiers from the Rwandan Defense Force here April 2-14.
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Grand Bara Desert Century Bike Ride

12:00 AM4/30/2012
A photo essay.
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CJTF-HOA, Rwandan Defense Force Personnel Exchange Best Practices

12:00 AM4/27/2012
Five personnel assigned to Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa exchanged best practices with soldiers from the Rwandan Defense Force here April 2-14.
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Toby Keith Visits Camp Lemonnier

12:00 AM4/27/2012
A photo essay by U.S. Navy Senior Chief Mass Communication Specialist (EXW) Maria R. Escamilla.
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Defense Strategy Pertains Directly to Horn of Africa, Senior Official Says

12:00 AM4/27/2012
Many of the focus areas outlined in the nation's defensive strategic guidance, released in January, go beyond Asia-Pacific and pertain to the Horn of Africa, a senior defense official said April 26, 2012.
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U.S. Urges Sudan, South Sudan to Cease Hostilities, Resume Talks

12:00 AM4/27/2012
The United States urges the governments of Sudan and South Sudan to cease attacking each other across their undemarcated border to avert an all-out war and a looming humanitarian disaster.
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U.S. Supports Pushback Against Lord's Resistance Army

12:00 AM4/26/2012
For more information on U.S. policy to counter the Lord's Resistance Army, see video and testimony transcripts at  Read more
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TACNET Technicians Ensure Constant Communication

12:00 AM4/26/2012
Far from camp here, U.S. service members stationed in austere conditions in forward operating areas around Africa have regular access to communications, thanks to the Tactical Networking team of the Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa's
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For African Anti-Terrorism, Region Must Lead, but U.S. Is Helping

12:00 AM4/26/2012
Porous borders and weak security institutions have heightened the threat posed by violent groups in East and West Africa, and the United States is working with countries in both regions to counter the threats, not only by empowering their security
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Senior Chief, Master Chief Frocked in Djibouti

12:00 AM4/25/2012
A photo essay by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Geronimo Aquino.
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U.S. Africa Command Observes World Malaria Day

12:00 AM4/25/2012
U.S. Africa Command is stepping up efforts to prevent one of the biggest killers in Africa with the establishment of the East African Malaria Task Force, April 25, 2012. AFRICOM epidemiologist Dr. Refaat Hanaa, said the task force formed in
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SEAC Visits Camp Lemonnier

12:00 AM4/24/2012
U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. Bryan B. Battaglia, Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, made his first trip as the SEAC here April 21 - 22 to visit personnel assigned to Camp Lemonnier, Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of
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CJTF-HOA Members Deliver Desks to Djiboutian School

12:00 AM4/24/2012
A photo essay by U.S. Navy Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Christopher Carson.
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DOD's Top Senior NCO Makes First Visit to AFRICOM, Addresses Enlisted Service Members

12:00 AM4/23/2012
En route to Africa, the Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (SEAC), Marine Corps Sergeant Major Bryan B. Battaglia, stopped in Stuttgart, Germany, to meet with staff members and senior leaders of U.S. Africa
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AFRICOM Connects with South Sudanese Military Chaplains

12:00 AM4/20/2012
In the first Senior Leader Religious Engagement with the world's newest nation, representatives from U.S. Africa Command chaplaincy traveled to Juba to meet their South Sudanese counterparts, March 27-30, 2012.
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17th Air Force Stands Down, AFAFRICA Mission Carries On

12:00 AM4/20/2012
Seventeenth Air Force, the air component to U.S. Africa Command, stood down in an inactivation ceremony at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, April 20, 2012, but dedicated Air Force support to USAFRICOM's mission continues on uninterrupted.
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