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Showing articles released Monday, August 13, 2012 through Thursday, September 13, 2012.
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Official Details Benghazi Attack, Vows to Support Libya

Sep 13, 2012 · American Forces Press Service
A senior government official revealed details of the deadly attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, September 11, 2012, that killed four State Department officials and wounded three others. On September 12, President...  Read Full Article


Ham: National Guard Essential to Africa Command

Sep 13, 2012 · National Guard Bureau
The National Guard is essential to U.S. Africa Command, the combatant commander said in Reno, Nevada Monday, September 10, 2012. "We in Africa Command rely on members of the Army and Air National Guard every day to accomplish...  Read Full Article


Statement by Secretary Clinton on the Attack in Benghazi

Sep 12, 2012 · U.S. Department of State
I condemn in the strongest terms the attack on our mission in Benghazi today. As we work to secure our personnel and facilities, we have confirmed that one of our State Department officers was killed. We are heartbroken by...  Read Full Article


Statement on the Death of American Personnel in Benghazi, Libya

Sep 12, 2012 · U.S. Department of State
Following is a press statement by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on the death of American personnel in Benghazi, Libya. It is with profound sadness that I share the news of the death of four American...  Read Full Article


Statement by the President on the Attack in Benghazi

Sep 12, 2012 · The White House Office of the Press Secretary
I strongly condemn the outrageous attack on our diplomatic facility in Benghazi, which took the lives of four Americans, including Ambassador Chris Stevens. Right now, the American people have the families of those we lost in...  Read Full Article


Eastern Accord 2012 Exercise Kicks Off

Sep 10, 2012 · 70th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment
Members from the Missouri Army National Guard's 110th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade, based in Kansas City, and representatives from seven East African countries begin U.S. Army Africa sponsored Eastern Accord 2012 Counter...  Read Full Article


Swift Crew Continues APS Mission, Reflects on SECNAV Visit

Sep 6, 2012 · HSV 2 Swift Public Affairs
Sailors and embarked crew aboard Military Sealift Command-chartered High Speed Vessel Swift (HSV 2) donated their time and effort to help paint an orphanage Sept. 4, 2012, as the ship continues its Africa Partnership Station...  Read Full Article


DOD Seminar Examines Violent Extremism

Sep 6, 2012 · GCMC Public Affairs
Professionals from 61 countries have gathered at one of the Department of Defense's regional centers here to share ideas about countering violent extremism across the globe. With attendees from four combatant commands,...  Read Full Article


16 African Nations, AFRICOM Gather for Africa's Largest Pandemic Response Planning Conference

Sep 6, 2012 · U.S. AFRICOM Public Affairs
Representatives from 16 African nations and the United States, including senior government officials, public health professionals, and military officers, came together August 27-31, 2012, at the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping...  Read Full Article


AFRICOM Leading the Way in Conflict Prevention in Africa, Says Former UNAMIR Commander

Sep 6, 2012 · U.S. AFRICOM Public Affairs
Conflict prevention and early intervention are key to eradicating human rights violations and catastrophic events such as genocide, said former commander of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda (UNAMIR) and Canadian...  Read Full Article


CJTF-HOA Members Deliver 'Care' to Orphanage

Sep 5, 2012 · CJTF-HOA Public Affairs
Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa soldiers forward-deployed to Ethiopia delivered care packages to a local orphanage September 2, 2012. St. Augustine's, a 100-year-old, Catholic, all-girls orphanage in Dire Dawa,...  Read Full Article


African Journalists, PAOs Share Perspectives During First AFRICOM Media Symposium

Sep 5, 2012 · U.S. AFRICOM Public Affairs
About 65 journalists and military public affairs officers from 13 African nations and the United States gathered here August 27-30, 2012, for the first Public Affairs and the Media Symposium. The symposium, hosted by U.S....  Read Full Article


AFRICOM's Women, Peace and Security Conference Ends

Aug 30, 2012 · U.S. AFRICOM Public Affairs
United States Africa Command's Women, Peace and Security - Lessons Learned in Peacekeeping conference concluded August 24 at the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Center. The three-day conference presented...  Read Full Article


African Air Chiefs Gather to Build Partnerships, Strengthen Region

Aug 29, 2012 · U.S. Air Forces in Europe Public Affairs
Military leaders from 10 different nations across Northwest Africa and the United States, in partnership with the African Center for Strategic Studies, gathered for the Regional Air Chiefs Conference here, August 28-30. The...  Read Full Article


HSV Swift Departs Nigeria Following Africa Partnership Station Visit

Aug 27, 2012 · U.S. Naval Forces Europe, 6th Fleet Public Affairs
High-Speed Vessel Swift (HSV 2) completed a week-long visit to Lagos, Nigeria, in support of Africa Partnership Station (APS) 2012, August 24. During the visit, Swift conducted several classroom and field training engagements...  Read Full Article


First Senegal Navy Staff Talks Address Maritime Security Issues, Training

Aug 27, 2012 · U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa/U.S. 6th Fleet Public Affairs
The first-ever Senegal navy staff talks took place August 23-24 at the Senegal navy headquarters in Dakar. Rear Admiral Mohamed Sane, chief of navy staff for the Senegal navy, presided over the two-day meeting along with...  Read Full Article


German Parliament Member Visits AFRICOM Headquarters in Stuttgart

Aug 27, 2012 · U.S. AFRICOM Public Affairs
Elke Hoff, a member of the German parliament, visited U.S. Africa Command headquarters on Aug. 22, 2012, to deepen her understanding of the command and the two nations' mutual interests. It was her first visit to the command...  Read Full Article


USAID, OFDA host disaster preparedness course at Camp Lemonnier

Aug 27, 2012 · U.S. AFRICOM Public Affairs
A team from the U.S. Agency for International Development and the Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance hosted two, two-day Joint Humanitarian Operations Courses at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, from Aug. 21 to Aug. 24, 2012....  Read Full Article


SecAF discusses East Africa Mission during Djibouti Visit

Aug 23, 2012 · CJTF-HOA Public Affairs
Secretary of the Air Force Michael Donley made his first trip, since assuming his current post, to Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, today, to visit service members and civilians, and discuss operations in East Africa with Combined Joint...  Read Full Article


Ham to Seek More National Guard Partnerships in Africa

Aug 22, 2012 · American Forces Press Service
As the North Carolina National Guard builds on successes of the Southern Accord 12 exercise that wrapped up last week with Botswana, the commander of U.S. Africa Command said he'll press to expand the State Partnership Program...  Read Full Article


U.S Africa Command Denies Plans of Establishing in Bases in Botswana

Aug 21, 2012 · U.S. AFRICOM Public Affairs
In response to a recent newspaper article in Botswana, U.S. Africa Command's commanding officer, General Carter Ham, once again denied reports that the United States is seeking to establish a base or move the commanddâ?s...  Read Full Article


International Partners Inaugurate Amani Peace Operations Training Village

Aug 20, 2012 · Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa
A choir sings during church service, a family leisurely strolls through the market, and laughter rings out from a friendly card game. Suddenly, a rebel group interrupts the peacefulness of the African village on a quiet afternoon....  Read Full Article


Ham Closes Southern Accord Praising U.S.-Botswana Partnership

Aug 17, 2012 · American Forces Press Service
The commander of U.S. Africa Command closed one of the largest joint exercises ever conducted on the African continent at Thebephatshwa Air Base in Botswana, August 16, 2012, praising the Botswanan military as a capable partner...  Read Full Article


Marines, West Africans Train for Peace

Aug 17, 2012 · U.S. Marine Forces Africa
During Exercise Western Accord 2012 in Thies, Senegal, U.S. Marines, sailors, soldiers and airmen reservists trained and lived alongside their West African partners to build military interoperability and test their combined-operational...  Read Full Article


U.S. Helps Botswana Build Medical Evacuation System

Aug 16, 2012 · American Forces Press Service
When the Botswana Defense Force sets out to build a medevac and aeromedical evacuation capability within its forces, it looked to the U.S. military, which has become the world's expert in evacuating wounded troops from the...  Read Full Article


U.S. Medics Support Botswana HIV Prevention Efforts

Aug 15, 2012 · U.S. AFRICOM Public Affairs
A U.S. military medical team in Botswana for the Southern Accord 12 exercise is helping the Botswana Defense Force confront the country's most pressing health crisis one circumcision surgery at a time. The U.S. team is...  Read Full Article


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