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Service members from the Royal Moroccan Armed Forces practice firing the M203 grenade launcher during Exercise African Lion 16, April 19, 2016 aboard the Tifnit Military Base in Morocco. African Lion is an annually-scheduled, combined U.S.-Moroccan exercise designed to improve interoperability and mutual understanding of each nation’s tactics, techniques and procedures while demonstrating the strong bond between the two nations' militaries. The exercise is scheduled to run through late April 2016. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Melissa Martens/Released)

Article | Combat logistics' role supports African Lion 16

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April 29, 2016

Annual exercise underway in the Kingdom of Morocco.

Article | Epic Guardian 2016 to Promote Cooperation, Interoperability

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April 26, 2016

Ghana and Cabo Verde key participants in annual exercise

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Soldiers from 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division stationed in Garoua, Cameroon, present school supplies purchased with Spirit of America funding to the Cameroon Air Base 301 Pre-School on April 8. Soldiers from 3rd Inf. Div. provide non-lethal support to their Cameroonian hosts as part of U.S. Africa Command. (U.S. Army Africa photo by Spc. Jonathan Singletary/Released)

Article | U.S. Soldiers present donated educational supplies to Cameroonian school children

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April 19, 2016

Education as a way to fight Boko Haram

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From left to right: U.S. Army Gen. David M. Rodriguez, U.S. Africa Command commanding general, Brig. Gen. Kurt Sonntag, new Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa commanding general, and Maj. General Mark Stammer, departing CJTF-HOA commanding general, cut a cake during a change of command ceremony post-reception April 13, 2016, at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti. Service members, diplomats and multi-national guests attended the ceremony and met the new commander. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Kate Thornton/Released)

Article | CJTF-HOA welcomes new commander, senior enlisted leader

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April 19, 2016

Leadership changes hands at Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa Command

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160410-G-XX888-864 (April 10, 2016) ATLANTIC OCEAN - U.S. coast guard law enforcement detachment members assist Senegalese navy personnel to conduct a boarding of a fishing vessel as part of Africa Maritime Law Enforcement Partnership, April 10, 2016. The combined U.S.- Senegal operation was conducted from the Senegalese navy ship Kedougou (OPV 45), the first time ever AMLEP has been executed without a U.S. vessel. AMLEP is a U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa/U.S. 6th Fleet facilitated theater security cooperation initiative that aims to build African partner nation capacity to patrol and enforce maritime law within that nation's territorial waters and economic exclusive zone. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Maritime Enforcement Specialist 1st Class Glen Hyzak/Released)

Article | U.S. Coast Guard supports Senegalese maritime law enforcement operation

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April 18, 2016

The Senegalese navy, Senegalese interagency representatives, and a U.S. Coast Guard law enforcement detachment completed a combined U.S.- Senegal law enforcement operation as part of Africa Maritime Law Enforcement Partnership.

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Gen. David Rodriguez, Commander U.S. Africa Command and en. Samora Yunis, Chief of Staff Ethiopian National Defense Force sign the summary of conclusions after a Bilateral Defense Committee (BDC) meeting in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 31 March, 2016. The new agreement out lines the cross-exchange of logistics, services, supplies and support, as well as a way forward for the Africa Data-Sharing Network and combat engineering. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Dan DeCook)

Article | U.S., Ethiopia Sign New Agreement, Enhance Security Partnership

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April 7, 2016

Senior defense and government officials from the U.S. and Ethiopia held the sixth annual Bilateral Defense Committee March 31, 2016, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

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U.S. Marine Corps 1stLt. Jack Lowder addresses an audience on intelligence practices alongside U.S. Army Col. David Jones, the chief of J29 engagements, and Royal Moroccan Armed Forces General Benlovali during the Basic Intelligence Course at the Moroccan Southern Zone Headquarters, March 3-25, 2016. The Basic Intelligence Course consisted of U.S. service members from several organizations to include the Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response- Africa instructing members of the Moroccan and Mauritanian armed forces in intelligence gathering, reporting, concepts, and disciplines to help their commanders make informed decisions when faced with uncertainty. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by 1stLt. Jack Lowder/Released.)

Article | Joint Intelligence Training with US, Morocco, Mauritania Strengthen Tactical Level Intelligence

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April 5, 2016

U.S. service members completed a Basic Intelligence Course for members of the Moroccan Royal Armed Forces and the Armed Forces of Mauritania, March 3-25, at the Moroccan Southern Zone headquarters in Agadir, Morocco.

Brig. Gen. Kenneth H. Moore, Jr., U.S. Army Africa deputy commanding general and Col. Maj. Yaya Sere, chief planning officer and chief of operations for the General Staff of the Burkina Faso Armed Forces take a guided tour of the Western Accord 2016 training site at the BFAF Noncommissioned Officer Academy March 22. WA 16 is a two-week long exercise with regional African partners and their Western allies designed to strengthen partnerships and enhance capacity and capabilities to conduct joint multinational peacekeeping operations in West Africa. (U.S. Army Africa photo by Sgt. 1st Class Chris Bridson)

Article | US, Burkina Faso Wrap-up Western Accord 2016 Planning Event

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April 4, 2016

U.S. Army Africa and Burkina Faso military planners worked with representatives from 18 different countries to complete the final planning process for Western Accord 2016 March 21-25.

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DOUALA, Cameroon (March 25, 2016) - Capt. Sylvester Mbah Fonkoua, Chief of Multinational Coordination Center, salutes Gov. Ivaha Diboua during the Exercise Obangame/Saharan Express 2016 closing ceremony in Douala, Cameroon, March 25, 2016. Obangame/Saharan Express, one of three African regional express series exercises facilitated by U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa/U.S. 6th Fleet, seeks to increase regional cooperation, maritime domain awareness, information sharing practices and improve interoperability among participating forces in order to enhance maritime security and regional economic stability. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Amanda Dunford/Released)

Article | Obangame/Saharan Express 2016 Concludes

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April 1, 2016

Maritime forces from Gulf of Guinea nations, Europe, South America, and the United States and several regional and international organizations concluded the multinational maritime exercise Obangame/Saharan Express 2016 March 25.