On the second day of the Burkina Faso Government Pandemic Disaster Response Tabletop Exercise, May 15, 2012, participants began meeting in five task-oriented groups.
The operations command group, health group, humanitarian assistance
Eight African military officers who are students at the George C. Marshall Center visited U.S. Africa Command May 11, 2012, to learn more about AFRICOM's mission and objectives.
The seven men and one woman are taking part in the
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.
U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Johnnie Carson updates the Senate Foreign Relations African Affairs Subcommittee on the U.S. government's counter-LRA efforts, during a hearing on April 28, 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.
U.S. Assistant Secretary of State, Bureau of African Affairs, Johnnie Carson testifies on "Examining The U.S. Policy Response to Entrenched African Leadership" before the Senate Foreign Relations African Affairs Subcommittee in Washington, D.C. on
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
Amanda J. Dory, deputy assistant Secretary of Defense for African affairs, joined Donald Yamamoto, principal deputy assistant Secretary of State for African affairs, and Earl Gast, U.S. Agency for International Development assistant administrator
Residents of Chebelley, members of Combined Joint Task Force –- Horn of Africa and the U.S. Embassy came together to commemorate the completion of the Chebelley Clinic during a grand opening ceremony here April 18. Chebelley village members
- Representatives from African partner nations Ghana, Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, Nigeria, and Senegal participated in the Special Operations Command Africa- coordinated 2012 Flintlock Senior Leader Symposium hosted at the Kofi Annan
Six members comprising a team of Cape Verde's Coast Guard, Maritime and Judicial Police, joined eight members of a U.S. Coast Guard Law Enforcement Detachment (LEDET) and sailors from the guided-missile frigate USS Simpson (FFG 56), March 27
More than 60 future Defense Department leaders visited U.S. Africa Command headquarters in Stuttgart, Germany, April 11, 2012, to learn more about the command, meet with senior leaders, and share their own research and recommendations on
It all begins on the yellow footprints. The moment a young Marine recruit makes the decision to earn the eagle, globe and anchor, he is skillfully and painstakingly groomed for leadership, instilled with the traits and skills he will continue to
The appearance of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) in the Central African Republic and the lingering presence of rebel groups have overwhelmed the country's small military, regional officials said during an international roundtable
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) in Eastern Africa and other international development leaders have established an alliance to promote resilience against disasters in the
In developing countries experiencing chronic crises, such as those in the Horn of Africa, disaster risk reduction is often just as important, if not more so, than humanitarian response and recovery, according to a senior official from U.S. Agency
President Obama expressed concern about growing tensions between Sudan and South Sudan when speaking April 2, 2012 to South Sudanese President Salva Kiir about the clashes in the border region between the two East African nations.