President Obama has approved an additional $105 million for urgent humanitarian relief efforts across the Horn of Africa, where the United Nations estimates that more than 12.4 million people are in urgent need as a result of the region's worst
The wife of the U.S. vice president, Jill Biden, will travel to Kenya in the near future to assess the humanitarian disaster unfolding in the Horn of Africa. She'll accompany Rajiv Shah, who, as administrator of the U.S. Agency for
Participants of the Senegalese National Government Pandemic Disaster Response Tabletop Exercise summarized lessons learned and discussed ways ahead, July 29, 2011, wrapping up the five-day exercise held in Saly, Senegal.
The House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health and Human Rights held a hearing on U.S.-Africa defense and security partnership July 26, 2011.
Nearly 100 civilian and military representatives primarily from Senegal and the United States came together in Saly for a weeklong exercise to prepare for a potential pandemic, July 25-29, 2011.
A team of U.S. Soldiers from the 411th Civil Affairs Battalion, an Army Reserve unit out of Connecticut, partnered with Ghana's National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO) during MEDFLAG 11 to implement a malaria outreach program and
As part of the ongoing Africa Contingency Operations Training and Assistance (ACOTA) program, two U.S. Army Africa (USARAF) soldiers trained members of the Ghanaian Defense Forces recently at Bendasi Training Site, Accra, Ghana.
Chaplain (U.S. Navy Captain) Jon Cutler, director of Religious Affairs for Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), traveled to Kampala and Mbale, Uganda, from May 29 to June 2 to discuss new initiatives promoting regional
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton announced the Obama administration is increasing funding for Tanzanian nutritional programs as part of its Feed the Future initiative and pledged the administration's commitment to Tanzania's
Good governance is essential for Africa's development and achievement of its full potential, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says, calling for free elections across the continent and for strong democratic institutions.
During a weeklong trip to Sub-Saharan Africa, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton attended a nutrition roundtable in Dar es Salaam, June 12, 2011, alongside Tanzanian Prime Minister Mizengo Pinda and Irish Deputy Prime Minister Tanaiste
Senior foreign military leaders from 18 African countries gathered in Washington D.C. the third week of May 2011 to participate in the second "Warrant Officer and Sergeants Major Symposium" hosted by the U.S. Africa Command with support from the
The after-action reports still are works in progress after a successful MEDREACH 11 medical humanitarian assistance exercise that wrapped up in Lilongwe, Malawi, May 13, 2011, but the Army Reserve already is exploring ways to expand its
In my January Army Magazine article ("Front & Center"), I presented an "Open Letter to Army FAOs," discussing why I, as a geographic combatant commander, believe that the Army can do better at growing and leveraging the unique and
Legal experts from Africa, the United States, and Europe shared ideas and national strategies to countering piracy during the second day of U.S. Africa Command's Military Legal Conference, May 3, 2011.
Regional and international cooperation is critical in the development and enforcement of legal measures to combat maritime crimes off the coast of Africa, according to legal experts at a three-day conference in Balaclava, Mauritius, May 1-5,
Building partnership capacity and leveraging existing programs throughout U.S. governmental agencies along with western partners was a consistent theme at this year''s Trans Sahara Counterterrorism Partnership (TSCTP) conference hosted by
Air force leaders from more than 20 nations across Africa joined with U.S. Air Force leaders in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, April 26, 2011, to discuss aviation issues and develop partnerships across the continent.