Friday, February 28, 2014 - 07:33
Politico Magazine ran a feature, America’s 25 Most Awkward Allies, in which it highlights how the Obama Administration works with repressive regimes across the world in order to advance United States’ national interests, often because of U.S. counterterrorism priorities. Several African governments made the list:
Friday, February 28, 2014 - 05:20
The former Soviet Union has more often been the recipient of United Nations peacekeeping missions than contributors to them. But several of the countries in the region have been working, often with assistance from the United States, to get their militaries ready to participate in international peacekeeping.
Wednesday, February 26, 2014 - 09:02
U.S. Army Africa deployed a team of medical personnel from U.S. Army Forces Command, U.S. Army Medical Command, Army Reserve Medical Command, and the 7th Civil Support Command, Feb. 3-14, for medical readiness training between the Kingdom of Lesotho Defense Forces and USARAF.
Wednesday, February 26, 2014 - 09:00
U.S. Army Africa continues to provide training to different African nations to help them secure their own borders, thereby helping them secure the region.
Monday, February 24, 2014 - 10:36
NAVAL AIR STATION SIGONELLA, Italy - Marines and sailors from Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa 14.1 arrived in Mauritania in February to conduct a theater security cooperation mission.NAVAL AIR STATION SIGONELLA, Italy - Marines and sailors from Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa 14.1 arrived in Mauritania in February to conduct a theater security cooperation mission.
Monday, February 24, 2014 - 09:47
A group of Peterson Air Force Base airmen became the first airlift troops assigned to Africa on a recent deployment.
Read more at http://gazette.com/peterson-airman-gain-experience-through-deployment-to-africa/article/1515269#Qco5lytWc8gpjcYb.99
Monday, February 24, 2014 - 08:28
Over 1,000 soldiers from 18 African and Western nations launched a U.S. organized counter-terrorism training exercise in Niger on Wednesday aimed at improving security capabilities across Africa's Sahara-Sahel zone.
Friday, February 21, 2014 - 11:24
This week, the United States conducted training in the Sahel region of Africa and renewed its engagement in South Sudan and Central African Republic. Below is our round up of security developments on the continent:
Friday, February 14, 2014 - 09:42
This week, the U.S. government praised its growing security presence on the continent, while South Sudan and Central African Republic continued to experience fighting. Below is our round up of security developments on the continent:
Wednesday, February 12, 2014 - 08:24
While headlines and congressional committees continue to focus on Washington’s strategic rebalance to the Asia-Pacific region, the US Army and Marine Corps remain busy elsewhere, although only the most dramatic bits and pieces of their mission have received much attention.
