November 22

• Africa: 'Kony is an Evil Man', Says U.S. Commander [interview]

  In an interview at the Chatham House, London, the United Kingdom, with members of various organizations November 16, 2012, General Carter Ham, commander of U.S. Africa Command,... Read more »

November 20

• Mali: Transcript - Ham Interviews With RFI (radio France Internationale) [interview]

  While describing AQIM and how the organization is equipped, Ham said the AQIM is Al-Qaedaas best-funded, best-financed affiliated organization. Read more »

• Mali: Transcript - Ham Interviews With France 24's Marc Perelman [interview]

  PERELMAN: Hello and welcome to the France (inaudible) interview. Our guest today is General Carter Ham, who is the commander of the US Africa Command which is based in Germany, but... Read more »

November 16

• Africa: U.S. Africom - Building Partner Capacity in Africa [document]

  Building partner capacity is an essential military mission and an important component of the U.S. Government's approach to preventing and responding to crisis, conflict, and... Read more »

November 8

• Africa: Eight Navies Complete East African Exercise Cutlass Express 2012

  Sailors and maritime professionals from eight nations wrapped up Exercise Cutlass Express 2012-2 (CE12-2) today after a week of multinational maritime events in the Indian Ocean... Read more »

• Africa: Students Learn the Truth About Security

  Students of the George C. Marshall Center's Program in Advanced Security Studies (PASS) visited U.S. Africa Command November 5, 2012, to learn more about the command's mission and... Read more »

November 1

• Africa: Military Intelligence Course Builds Bonds Between U.S. and African Service Members

  Military Intelligence Non-Commission Officer Course- Africa II enhances capacity for intelligence collection, analysis, information sharing among the participating nations, and... Read more »

October 31

• Ethiopia: Ethiopia, U.S. Partner for Veterinarian Project

  Situated in the highlands overlooking Ethiopia's Rift Valley, the town of Hirna was the site of a Veterinary Civic Action Program Oct. 22-28, where district animal health workers... Read more »

October 30

• Djibouti: Symposium Preaches Djibouti Land, Maritime Security [press release]

  The Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) sponsored a symposium on counter illicit trafficking for select Djiboutian officials at the Kempinski Hotel, in Djibouti City, Djibouti,... Read more »

October 19

• Africa: Obama Nominates Rodriguez As Next Africa Command Chief

  President Obama has nominated Army General David M. Rodriguez to succeed Army General Carter F. Ham as the commander of U.S. Africa Command, Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta said,... Read more »

October 18

• Africa: U.S. Dept of Defense Seeks 'Small Footprint' in Africa

  For Djibouti, location is everything. Read more »

October 12

• Africa: What Happens in Africa Affects U.S.

  Say "Africa" to most Americans and they think of "the Dark Continent" - a land beset by problems and disasters, far enough away that anything that happens there cannot possibly... Read more »

October 9

• North Africa: U.S. Africa Commander Speaks [press conference]

  While in Morocco, General Ham visited with members from the Morocco Center for Strategic Studies. Of that visit, General Ham said, "...which was very helpful in me getting a better... Read more »

October 5

• Libya: U.S. Military Supports FBI Mission to Benghazi, Libya

  The U.S. military provided logistics and security support to an FBI team investigating the attack in Benghazi, Libya, that killed U.S. Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens and three... Read more »

• Africa: 'Train Like You Fight' - Coalition Exercise Preps PJs for Real-World Emergency

  Many moving parts go into producing and executing an exercise, and U.S. Air Force pararescuemen, or PJs, deployed in support of Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa, or... Read more »

• Africa: NATO Parliamentarians Visit AFRICOM Headquarters

  More than 34 members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Parliamentary Assembly visited U.S Africa Command headquarters at Kelley Barracks on Thursday, September 27, 2012,... Read more »

• Uganda: U.S. Army Personnel Assist Ugandan Military

  During the first week of September, Dr. Marva Dixon, Vicenza Army Community Services (ACS) Director; Sergeant Major Aaron Miller, U.S. Army Africa (USARAF) G-3 Sergeant Major; and... Read more »

October 4

• Mali: U.S. Africa Command Discusses Situation in Mali

  At a press conference in Algiers, Algeria, September 30, 2012, U.S. Africa Command Commander General Carter F. Ham answered questions about the situation in Mali, and the security... Read more »

October 3

• Africa: Top U.S. Africa Aide Discusses Mali, Somalia and DRC [document]

  Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Johnnie Carson held a briefing at the New York Foreign Press Center during which he discussed the situation in Mali and the Sahel,... Read more »

October 2

• Sudan: U.S., South Sudan Partner During De-Mining Courses

  Five service members from U.S. Africa Command partnered with the year-old Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) Aug. 22 to Sept. 7, 2012, to instruct 18 SPLA soldiers. Read more »

September 30

• São Tomé and Príncipe: Prime Minister of Sao Tome and Principe Visits AFRICOM Headquarters

  U.S. Africa Command welcomed Prime Minister Patrice Trovoada of Sao Tome and Principe to the command headquarters at Kelley Barracks on Monday, September 24, 2012. Read more »

• Africa: Resepi Meeting Helps African Nations Come Together to Control Animal Diseases Across Borders [opinion]

  Across Africa, outbreaks of disease in animals pose a particular threat to the food supply and economies, rippling past borders and undermining precious stability. Read more »

September 28

• Burundi: Burundi Military Practices Unit Deployment With Georgia Army National Guardsmen

  A pair of Georgia Army National Guardsmen from the 110th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion trained more than 30 Burundi Armed Forces personnel during two weeks of instruction on... Read more »

• West Africa: Clinton's Remarks At UN Secretary General Meeting On the Sahel

  At the UN Secretary General Meeting on the Sahel, September 26, 2012, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said the international community cannot afford to ignore the chaos and... Read more »

September 27

• Somalia: Clinton's Remarks At a UN Secretary General Summit On Somalia [document]

  At a United Nations Secretary General Summit on Somalia, September 26, 2012, Hillary Clinton, U.S. secretary of state, discussed three areas of emphasis in Somalia: continued... Read more »