Africom
US Africa Command, one of Department of Defense six geographic combatant commands responsible to the Secretary of Defense for military relations with African nations, the African Union, and African regional security organizations. Africom was declared operational capable on October 1, 2008. In 2018 Africom’s commander was US Marine Corps General Thomas D. Waldhauser.
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Jan- 2020 -27 JanuaryAfrica
US gives Niger Air Force hangar for C-130 transport aircraft at Agadez base
The US handed over to the Niger Air Force a hangar that will house two C-130 transport aircraft in Agadez
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24 JanuaryBusiness
Kenya commissions 6 MD 530F Cayuse Warrior helicopters
Kenya's military commissioned into service six MD 530F Cayuse Warrior light attack helicopters purchased from the United States
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10 JanuaryAfrica
At least 25 Niger soldiers, 63 ‘terrorists’ killed in attack on army base in Tillaberi region
Insurgents attacked a Niger military base in the Tillaberi region leading to clashes that killed at least 25 soldiers and 63 "terrorists"
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5 JanuaryAfrica
Al Shabaab attacks Kenya military base in Lamu
Fighters from Somalia's Al-Shabaab group launched an attack on a military base used by US and Kenyan forces in coastal Lamu
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3 JanuaryAfrica
AFRICOM responds to al-Shabaab ambush on Somalia troops with airstrike
AFRICOM carried out an airstrike against suspected al-Shabaab militants who attacked Somali government troops west of Mogadishu
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Dec- 2019 -16 DecemberAfrica
Somalia conducts airstrike on al-Shabaab ‘operative’ near Dujumma
Somalia's government conducted an airstrike with the US military against a suspected al-Shabaab operative near Dujumma
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10 DecemberAfrica
VIDEO: Somali security forces retake Mogadishu hotel from Shabaab militants, at least 10 dead
Gunmen opened fire outside a hotel near Mogadishu's presidential palace on Tuesday night, as police fought back the attackers
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Nov- 2019 -26 NovemberAfrica
US officials meet Haftar in bid to end offensive against Libyan government
US officials met with rogue Libyan field marshal Khalifa Haftar in an effort to halt his offensive against Tripoli's UN-backed government
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15 NovemberAfrica
US seeks Coalition meeting on ISIS threat in West Africa and the Sahel
The United States is seeking a meeting of the Global Coalition Against ISIS early in 2020 to focus on threats in West Africa and the Sahel
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13 NovemberAfrica
Estonia special forces to join France-led Takuba mission in Mali, defense ministry says
Estonian special operations forces are set to join the new France-led Task Force Takuba in the Mali in the second half of 2020
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