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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Sep- 2019 -20 SeptemberAfrica
US carries out airstrike against ISIS fighters in Libya, Africa Command says
US forces carried out an airstrike against Islamic State fighters in southwest Libya, Africa Command said
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18 SeptemberAfrica
US AFRICOM commander Townsend meets G5 Sahel leaders in inaugural trip
US AFRICOM chief General Townsend made his first trip to the Sahel, meeting with the heads of the G5 Sahel joint force tasked with fighting insurgents
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Jun- 2019 -21 JuneAfrica
France-led cross-border Operation Aconit kills 18 more Islamic State fighters in Niger
Niger's defense minister said 18 Islamic State fighters were killed near the Mali border in the joint Operation Aconit involving US, French, Nigerien and Malian troops
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May- 2019 -9 MayAfrica
US airstrike kills 13 Somalia ISIS fighters, AFRICOM says
A US airstrike in has killed 13 Islamic State fighters in the Golis mountains in northern Somalia, US Africa Command said
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8 MayCommentary
US military must fully disclose civilian casualties in lethal airstrikes
Investigations indicate true extent of civilian deaths in Raqqa could be double that acknowledged by the US military
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3 MayAfrica
US training program in Burkina Faso seeks to stabilize ‘core region’
The DC National Guard and Burkina Faso armed forces are working to stabilize the security situation through a comprehensive training partnership
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Apr- 2019 -30 AprilPolitics
US Senate confirms new AFRICOM and EUCOM commanders
The US Senate confirmed General Stephen Townsend and General Tod Wolters as the new AFRICOM and EUCOM commanders
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15 AprilAfrica
US airstrike kills senior ISIS Somalia official Abdulhakim Dhuqub, Africom says
US Africa Command said it carried out an airstrike against the ISIS affiliate in Somalia, killing senior official Abdulhakim Dhuqub
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10 AprilAfrica
US Africa Command conducts first Somalia airstrike since admitting civilian casualties
US Africa Command said it carried out an airstrike targeting al-Shabaab in Somalia, the first since it admitted it had inadvertently killed civilians
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8 AprilAfrica
Fighting continues in Tripoli after US relocates personnel from key Libya operations center
Khalifa Haftar’s LNA advanced near a key US operations center near Tripoli prior to the evacuation of US personnel from the area
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