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United States Africa Command News by Section History of U.S. Africa Command U.S. Africa Command began initial operations Oct. 1, 2007, and became fully operational Oct. 1, 2008. For the past 13 years, U.S. Africa Command has worked with African partners for a secure, stable, and prosperous Africa. In response to our expanding partnerships and interests on the African continent, the U.S. established AFRICOM in 2007. The single most important focus then, as it is today, was developing enduring partnerships. The creation of AFRICOM has provided coherence to U.S. m...

May 5 2021 NATO announces official kick-off of flagship exercise Steadfast Defender 2021 Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE) invites media representatives to a virtual press conference on NATO exercise Steadfast Defender 2021 on Thursday, 6 May 2021, at 15:30 (Brussels Time). The press conference will be led by SHAPE’s Vice Chief of Staff, Lieutenant General Brice Houdet with representative from the Joint Force Commands Norfolk (USA), Naples (ITA) and the headquarters Joint Support and Enabling Command (DEU). The NATO Spokesperson Oana Lungescu will moderate the virtual pre...

Smart Power: Leveraging the Women, Peace, and Security Agenda The link between women’s empowerment and successful peace processes is “incontrovertible,” said Hudson. She and her team conducted the largest ever empirical analysis of the phenomenon. They examined 166 nation state outcomes, ranging from war to population health, and found that the subjugation of women at the household level was “significantly associated” with 72 percent of negative outcomes measured. In light of these findings, incorporating women in peace processes is a necessary part of any common sense, “realist�...

Ukraine reports one KIA, one WIA in Donbas on March 12 / REUTERS The Command of Ukraine's Armed Forces has reported one killed in action (KIA) and one wounded in action (WIA) amid 14 violations of the ceasefire agreement by Russia-controlled armed groups in the Donbas warzone on Friday, March 12. "In the past day, March 12, as many as 14 ceasefire violations were recorded in the Joint Forces Operation (JFO) zone," the press center of the Ukrainian JFO Command said on Facebook in an update as of 07:00 Kyiv time on March 13, 2021. In particular, the occupiers fired proscribed 120mm and 82mm mor...

The Command of Ukraine's Armed Forces has reported one killed in action (KIA) amid eight violations of the ceasefire agreement by Russia-controlled armed groups in the Donbas warzone on Wednesday, March 10. Since midnight, enemy forces have not attacked Ukrainian troops.