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Africa’s Size and Diversity

Africa’s Size and Diversity. 11.7 million square miles About 3-1/2 times the size of the Continental United States. Dakar to Mogadishu = 4365 miles Chicago to Honolulu = 4250 miles. Tunis to Cape Town = 4885 miles New York to Moscow = 4674 miles. 53 states

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Africa’s Size and Diversity

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  1. Africa’s Size and Diversity 11.7 million square miles About 3-1/2 times the size of the Continental United States Dakar to Mogadishu = 4365 miles Chicago to Honolulu = 4250 miles Tunis to Cape Town = 4885 miles New York to Moscow = 4674 miles 53 states 888 million people (14% of Earth pop.) Over 800 ethnic groups and 1000 languages

  2. A Diverse African Environment • Security Challenges • Terrorism & Extremism • Piracy and Trafficking • Non-Professional / Irregular Militaries • Ethnic Strife • Undergoverned Areas • Opportunities • Rapidly growing economies • Increasing democratization • Emerging regional security and economic communities • Growing political will to confront challenges

  3. Interagency Leaders Commander USAFRICOM Senior Enlisted Leader Special Staff Foreign Policy Advisor Deputy to the Commander for Military Ops Deputy to the Commander Civ-Mil Activities Senior Development Advisor Chief of Staff Office of Shared Services Operations & Logistics Outreach Strategy, Plans & Programs Intelligence & Knowledge Development C4 Systems Resources Director Director Director Director Director Director Dir. Plans Dep. Director Dep. Director Dep. Director Dep. Director Dep. Director OFDA Rep. Dir. Programs Treasury Rep. DHS Rep.

  4. U.S. Africa Command Mission Statement United States Africa Command, in concert with other U.S. Government agencies and international partners, conducts sustained security engagement through military-to-military programs, military-sponsored activities, and other military operations as directed to promote a stable and secure African environment in support of U.S. foreign policy. • Reduce conflict • Improve security • Defeat violent extremism • Support crisis response Our focus is to build the capacity of our African partners to:

  5. Our Team in Africa Offices of Security Cooperation (OSCs) Defense Attaché Officers w/o an OSC AFRICOM Liaison Officers Bilateral Assistance Officers Maritime Assistance Officers OEF-TS Security Assistance Officers Liaison officer in Southern Sudan Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) CJTF-HOA Country Coordination Element

  6. Our Approach Persistent, Sustained Level of Effort Build Partner Security Capacity Supporting USG Efforts to Encourage Dialogue and Development Promote Strategic Relationships Conduct Civil-Military Activities to Foster Stability Provide Crisis Response Oriented on Preventing Conflict… …to Enable the Work of Africans

  7. Committed for the Long Term Maintaining a persistent level of effort across Programs Activities Equipping Communication Foreign military sales or grants, and training Listening and Learning –Building Trust and Confidence Training, exercises and building the training base Sustainment Employment Education Enabling the work of Africans! Build sustainment capacity,cross-service agreements Instilling professionalism among officers and NCOs

  8. Ghana Cameroon Gabon Angola Sao Tome & Principe Africa Partnership Station (APS) • Themes • Maritime Security and Safety are vital to regional prosperity • US and partners are committed to enabling African solutions • Building trust through transparency and collaboration • Successful Development • Coalition support • NGO participation • USS Fort McHenry: Nov 07 – Apr 08 • HSV Swift: • Jan 08 –Jun 08

  9. State Partnership Program Utah -- Morocco Since 2003 Wyoming -- Tunisia Since 2004 Vermont -- Senegal In-Progress since April 2007 N. Dakota -- Ghana Since 2004 California -- Nigeria Since 2006 N. Carolina -- Botswana In-Progress since April 2007 New York -- South Africa Since 2003 Partners a U.S. state’s National Guard with an African partner for training, exercise, and relationship building 3/10/2014

  10. Peacekeeping • Africa Contingency Operations Training and Assistance (ACOTA) program • The US has been training African peacekeepers through ACOTA (or ACRI) since 1997 • Enhances existing African peace keeping capabilities • Focuses on infantry skills, humanitarian operations, human rights, and rules of engagement in peacekeeping scenarios • Trains approximately 20 battalions a year

  11. Liberia Security Sector Reform • $209M over four years to create a new Liberian army by 2008 • ~ 2000 soldiers to be trained • Brigade HQ, 2 infantry battalions, MP company, band • Contractor-provided training, AFRICOM-provided mentors • Provides all training, equipment, and infrastructure construction • AFRICOM commitment: 3 years • UN Mission in Liberia (since Sep 03) • Mission: To provide security • for country of Liberia • $714.9M for UN FY06 • ~ 17,000 total personnel • 90 fatalities

  12. Maritime Security • Goals: • Improved maritime domain awareness • Enhanced African regional maritime security and regional cooperation • Reduced piracy and “freedom of action” of traffickers and terrorists • Illegal fishing is countered • Enhanced sovereignty and security • AFRICOM actions: • Ship visits and maritime training • Provision of equipment • Boats, Coastal Radars, and Automated Identification Systems (AIS)

  13. Air Security Broad expanses of “ungoverned airspace” • AFRICOM, through 17th Air Force, supports USG “Safe Skies for Africa” program • Goal is to improve radar coverage and air traffic control over Africa • Presently, radar coverage is limited • Costs of “ungoverned” airspace • Potential for trafficking • Poor air safety • Reduction in economic • potential

  14. Counter-Terrorism • OEF-Trans-Sahara is AFRICOM’s effort to: • Build regional capacity • Promote interoperability • Strengthen Inter-regional cooperation in the trans-Sahara region • Trans-Sahara Counter Terrorism Partnership (TSCTP) is the US Department of State program in these same nations

  15. Other Theater Security Cooperation Programs Military Education promoting professionalism, enhancing capacity International Military Education and Training (IMET) Combating Terrorism Fellowship Program (CTFP) • Training and Equipping • enhancing security capacity • Foreign Military Finance (FMF) • Military to Military Engagement (M2M)

  16. Other Theater Security Cooperation Programs (2) Programs Relating to National Defense Authorization Act Section 1206 programs Section 1207 programs • Civil-Military Programs • helping prevent conflict • Humanitarian Mine Action (HMA) • DoD HIV/AIDS Prevention Program (DHAPP)

  17. Partnership Development • Goal: To build on regional relationships with African Union and sub-regional organizations • AFRICOM supports regional cooperation and coalition development through conferences and workshops

  18. http://www.africom.mil

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