University of Southern California
USC Center on Public Diplomacy
MEDIA MONITOR - AFRICOM
INSIDE THIS SECTION

SendSEND TO FRIENDS


DEC 1, 2009
U.S. Africa Command Hosts 3rd Annual HIV/AIDS Awareness Program
U.S. Africom Command
U.S. Africa Command health specialists, doctors, and staff members discussed the latest trends in HIV/AIDS at the AFRICOM headquarters in Stuttgart, Germany, November 30, 2009, in recognition of World HIV/AIDS Awareness Day on December 1.  Read more...

NOV 17, 2009
Think Again: Africom
Foreign Policy
For years, the Department of Defense split the continent between three existing commands - Central, European, and Pacific. But on February 6, 2007, the George W. Bush administration announced that Africa was finally going to get individual attention. If the move was meant as demonstration of Africa's crucial importance to the United States, however, it was received as more of an insult.  Read more...

NOV 17, 2009
Africa Command Begins its Premier Security Cooperation Conference
U.S. AFRICOM Public Affairs
The interagency representation at the conference also points to how Africa Command continues to be a listening and learning organization, Ward added. "This is a team effort...this helps us understand the environment in a more effective way and how we can do our very best to ensure that our programs are coordinated and synchronized in a way that brings coherency to the totality of our efforts to help bring stability to the African continent."  Read more...

SEP 9, 2009
AFRICOM To The Rescue
Strategy Page
Earlier this year, the U.S. donated $9 million worth of vehicles, weapons and equipment to enable a battalion of the Tanzanian Army to join the peacekeeping force in Darfur (western Sudan).   Read more...

AUG 19, 2009
Stop “Crimes Against Humanity and Geological Scandals”: Give AFRICOM a Chance In Congo
The Huffington Post
10,000 women are expected to receive assistance in the form of medical care, counseling, economic assistance and legal support. Clinton's uncompromising condemnation of perpetrators of sexual violence has not been thoroughly emphasized or analyzed, but sniping has already begun about AFRICOM's involvement in her initiative.  Read more...

Previous posts :  1 2 3 >  Last »




*
*
* *
*
- - -
USC Center on Public Diplomacy logo Back to Top
USC Center on Public Diplomacy
Home | About the Center | Newsroom | Center Projects | Library | For Students
*
Search | Contact Us | Privacy Policy   ©2010 USC Center on Public Diplomacy. All rights reserved.