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		<title>Africa Snapshot: Botswana</title>
		<link>http://africom.wordpress.com/2012/08/10/africa-snapshot-botswana/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Aug 2012 10:06:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Located north of South Africa, Botswana is the site of this year’s Southern Accord, an exercise that fosters security cooperation while conducting a combined joint humanitarian assistance/disaster relief, peacekeeping operations, and aeromedical evacuation exercise. Population: According to the CIA World Factbook, the estimated population for July 2012 was about 2 million people. Languages: While the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=africom.wordpress.com&#038;blog=10477331&#038;post=2398&#038;subd=africom&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>10 Things about the National Guard State Partnership Program</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jul 2012 14:03:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The National Guard State Partnership Program matches up foreign countries with the National Guard from certain U.S. states. For example, the Wyoming National Guard is paired with Tunisia. The State Partnership Program grew from a 1991 U.S. European Command decision to set up the Joint Contact Team Program in the Baltic Region with Reserve component Soldiers and Airmen. The [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=africom.wordpress.com&#038;blog=10477331&#038;post=2393&#038;subd=africom&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>10 Things about Western Accord</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jul 2012 12:10:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Senegal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[U.S. Marine Forces Africa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Western Accord]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[During June 26 to July 24, 2012, more than 1,200 military service men and women are participating in Western Accord, an inaugural exercise in Thiés, Senegal, designed to improve peacekeeping capabilities and proficiencies. Participating nations this year include Senegal, Burkina Faso, Guinea, The Gambia and France, along with another 600 military personnel from the United States. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=africom.wordpress.com&#038;blog=10477331&#038;post=2373&#038;subd=africom&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Firsthand Account of AFRICOM&#8217;s Pandemic Response Program</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jul 2012 07:59:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This blog post was written by Brigadier General Stayce Harris, U.S. Africa Command&#8217;s mobilization reserve assistant to the commander. Over the past 2 years, I have had the honor of working with AFRICOM/J5’s Pandemic Response Program (PRP) run by AFRICOM, funded by USAID and implemented by CDHAM (Center for Disaster and Humanitarian Assistance Medicine).   One [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=africom.wordpress.com&#038;blog=10477331&#038;post=2387&#038;subd=africom&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Africa Snapshot: Senegal</title>
		<link>http://africom.wordpress.com/2012/07/17/africa-snapshot-senegal/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jul 2012 11:23:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Senegal is this year’s host of Western Accord, an annual exercise designed to improve cooperation and connection among West African nations. More than 600 people are participating from the Armed Forces of Senegal, Burkina Faso, Guinea, The Gambia and France, along with another 600 military personnel from the United States. The exercise runs from June [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=africom.wordpress.com&#038;blog=10477331&#038;post=2361&#038;subd=africom&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>10 Things about Africa Partnership Station</title>
		<link>http://africom.wordpress.com/2012/07/05/10-things-about-africa-partnership-station/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jul 2012 07:47:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[U.S. Naval Forces Africa]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Africa Partnership Station (APS)]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here’s a brief introduction to Africa Partnership Station (APS), U.S. Naval Forces Africa’s (NAVAF) flagship maritime security cooperation program. The focus of APS is to build maritime safety and security by increasing maritime awareness, response capabilities and infrastructure: 1)   One major focus of APS in 2011 was the beginning of African partners taking the lead [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=africom.wordpress.com&#038;blog=10477331&#038;post=2345&#038;subd=africom&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Africa Snapshot: Cameroon</title>
		<link>http://africom.wordpress.com/2012/06/26/africa-snapshot-cameroon/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jun 2012 08:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Central Africa]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Africa Endeavor]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cameroon lies at the junction of western and central Africa. The nation is currently hosting this year’s Africa Endeavor, an annual 1n-day communications exercise focusing on interoperability and information sharing among African partners.  The goal of Africa Endeavor is to develop command, control, and communication tactics, techniques, and procedures that can be used by the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=africom.wordpress.com&#038;blog=10477331&#038;post=2335&#038;subd=africom&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>10 Things about Africa Center for Strategic Studies</title>
		<link>http://africom.wordpress.com/2012/06/21/africa-center/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jun 2012 13:22:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s a brief introduction to the Africa Center for Strategic Studies, the Department of Defense&#8217;s top center for strategic security studies, research, and outreach in Africa: 1) Part of the inspiration for the Africa Center for Strategic Studies (ACSS) was its European counterpart: the George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies. The Marshall Center focuses on security studies [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=africom.wordpress.com&#038;blog=10477331&#038;post=2315&#038;subd=africom&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>10 Things About Africa Endeavor</title>
		<link>http://africom.wordpress.com/2012/06/19/10-things-about-africa-endeavor/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jun 2012 13:17:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s a brief intro to the annual exercise Africa Endeavor, going on right now: 1) In cooperation with the Armed Forces of Cameroon and the support of the African Union, U.S. Africa Command is sponsoring Africa Endeavor 2012, the largest military communications interoperability and information sharing exercise in Africa 2) The exercise will be held June 18 [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=africom.wordpress.com&#038;blog=10477331&#038;post=2330&#038;subd=africom&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Africa Snapshot: Sierra Leone</title>
		<link>http://africom.wordpress.com/2012/06/14/africa-snapshot-sierra-leone/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jun 2012 13:27:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Located in West Africa, Sierra Leone is nestled between Liberia and Guinea on the coast of the North Atlantic Ocean. Population: According to the CIA Factbook, the estimated population for July 2012 is 5,485,998. Languages: English is the official language of Sierra Leone, but the regular use of it is limited to the literate minority.  [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=africom.wordpress.com&#038;blog=10477331&#038;post=2318&#038;subd=africom&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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