Category: USAFRICOM
Djibouti: AFRICOM Trains advanced skills for Restaurants and hospitality industry
Djibouti (HAN) April 18, 2014 – By. Tech. Sgt. Jasmine Reif, U.S. Africa Command (press release) – At the top of a hill overlooking the Gulf of Tadjoura, sits the hotel trade school, Lycee Hotelier d’Arta. The school provides Djiboutian teens the opportunity to learn skills for the restaurant and hospitality industry. Nearly 100 students…
Djibouti: US Military Intervention in Africa Faces Logistical Hurdles
Khartoum (HAN) April 17, 2014 – Growing instability in the Horn of Africa, including Somalia, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Kenya, Sudan and Central Africa will be the focus of Washington’s intervention. The U.S. military leaders and Congress must acknowledge that the underlying reasons for the build-up in Africa are clearly related to the economic and class…
Ethiopia: Global Fire Power ranked the strongest military power in SS Africa
Djibouti (HAN) April 14, 2014 – Medhane Tadesse – Global Fire Power seem to have missed the point that the Ethiopian military establishment is more experienced in combat than that of Algeria and Egypt. Preparedness at all times and capacity to project power across national borders should have been an important consideration. In this regard…
Iran Continues to Destabilize Yemen
Djibouti (HAN) April 7, 2014 – By. Oren Adaki,- FDD Policy Brief – Yemeni President Abd Rabbu Mansour Hadi last week called on Iran to stop fueling the two largest conflicts rocking his country: the northern Houthi insurgency and the southern separatist movement. Hadi asked Tehran to change its “wrong policies” and “lift its hand…
U.S. General Attended during Helicopter Crash Recognition Ceremony by Djibouti soldiers
Djibouti (HAN) March 29, 2014 – U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Wayne Grigsby Jr., Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa commanding general, speaks during the Djiboutian Soldier Recognition Ceremony at Camp Lemonnier in Djibouti on March 25, 2014. During the ceremony, the Humanitarian Service Medal was presented to four Djiboutian soldiers for their assistance after the…
Djibouti: The U.S. military command for Africa will not remove
Djibouti (HAN) March 15, 2014 – Camp lemonier – The general at the head of Africom said Wednesday that the Pentagon did not plan to remove the military command of the United States to Africa despite the prospect of further US Military cuts; armed Forces are in a period of financial restraint: a new fiscal…
