AFRICOM - 'Oppportunities in Africa' - Ward w/Senegal Media

General William 'Kip' Ward talks about opportunities in Africa via French interpreter with Senegalese journalists visiting U.S. Africa Command December 14-18, 2009.

"As we work together to build stability ... the world community is better off."

Story by Staff Sergeant Amanda McCarty
U.S. AFRICOM Public Affairs
STUTTGART, Germany, Dec 18, 2009
A delegation of Senegalese media representatives visited U.S. Africa Command headquarters as part of an orientation program to explain the command's mission, December 14-18, 2009, culminating in an on-the-record interview with AFRICOM commander General William "Kip" Ward.

The group consisted of four Senegalese journalists, who lead prominent media organizations in Senegal; the director of information for the Senegalese Armed Forces; the public affairs officer for the U.S. Embassy in Dakar, Senegal, as well as a media specialist from the U.S. Embassy. The founder and chairman of the African Advisory Board joined the group during their weeklong visit to the command where they met with senior staff members to discuss the command's programs and activities.
Full story:
http://www.africom.mil/getArticle.asp?art=3811

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[kemetkush]

what does the african-union say about africom.

[USAfricaCommand]

Better to ask AU:

See our video from Nov. 17, 2008.

An AU official visiting AFRICOM in 2008 said "the establishment of the Africa Command is a clear testimony of the cordial relationship that exists between Africa and the government of the United States of America. ...The AU believes that AFRICOM represents an opportunity to strengthen and expand United States and African relationships."

[TheMambavenom]

Africon cantrain African Security personnel for what?? Why are we training personnel for military, why are we not training doctors, engineers, teachers, aviators, agricultural personnel??????

WAR WAR WAR AND MORE MISERABLE WAR!!!

[ResearchKnowledge123]

The so-called Global Community had decades to assist African development. They chose to leave Africans starving and economically stagnant. Now that the Chinese have taken a sincere interest in investing in and building African Infrastructure the west suddenly has decided they want in. What a joke. It's an insult! If the US want to participate in Africa encourage private sector investment. Africans do not need an American Military presence on the continent! NO TO AFRICON!

[ResearchKnowledge123]

The US military can train African Security personnel on any one of the 700 bases currently stationed all over the world. There is no need for an American military base on the African Continent! Japan wants the US base out of Japan! The US refuses to leave and Japan would have to resort to war to remove them. Once allowed in they will never leave! NO TO AFRICON!!!

[RubberIceCream]

The "World" is a mess yet, it's always been this way. I'm a "white-boy" as my bros would say. What do I care? I care about human beings and stability. There will always be an "Osama" or, "Adolf" waiting to self appoint as absolute, to start a 'Year Zero" campaign of genocide, systematic human executions of all over a certain age. Should we as a free, however 'broke', nation say no again to African Democracies? AFRICOM is a presence of small force to make the next human-god think twice.

[TheMambavenom]

HELP STRENTHEN CORDIAL RELATIONSHIPS????

LIKE IN.... Cuba, Vietnam, Chile, Nicaragua, Congo, Somalia, Libya , south Africa, Angola, Rhodesia, Cambodia, LAOS......etc etc. WTF .... AFRICANS BEWARE OF THE PAPA DOC DUVALIERS amongst your midst!!