What does AFRICOM stand for?

Africa Command

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Samples in periodicals archive:

Protesters also called for Obama to order troops out of Iraq and to scrap Africom, the controversial year-old United States Africa Command, and demanded "hands off" Venezuela and ends to the Cuba embargo and the Zimbabwe blockade.

African-Americans slam Obama in White House protest

United States [geographic] combatant commands (GCCs) including Africa Command, Central Command, European Command, Pacific Command, and Southern Command, play critically important implementing roles.

United States Department of State surpasses target of 75,000 trained ...

The United States is becoming increasingly involved in creative and unconventional programs to combat extremism, many of which can be found in the Pentagon's newly created Africa Command (AFRICOM).

Fighting radicalism without fighting radicals

If you look at the clan structure or the tribes - to think that there may not be linkages probably is a bit naive," said Army General William Ward, head of the Pentagon's Africa Command.

US searches for links between Somali pirates, terrorist groups

Vince Crawley, the chief public affairs spokesman for United States Africa Command (Africom), said: "The United States military did not engage in any air, missile or combat operations during the time frame in question in Sudan.

Jets 'bombed convoy in Sudan'

We are also focused on cyberspace, unmanned aircraft systems and United States Africa Command.

America's Airmen continue to deliver

A spokesman for the United States Africa Command, Vince Crawley, said a small number of American troops would provide protection aboard the two C-17 cargo planes the Pentagon is sending and would remain in Darfur only long enough to unload the aircraft.

Sudan welcomes US airlift to Darfur peacekeepers

Africa Command (USAFRICOM)--is an attempt to provide a solution to a felt problem.

Why USAFRICOM?