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Tag Archives: U.S AFRICA COMMAND
NIGERIA HAS GREAT CAPABILITY TO FIGHT TERRORISM – U.S AFRICOM COMMANDER; U.S HELPING WITH REBUILDING MILITARY AIRLIFT CAPACITY, MARITIME SECURITY AND INTELLIGENCE FUSION
NNS Thunder F90 sails into Nigerian waters from the USA, January 2012 NEWS AGENCY OF NIGERIA Sun, 03/02/2013 Gen. Carter Ham, Commander,U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) says Nigeria has the capability to fight the war against Boko Haram terrorism. Ham said … Continue reading
Posted in ARMED CONFLICT, BOKO HARAM ISLAMIC STATE MOVEMENT, BUNKERING, COUNTERINSURGENCY OPERATIONS, GLOBAL DEFENCE NEWS, GULF OF GUINEA, JOINT SECURITY TASK FORCE, JOINT(MILITARY)TASK FORCE IN THE NIGER DELTA, MARITIME SAFETY AND SECURITY, MILITARY HARDWARE, MILITARY PHOTOS, NIGERIA, NIGERIAN AIR FORCE, NIGERIAN ARMED FORCES, NIGERIAN ARMY, NIGERIAN MILITARY HISTORY, NIGERIAN SPECIAL FORCES, OIL & GAS, PIRACY, RELIGIOUS FUNDAMENTALISM, SECURITY ISSUES AND CONCERNS, SPECIAL TASK FORCE, TERRORISM, U.S. AFRICA COMMAND, WEST AFRICAN STANDBY FORCE
Tagged ANTI-PIRACY OPERATIONS, COUNTERINSURGENCY OPERATIONS, LITTORAL WARFARE, MARITIME SECURITY, MILITARY AIRLIFT, MILITARY HARDWARE, MILITARY PHOTOGRAPHS, NIGERIAN AIR FORCE, NIGERIAN ARMED FORCES, NIGERIAN ARMY, NIGERIAN MILITARY HISTORY, NIGERIAN NAVY, NIGERIAN SPECIAL BOAT SERVICE, TERRORISM, U.S AFRICA COMMAND, URBAN GUERRILLA WARFARE
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U.S ARMY TO TRAIN AFRICAN FORCES IN COUNTER-TERRORISM
US AFRICOM Commander, General Carter F. Ham CBS NEWS December 24, 2012 WASHINGTON A U.S. Army brigade will begin sending small teams into as many as 35 African nations early next year,part of an intensifying Pentagon effort to train countries … Continue reading
Posted in AFRICA PARTNERSHIP STATION, AFRICAN ARMED FORCES, AL SHABAAB, AL-QAEDA IN THE ISLAMIC MAGHREB(AQIM), ARMED CONFLICT, CHAD, COUNTERINSURGENCY OPERATIONS, GLOBAL DEFENCE NEWS, KENYA, MALI, MILITARY PHOTOS, NIGER, RELIGIOUS FUNDAMENTALISM, RISK ANALYSIS, SUDAN, TERRORISM, U.S. AFRICA COMMAND, UGANDA, WEST AFRICAN STANDBY FORCE
Tagged AL SHABAAB, ANSAR DINE, AQIM, COUNTERINSURGENCY OPERATIONS, DEFENCE AND SECURITY, TERRORISM, U.S AFRICA COMMAND
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US, FRANCE PRESSURE ALGERIA ON MALI
Mali rebel mans a truck-mounted anti-aircraft weapon 28/10 PARIS (AFP) France and the United States are on a diplomatic offensive to secure vital Algerian backing for a military intervention in Mali, where Islamist militia are tightening their grip on the … Continue reading
Posted in AFRICAN ARMED FORCES, ARMED CONFLICT, GLOBAL DEFENCE NEWS, NIGERIAN ARMED FORCES, RISK ANALYSIS, SECURITY ISSUES AND CONCERNS, TERRORISM, Uncategorized, WEST AFRICAN STANDBY FORCE
Tagged ALGERIAN ARMED FORCES, ANSAR DINE, AQIM, AZAWAD, COUNTERINSURGENCY OPERATIONS, DEFENCE AND SECURITY, ECOWAS STANDBY FORCE, GEOPOLITICS AND STRATEGIC STUDIES, MALIAN ARMED FORCES, NIGER ARMED FORCES, NIGERIAN ARMED FORCES, TERRORISM, U.S AFRICA COMMAND, URBAN GUERRILLA WARFARE
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NIGERIA-U.S PARTNERSHIP FOR REGIONAL SECURITY AND DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA (I)
US-Nigeria solidarity LEADERSHIP BY ONYEABO CHUKWUKEME 1 OCTOBER 2012 OPINION The end of the Cold War in the late 80s, the information technology revolution and globalization that followed saw a paradigm shift in the general concept of security. The notion … Continue reading
Posted in AFRICAN ARMED FORCES, ARMED CONFLICT, COUNTERINSURGENCY OPERATIONS, GLOBAL DEFENCE NEWS, NIGERIA, RISK ANALYSIS, SECURITY ISSUES AND CONCERNS, TERRORISM, Uncategorized, WEST AFRICAN STANDBY FORCE
Tagged AFRICA PARTNERSHIP STATION, Boko Haram, COUNTERINSURGENCY OPERATIONS, DEFENCE AND SECURITY NEWS, GEOPOLITICS AND STRATEGIC STUDIES, MARITIME SAFETY AND SECURITY, NIGER DELTA CONFLICT, NIGERIA POLICE FORCE, NIGERIAN AIR FORCE, NIGERIAN ARMED FORCES, NIGERIAN ARMY, NIGERIAN MILITARY HISTORY, NIGERIAN NAVY, NIGERIAN SPECIAL FORCES, OIL AND GAS, PIRACY, STATE SECURITY SERVICE, TERRORISM, U.S AFRICA COMMAND, URBAN GUERRILLA WARFARE
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U.S AFRICA COMMAND DENIES PLANS TO ESTABLISH MILITARY BASE IN BOTSWANA
US AFRICOM Commander, General Carter F. Ham GABORONE, Aug. 16 (Xinhua) Visiting Commander of the United States Africa Command (U.S. AFRICOM) Carter Ham denied on Thursday plans to build a military base in Botswana. Ham announced this when responding to … Continue reading
KENYA DENY HOSTING U.S. SPY PLANE OPERATIONS; U.S RETAIN 120 TROOPS AT MANDA BAY NAVAL BASE TO FIGHT AL-SHABAAB MILITANTS, PIRATES
VOICE OF AMERICA (15 Jun) NAIROBI Kenyan military officials have denied the United States is using Kenyan territory or airspace to conduct regional surveillance missions, as mentioned in a Washington Post newspaper report describing expanding U.S. intelligence operations across Africa. … Continue reading
BLOG EXCLUSIVE: NIGERIAN NAVY PUT IN A FORMAL REQUEST FOR ANOTHER HAMILTON-CLASS SHIP, USCGC JARVIS (WHEC 725)
USCGC JARVIS WHEC 725 WPB 110 feet Island Class Cutter:Our source advised that the Nigerian Navy steer clear of these ones Beegeagle’s Blog, on account of revelations made available through impeccable back channel communication, can authoritatively reveal that the Nigerian … Continue reading
Posted in AFRICA PARTNERSHIP STATION, AFRICAN ARMED FORCES, ARMED CONFLICT, BUNKERING, COUNTERINSURGENCY OPERATIONS, DEFENCE INDUSTRIES & PRODUCTION, GLOBAL DEFENCE NEWS, GULF OF GUINEA, JOINT(MILITARY)TASK FORCE IN THE NIGER DELTA, MARITIME SAFETY AND SECURITY, MILITARY HARDWARE, MILITARY PHOTOS, NIGER DELTA CONFLICT, NIGERIA, NIGERIAN ARMED FORCES, NIGERIAN MILITARY HISTORY, NIGERIAN NAVY, NIGERIAN SPECIAL FORCES, PIRACY, RISK ANALYSIS, SECURITY ISSUES AND CONCERNS, TERRORISM, U.S. AFRICA COMMAND, WEST AFRICAN STANDBY FORCE
Tagged AFRICA PARTNERSHIP STATION, BUNKERING, COUNTERINSURGENCY OPERATIONS, GULF OF GUINEA, JOINT TASK FORCE - OPERATION PULO SHIELD, MARITIME GUARD COMMAND, MARITIME SECURITY, NIGER DELTA, NIGERIAN AIR FORCE, NIGERIAN ARMED FORCES, NIGERIAN ARMY, NIGERIAN MARITIME ADMINISTRATION AND SAFETY AGENCY, NIGERIAN MILITARY HISTORY, NIGERIAN NAVY, PIRACY, U.S AFRICA COMMAND, USCGC JARVIS WHEC 725, WPB 110s
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U.S EXPANDING NETWORK OF SECRET SPY BASES, AERIAL SURVEILLANCE ACROSS AFRICA..BURKINA FASO, MAURITANIA, KENYA, ETHIOPIA, UGANDA ‘NETWORKED’
RADIO NETHERLANDS 15 June, 2012 The United States military is expanding a secret network of air bases across Africa in order to spy on Al-Qaeda and other militant groups, the Washington Post reported. The surveillance is carried out by small, … Continue reading
Posted in AFRICA, AFRICA PARTNERSHIP STATION, AFRICAN ARMED FORCES, AL-QAEDA IN THE ISLAMIC MAGHREB(AQIM), ANSAR DINE, ARMED CONFLICT, BOKO HARAM ISLAMIC STATE MOVEMENT, BORDER SECURITY, COUNTERINSURGENCY OPERATIONS, GLOBAL DEFENCE NEWS, JOINT SECURITY TASK FORCE, MALI, MILITARY PHOTOS, NIGER, NIGERIA, NIGERIAN ARMED FORCES, NIGERIAN MILITARY HISTORY, NIGERIAN SPECIAL FORCES, POLITICS, RELIGIOUS FUNDAMENTALISM, RISK ANALYSIS, SECURITY ISSUES AND CONCERNS, STATE SECURITY SERVICE, TERRORISM, U.S. AFRICA COMMAND, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, URBAN GUERRILLA WARFARE, WEST AFRICAN STANDBY FORCE
Tagged AL QAEDA IN THE ARABIAN PENINSULA, AL SHABAAB, AL-QAEDA IN THE ISLAMIC MAGHREB, COUNTERINSURGENCY OPERATIONS, DEFENCE AND SECURITY, GEOPOLITICS AND STRATEGIC STUDIES, NIGERIAN ARMED FORCES, TERRORISM, U.S AFRICA COMMAND
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U.S-NIGERIA BINATIONAL COMMISSION CONFAB: U.S. TO WORK WITH NIGERIAN ARMY TO TACKLE ISLAMIST GROUP..CT-COIN SUPPORT IN THE LOOP
An Otokar Cobra APC of the Army’s 3 Brigade on urban counterinsurgency+counterterrorism patrols AFP Jun 5, 2012 WASHINGTON The United States plans to work with the Nigerian Army to help it combat the threat of the Islamist group Boko Haram, … Continue reading
Posted in AFRICAN ARMED FORCES, ARMED CONFLICT, BOKO HARAM ISLAMIC STATE MOVEMENT, BORDER SECURITY, COUNTERINSURGENCY OPERATIONS, GLOBAL DEFENCE NEWS, JOINT SECURITY TASK FORCE, JOINT(MILITARY)TASK FORCE IN THE NIGER DELTA, MARITIME SAFETY AND SECURITY, MILITARY HARDWARE, MILITARY PHOTOS, NIGER DELTA CONFLICT, NIGERIA, NIGERIAN ARMED FORCES, NIGERIAN MILITARY HISTORY, NIGERIAN PARAMILITARY FORCES, NIGERIAN SPECIAL FORCES, PIRACY, RELIGIOUS FUNDAMENTALISM, RISK ANALYSIS, SECURITY ISSUES AND CONCERNS, SPECIAL TASK FORCE, STATE SECURITY SERVICE, TERRORISM, U.S. AFRICA COMMAND, URBAN GUERRILLA WARFARE, WEST AFRICAN STANDBY FORCE
Tagged Boko Haram, COUNTERINSURGENCY OPERATIONS, DEFENCE AND SECURITY NEWS, GEOPOLITICS AND STRATEGIC STUDIES, JOINT SECURITY TASK FORCE - OPERATION RESTORE ORDER, NIGERIAN AIR FORCE, NIGERIAN ARMED FORCES, NIGERIAN ARMY, NIGERIAN MILITARY HISTORY, NIGERIAN NAVY, NIGERIAN SPECIAL FORCES, STATE SECURITY SERVICE, TERRORISM, U.S AFRICA COMMAND, U.S-NIGERIA BINATIONAL COMMISSION, URBAN GUERRILLA WARFARE
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MILITARY ASSISTANCE, CURTAILMENT OF TERRORISM TOP US-NIGERIA BINATIONAL COMMISSION TALKS IN WASHINGTON DC, MONDAY
THE GUARDIAN 4 June, 2012 AS Nigeria and the United States (U.S.) governments open a significant meeting today in Washington on the Nigeria-U.S. Bi-National Commission, they would be considering further assistance that Nigeria can benefit from the Americans in the … Continue reading
Posted in AFRICA PARTNERSHIP STATION, AFRICAN ARMED FORCES, AL-QAEDA IN THE ISLAMIC MAGHREB(AQIM), ARMED CONFLICT, BOKO HARAM ISLAMIC STATE MOVEMENT, BORDER SECURITY, BUNKERING, COUNTERINSURGENCY OPERATIONS, GLOBAL DEFENCE NEWS, GULF OF GUINEA, JOINT SECURITY TASK FORCE, JOINT(MILITARY)TASK FORCE IN THE NIGER DELTA, JOS ETHNORELIGIOUS CONFLICT, MARITIME SAFETY AND SECURITY, NIGER DELTA CONFLICT, NIGERIA, NIGERIA POLICE FORCE, NIGERIAN ARMED FORCES, NIGERIAN MILITARY HISTORY, NIGERIAN PARAMILITARY FORCES, NIGERIAN SPECIAL FORCES, PIRACY, RELIGIOUS FUNDAMENTALISM, RISK ANALYSIS, SECURITY ISSUES AND CONCERNS, SPECIAL TASK FORCE, STATE SECURITY SERVICE, TERRORISM, U.S. AFRICA COMMAND, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, URBAN GUERRILLA WARFARE, WEST AFRICAN STANDBY FORCE
Tagged Boko Haram, BUNKERING, COUNTERINSURGENCY OPERATIONS, GULF OF GUINEA, MARITIME GUARD COMMAND, MARITIME SECURITY, NIGER DELTA CONFLICT, NIGERIAN ARMED FORCES, NIGERIAN MARITIME ADMINISTRATION AND SAFETY AGENCY, NIGERIAN MILITARY HISTORY, U.S AFRICA COMMAND
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