ASSESSMENTS

U.S.: AFRICOM Outside of Africa

May 5, 2008 | 21:43 GMT

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Summary

The Pentagon's newest combatant command, Africa Command, will not relocate its headquarters to Africa, despite its efforts to do so, media reported May 4. Retaining its central operations headquarters in Germany will not, however, prevent the Pentagon from continuing the kind of work it has already accomplished in Africa.

The U.S. military's Africa Command will not have headquarters in Africa, as planners had hoped. ...

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