Africa: New US Military Command for Africa Focuses on Partnership

May 10th, 2007, by dipps

The United States is moving ahead with a new military command structure for Africa, consolidating all U.S. activity on the continent. Africa Command will not be complete until late next year (last quarter of 2008), but Pentagon officials say there are no plans to send in any additional combat units. The 1700 American troops now in Djibouti work on training, security and humanitarian projects.