Africa-America Ties: U.S. Army Participates in Unified Focus 2017

According to a press release from the American embassy in Cameroon, the U.S. military, in partnership with the Cameroonian Armed Forces, the Multination Joint Task Force (MNJTF) of the Lake Chad Basin Commission, partner militaries, interagency partners will conduct the exercise Unified Focus 2017 in Douala, Cameroon from April 24-28, 2017. UF 17, the release notes, is a tabletop exercise that brings the military partners of the MNJTF together to practice joint planning and coordination through a series of prepared vignettes. It will demonstrate their ability to work together and coordinate with non-military organizations to counter the threat and instability caused by Boko Haram and violent extremist organizations in the Lake Chad Basin area. This is the first Unified Focus exercise. The vignettes planned for t...