{"id":52450,"date":"2018-04-20T19:46:21","date_gmt":"2018-04-20T19:46:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2018\/04\/20\/african-land-forces-summit-bolsters-partnerships-in-fight-against-transregional-threats\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T23:48:03","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T23:48:03","slug":"african-land-forces-summit-bolsters-partnerships-in-fight-against-transregional-threats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/training-sim\/2018\/04\/20\/african-land-forces-summit-bolsters-partnerships-in-fight-against-transregional-threats\/","title":{"rendered":"African Land Forces Summit bolsters partnerships in fight against transregional threats"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 Military leaders from more than 40 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/global\/mideast-africa\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">African nations<\/a> and the United States have gathered for the African Land Forces Summit 2018 in Abuja, Nigeria, to strengthen regional partnerships and relationships. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The summit provides opportunities for leaders to meet and form informal friendships that can be critical to regional relationships. Leaders will also develop cooperative solutions to solve shared security challenges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThere is a saying in the National Guard in the national recovery space,\u201d Brig. Gen. William Prendergast, U.S. Army Africa deputy commanding general, told Defense News. \u201cNever exchange business cards during a national crisis.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ALFS 2018 accomplishes \u201cbuilding friendships and informal connections\u201d and is meant \u201cto develop security and stability across the continent,\u201d Prendergast added.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/global\/mideast-africa\/2018\/04\/17\/uae-stops-training-somalias-military-after-cash-seizure\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"198\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP18106414038720.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">UAE stops training Somalia\u2019s military after cash seizure<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The United Arab Emirates says it will end its military training mission to Somalia after an incident that saw its soldiers assaulted and $9.6 million seized at an airport in Mogadishu.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The theme of the summit this year, \u201cUnity is Strength,\u201d underscores that many of the security challenges on the continent require a joint response. <br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On a continent as large and complex as Africa, with more than one billion people and more than 2,000 spoken languages, communicating and coordinating in response to transregional threats \u2014 violent extremist organizations like Boko Haram and the Islamic State group, climate change, and natural disasters \u2014 is challenging.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The summit provids leaders the opportunity to practice and work through command-and-control challenges they would face in the event of a real crisis. Prendergast explained leaders conduct tabletop and regional exercises to simulate multinational responses to crises. \u201cThe rehearsal aspect is important,\u201d Prendergast said. \u201cTechnology gets us halfway there. Then we need to work on the human aspect of command and control.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> So what does the United States\u2019 African partners want most? According to Prendergast, \u201cit\u2019s the partnership.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAs we look at Africa rising and driving stability and good governance across the continent, [our partners] are not looking for the U.S to be the lead,\u201d he said. Our partners are \u201clooking for us to facilitate learning, to facilitate those conversations so they learn to do it on their own.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ultimately, events like ALFS will \u201cenable them to have the experience and the confidence to execute those things independently.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But the problems the United States\u2019s African partners face are by no means simple. \u201cIn some instances, people think you can throw money at the problem and fix it overnight,\u201d Prendergast said. \u201cOn the African continent, it takes a long time to change those threats to stability.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAfrica is truly important to the U.S. and our allies. &#8230; Violent extremist organizations aren\u2019t threatening the U.S. now, but this may become an area they move too,\u201d he added. 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