Back to U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa GABORONE, Botswana – The U.S. Army and Botswana Defence Force (BDF) successfully concluded the final planning conference for exercise Southern ...

U.S. and Botswanan military personnel took part in a workshop focusing on better integrating women into the African country’s army, addressing issues such as sexual harassment and the need for ...

Gaborone, Botswana — Exercise Southern Accord 2024 officially began on August 5, 2025, launching a two-week joint military exercise between U.S. and Botswana forces. The opening ceremony in Gaborone ...

GABORONE, Botswana - Officials from North Carolina held a disaster consequence management workshop with members of the Botswana Defence Force (BDF) and several civil agencies at Sir Seretse Khama ...

U.S. Army and Botswana Defense Force engineers improve an existing pond used for watering livestock and some agricultural needs in a small village near Mkankake Range in Botswana, Aug. 20, 2012. The ...

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The Southern African Development Community (SADC) is building a military logistics hub in Botswana to ensure rapid deployment of troops. The construction follows the regional bloc's 2021 failure to ...

Two JAS-39 Gripens assigned to the Swedish Air Force participate in the Baltic Region Training Event April 22, 2015, over the Baltic region. The training event was held to enhance relations between ...

STANS, Switzerland, April 25 (UPI) -- The Botswana military is buying PC-7 MK II turboprop trainer aircraft from Pilatus Aircraft Ltd. of Switzerland. The contract for five the aircraft is worth about ...

Botswana has launched an investigation into the alleged recruitment of two young men, aged 19 and 20, to fight in the Russia–Ukraine war.Authorities believe the youths may have been misled by promises ...

Gaborone, Botswana — U.S. and Botswanan military personnel took part in a workshop focusing on better integrating women into the African country's army, addressing issues such as sexual harassment and ...