8th African Land Forces summit opens in Addis Ababa

Addis Ababa, February 18, 2020 (FBC) -The 8th annual African Land Forces Summit 2020 (ALFS20) kicked in Addis Ababa today.

The theme for the summit is “tomorrow’s security demands leadership today.”

The four-day summit brings together over forty land force chiefs and representatives from across Africa.

During the event, Land Force chiefs will exchange information on current topics of mutual interest and engage in candid dialogue to develop cooperative solutions to address trans-regional challenges and threats.

The inaugural ALFS was held in Washington, D.C., in 2010. ALFS 2012 was conducted in Uganda and ALFS 2015 in Senegal.

Initially, ALFS was a biannual event, but was interrupted by sequestration and competing U.S. Army priorities in 2014.

In 2015, U.S. Army Africa decided to hold ALFS annually in order to build upon the relationships created in previous years.

ALFS 2016 was held in Tanzania, ALFS 2017 in Malawi, ALFS 2018 in Nigeria and 2019 in Botswana.