Telephonic Press Briefing on the First West Africa Joint Operations Regional Exercise

The following special briefing via telephone was published by the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of African Affairs on April 7, 2021. It is reproduced in full below.

Telephonic press briefing on the first ever West Africa Joint Operations (WAJO) regional exercise that took place March 29-31, 2021. The briefing featured Julie Cabus, Deputy Assistant Secretary and Assistant Director Training Directorate, Bureau of Diplomatic Security, and Michael C. Gonzales, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of African Affairs. The speakers addressed the regional exercise, which was designed to connect counterterrorism investigators with their judicial counterparts in three nations (Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger).

Source: U.S. Department of State, Bureau of African Affairs