Sergeant 1st Class Cassius Williams instucts Senegalese soldiers on U.N. peacekeeping policies during training for the African Crisis Response Initiative in Thiès, Senegal.

The African Contingency Operations Training and Assistance (ACOTA) program, formerly the African Crisis Response Initiative (ACRI), is a United States program to train military trainers and equip African national militaries to conduct peace support operations and humanitarian relief. Image File history File links United States Army Sgt. ... Image File history File links United States Army Sgt. ... The United Nations, or UN, is an international organization established in 1945 and now made up of 191 states. ... Thiès is the second largest city in Senegal, lying east of Dakar on the N2 road and at the junction of railway lines to Dakar, Bamako and St-Louis. ... Military education and training is a process which intends to establish and improve the capabilities of military personnel. ... Africa is the worlds second-largest continent and second most populous after Asia. ... There is a disputed proposal that this article should be merged with foreign aid Humanitarian aid is assistance given to people in distress by individuals, organisations, or governments to relieve suffering. ...

The ACOTA program, which succeeded ACRI in 2004, aims to increase the capabilities of African militaries in areas such as human rights, interaction with civil society, international law, military staff skills, and small unit operations. Over 40,000 African soldiers will be trained in peacekeeping over five years.[1] The African Contingency Operations Training and Assistance program has a record of supporting African militaries that have afterwards participated in peacekeeping or peace support activities in the continent. The program is funded by the Department of State peacekeeping operations account.[2] Human rights are rights which some hold to be inalienable and belonging to all humans. ... Civil society or civil institutions refers to the totality of voluntary civic and social organizations or institutions which form the basis of a functioning society as opposed to the force backed structures of a state (regardless of that states political system). ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... The United States Department of State, often referred to as the State Department, is the Cabinet-level foreign affairs agency of the United States government, equivalent to foreign ministries in other countries. ...

Beneficiary countries

• Benin
• Côte d’Ivoire
• Ghana
• Kenya
• Malawi
• Mali
• Senegal
• Uganda

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References

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• GlobalSecurity.org
• U.S.-Trained African Forces Tool for Peace, Linda D. Kozaryn, American Forces Information Service