Facilitating Community Action Against Boko Haram Recently, the Nigerien military hosted a Counter-Boko Haram summit, with support from Spirit of America and US Forces. The event took place in the southern Region of Diffa, near the border with Nigeria, where...
Bringing Leaders Together in Chad to Defeat Violent Extremism A US Team in Chad recently hosted a Traditional Leaders’ Engagement to bring together key municipal, traditional, and religious leaders in N’Djamena, the nation’s capital. This event...
UPDATE: Countering Extremism through Opportunity in Niger The recipients of veterinary training scholarships provided by Spirit of America in response to local needs identified by a U.S. Army Civil Affairs Team in Niger recently completed their training at the...
Update to our Counter-Boko Haram Efforts Greetings, Our new Africa project manager, Chris VanJohnson, and I recently returned from southern Niger, where Boko Haram has been terrorizing the civilian population in their pursuit of a caliphate. Over the past few months,...
Africa Stopping Boko Haram in Niger June 24, 2015 Spirit of America supports the safety and success of deployed US troops and diplomats and the local people and partners they seek to help. This means working in some of the most challenging environments in the world,...
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