The Commander of the United States Africa Command (AFRICOM), General Dagvin R. M. Anderson held a series of talks with Senegalese authorities focused on strengthening security cooperation between Dakar and Washington, during a visit that included meetings with two government ministers.
After being received on Wednesday, November 11, 2026, by the Minister of the Interior and Public Security, Mouhamadou Makhtar Cisse, the American military official met on Thursday with the Minister of the Armed Forces, Yankoba Dieme.
During his meeting with Mr. Cisse, the talks centred on the strength of the Senegalese-American partnership in the fields of security and defence, as well as prospects for diversifying and
deepening this cooperation, given the evolving nature of security threats across the African continent.
The second meeting, held at the Ministry of the Armed Forces, allowed both delegations to review various aspects of security cooperation between Senegal and the United States, as well as Senegal’s role as a strategic partner to Washington in Africa.
These two meetings take place against a backdrop of persistent transnational threats in West Africa and the Sahel – a situation that places regional cooperation and the capacity-building of defence and security forces at the forefront of priorities.
General Anderson’s visit to Senegal is also part of a broader regional diplomatic tour; on November 10, the AFRICOM commander was received in Bamako by the President of the Malian Transition, General Assimi Goita.
Those talks focused primarily on the security situation in the Sahel and potential cooperation in the fight against terrorism.
This series of meetings illustrates Washington’s desire to maintain a security dialogue with several African countries, within a regional environment characterised by the reshaping of partnerships and the search for responses to security challenges.
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