Tunisia and Senegal will be joining troops from host country Morocco when the annual African Lion training exercises take place in June. African Lion is the largest military exercise in Africa. This year African Lion exercises will include “operating a tactical command post, conducting situational training exercise lanes, conducting field training exercises and conducting indirect fire gunnery table qualification,” which will culminate in “a combined and joint live-fire exercise,” organisers said. The African Lion exercise is designed to provide training for US, Moroccan, Tunisian, Senegalese, and “other regionally-based African partnered forces.” It will also reinforce the knowledge learned from previous African Lion exercises, while providing both a foundation and a structure for future military cooperation in the region and beyond. The event had been cancelled last year because of the pandemicUS National Guard from Georgia will train alongside Morocco, Tunisia and Senegal at African Lion (Image Georgia National Guard)

Source: The North Africa Journal April 29, 2021 20:48 UTC