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Ten thousand troops from NATO Allies and African partner countries recently gathered in North Africa for an exercise aimed at strengthening security against terrorism, illegal migration and piracy.

Over 50 countries – NATO Allies and partner countries – converged in North Africa recently for an exercise aimed at strengthening the security of NATO’s southern flank, while addressing the shared threats of terrorism, illegal migration and piracy.

‘African Lion 2025’ saw 10,000 troops train together in Ghana, Morocco, Senegal and Tunisia. After two weeks of classroom training, the exercise culminated in a week-long planning exercise, combining land, air, sea, space and cyberspace challenges.

‘African Lion’ is a large-scale exercise led by U.S. Africa Command (USAFRICOM). Each edition builds on the work of the previous one, shifting the focus to the next phase of a fictitious war. This year, having made significant gains in 2024, the exercise focused on consolidating reclaimed territory, implementing brand new battlefield innovations and establishing humanitarian relief to liberated populations. As such, the exercise incorporated a functioning field hospital, which treated over 12,000 civilians with limited healthcare access over three weeks.

Footage includes armoured vehicles driving across a desert, Special Operations Forces units in action and imagery from a chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) response exercise. Soundbites from General Chris Donahue, Commander, NATO Allied Land Command and U.S. Army Europe and Africa, Major Hugo Cartwright, British Army, Colonel Ranjini Danaraj, Director of Operations, U.S. Army Southern Task Force, and Colonel D. M. Sambou, Senegalese Army.