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B-ROLL: African Land Forces Summit 2025 hosts plenary session on synchronizing border security within Africa

U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa

April 8, 2025 | 1:41

Dr. Geoff Jackson moderates Plenary 1: Synchronizing Border Security within Africa, during the African Land Forces Summit (ALFS) 2025, in Accra, Ghana, April 8. Presenters for the plenary session include Rocco Messina, head of the Border Security and Management Unit at the UN Counter-Terrorism Centre (UNCCT), Dr. Emmanuel Wekem Kotia, Major General of the Ghana Armed Forces and Chief Executive of the Ghana Boundary Commission and Dr.
Wafula Okumu, executive director, The Borders Institute. This plenary session discussed the challenges and opportunities for effective border security management in the context of counter-militant insurgencies and organized crime in Africa. Sponsored by the U.S. Army Chief of Staff and co-hosted by the U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa (SETAF-AF) and the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF), ALFS 2025 brings together senior leaders from across Africa and other partner nations, April 7-10, 2025, in Accra, Ghana, to address shared security challenges. [Sponsored by the U.S. Army Chief of Staff and co-hosted by the U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa (SETAF-AF) and the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF), ALFS 2025 brings together senior leaders from across Africa and other partner nations, April 7-10, 2025, in Accra, Ghana, to address shared security challenges. (U.S Army video by Emmanuel Boahen)

Shot List
(00:00:00) MEDIUM SHOT: GAF Military Police stands in front of National flags
(00:02:01) MEDIUM SHOT: Soldiers having a conversation
(00:04:17) MEDIUM SHOT: Soldiers having a conversation
(00:07:10) MEDIUM SHOT: Soldiers having a conversation
(00:09:08) MEDIUM SHOT: Soldiers having a conversation
(00:11:20) WIDE SHOT: Panelist having conversation before start of session
(00:13:15) LONG SHOT: GAF Lt. Col. Belinda Amarteifio at the ALFS podium
(00:19:24) CLOSE SHOT: U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Andrew Gainey listens to speaker
(00:22:16) MEDIUM SHOT: Dr. Geoff Jackson introducing panelists
(00:32:02) CLOSE SHOT: Land forces commander taking notes
(00:35:16) WIDE SHOT: Mr. Rocco Messina speaks to land force commanders
(00:45:00) MEDIUM SHOT: Mr. Rocco Messina speaks to land force commanders
(00:48:05) CLOSE SHOT: Ethiopian patch
(00:49:08) CLOSE SHOT: Morocco patch
(00:50:16) CLOSE SHOT: Nigeria and Multinational Joint Task Force patch
(00:52:11) LONG SHOT: Malawi Army Maj. Gen. Chikunkha Soko listens to panelist
(00:54:17) WIDE SHOT: GAF Maj. Gen. Emmanuel Wekem Kotia speaks to land force commanders
(01:04:02) LONG SHOT: GAF Maj. Gen. Emmanuel Wekem Kotia speaks to land force commanders
(01:10:00) MEDIUM SHOT: Land forces commanders listen to panelists
(01:13:24) LONG SHOT: Dr. Wafula Okumu speaks to land force commanders
(01:18:10) MEDIUM SHOT: U.S. Army band plays after plenary session
(01:23:21) MEDIUM SHOT: Ethiopian National Defense Force Lt. Gen. Solomon Etefa shakes hands with GAF Maj. Gen. Lawrence Gbetanu
(01:25:23) MEDIUM SHOT: Land forces commanders having a conversation
(01:30:15) MEDIUM SHOT: Land force commander shakes hands with GAF Maj. Gen. Lawrence Gbetanu
(01:36:19) MEDIUM SHOT: US Army band plays after plenary session