1 FAM 120
BUREAU OF AFRICAN AFFAIRS (AF)
(CT:ORG-483; 10-11-2018)
(Office of Origin: AF/EX)
1 FAM 121 ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR
AFRICAN AFFAIRS
(CT:ORG-234; 01-26-2011)
The Assistant Secretary for African Affairs (AF):
(1) Reports directly to the Under Secretary for
Political Affairs (P);
(2) Has the duties of an Assistant Secretary as stated
in 1 FAM 112;
and
(3) Has substantive and coordinating responsibility
for 1 FAM 120Bureau
of African Affairs (AF).
1 FAM 121.1 Organization
(CT:ORG-234; 01-26-2011)
An organization chart of the Bureau of African Affairs
(AF) is found at 1
FAM Exhibit 121.1.
1 FAM 121.2 Authorities
(CT:ORG-396; 09-09-2016)
Authorities include:
(1) 22 U.S.C. 2651a and
2656, which are the general authorities of the Secretary of State for managing
the Department and conducting foreign relations;
(2) South African Democratic Transition Support Act of
1993 (Public Law 103-149);
(3) Horn of Africa Recovery and Food Security Act
(Public Law 102-274);
(4) African Growth and Opportunity Act (Public Law
106-200);
(5) Other authorities, as appropriate.
1 FAM 122 DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY
(5)
(CT:ORG-234; 01-26-2011)
See 1 FAM 113.
1 FAM 123 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (AF/EX)
(CT:ORG-62; 01-31-1995)
See 1 FAM 116.
1 FAM 124 SPECIAL ADVISERS
(CT:ORG-376; 10-13-2015)
For special advisers, see 1 FAM 118; and
for the Office of Economic and Regional Affairs (AF/ERA),
see 1 FAM 118.3.
1 FAM 125 OFFICE DIRECTORS
(CT:ORG-185; 05-20-2008)
See 1 FAM 114.1.
1 FAM 125.1 Director of the Office
of Central African Affairs (AF/C)
(CT:ORG-249; 08-03-2011)
The Director of the Office of Central African Affairs
(AF/C) is responsible for the countries of:
(1) Burundi;
(2) Cameroon;
(3) Central African Republic;
(4) Chad;
(5) Democratic Republic of Congo;
(6) Equatorial Guinea;
(7) Gabon;
(8) Republic of Congo;
(9) Rwanda; and
(10) Sao Tome and Principe.
1 FAM 125.2 Director of the Office
of East African Affairs (AF/E)
(CT:ORG-249; 08-03-2011)
a. The Director of the Office of East African Affairs
(AF/E) is responsible for the countries of:
(1) Comoros;
(2) Djibouti;
(3) Eritrea;
(4) Ethiopia;
(5) Kenya;
(6) Mauritius;
(7) Madagascar;
(8) Seychelles;
(9) Somalia;
(10) Tanzania; and
(11) Uganda.
b. The Director for East African Affairs (AF/E) is also
responsible for the British Indian Ocean Territories, including the Chagos
Archipelago (which includes the island of Diego Garcia).
1 FAM 125.3 Director of the Office
of Southern African Affairs (AF/S)
(CT:ORG-454; 05-31-2018)
The Director of the Office of Southern African Affairs
(AF/S) is responsible for the countries of:
(1) Angola;
(2) Botswana;
(3) Eswatini
(4) Lesotho;
(5) Mozambique;
(6) Malawi;
(7) Namibia;
(8) South Africa;
(9) Zambia; and
(10) Zimbabwe.
1 FAM 125.4 Director of the Office
of West African Affairs (AF/W)
(CT:ORG-331; 05-28-2014)
The Director of the Office of West African Affairs (AF/W)
is responsible for the countries of:
(1) Benin;
(2) Burkina Faso;
(3) Cabo Verde;
(4) Ghana;
(5) Guinea;
(6) Guinea-Bissau;
(7) Cote d'Ivoire;
(8) Liberia;
(9) Mali;
(10) Mauritania;
(11) Niger;
(12) Nigeria;
(13) Senegal;
(14) Sierra Leone; and
(15) The Gambia.
1 FAM 125.5 Director of the Office
of Security Affairs (AF/SA)
(CT:ORG-376; 10-13-2015)
The Director for AF/SA is responsible for:
(1) Regional security and political-military
affairs;
(2) US security assistance (including PKO, FMF, INCLE,
IMET, NADR, and DoD authorities and Leahy vetting) policy planning and program
management for the Bureau; and
(3) Specialized functional support and liaison in the
following fields:
(a) Military and Police operations;
(b) Law enforcement and the rule of law;
(c) Weapons proliferation and defense trade control;
(d) Counter terrorism (CT), including counter-terrorism
financing;
(e) Counter violent extremism (CVE);
(f) Narcotics;
(g) Maritime security;
(h) Security sector reform, including the Security
Governance Initiative (SGI);
(i) Peace operations; disarmament, demobilization and
reintegration (DDR), and post-conflict reconstruction, including peacekeeping
operations and the Africa Contingency Operations Training and Assessment
(ACOTA) program;
(j) Conflict prevention and early warning; and
(k) Coordination with the Department of Defense and AFRICOM, USAID, the Department of Justice,
and associated agencies.
1 FAM 125.6 Director of the Office
of Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs (AF/PDPA)
(CT:ORG-419; 07-12-2017)
See 1 FAM 114.2.
1 FAM 125.7 Director of the Office
of Economic and Regional Affairs (AF/ERA)
(CT:ORG-376; 10-13-2015)
The Director for AF/ERA is responsible for:
(1) Bureau strategic planning and budgeting functions,
including program monitoring and evaluation;
(2) Multilateral diplomacy, including the African
Union and the UN Economic Commission for Africa;
(3) Opportunity and development issues, including
foreign assistance policy planning and program management;
(4) Regional commercial, economic, environment,
energy, and investment affairs; and
(5) Specialized functional support and liaison in the
following cross-cutting fields:
(a) Climate change;
(b) Coordination and liaison with the Millennium
Challenge Corporation, multilateral and foreign donors, private business, and
non-governmental organizations;
(c) Democracy and governance;
(d) Energy;
(e) Environment;
(f) Human rights;
(g) Kimberley process;
(h) Labor;
(i) Nile Basin Initiative;
(j) Safe Skies for Africa;
(k) Science and Health;
(l) Wildlife trafficking; and
(m) Youth, gender and social affairs.
1 FAM 126 THROUGH 129 UNASSIGNED