1 FAM 120 BUREAU OF AFRICAN AFFAIRS (AF)

Start Date: Wednesday, September 25, 2019

Last Modified: Saturday, May 2, 2020

End Date: Friday, December 31, 9999

UNCLASSIFIED (U)

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


 

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