Students at a local school in Lamu County, Kenya, welcome U.S. service members with song and dance during a cultural exchange engagement, Nov. 2, 2021. Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa’s (CJTF-HOA) efforts, as part of a comprehensive whole-of-government approach, are aimed at increasing African partner nations’ capacity to maintain a stable environment, with an effective government that provides a degree of economic and social advancement to its citizens.