Left to right: U.S. Army Lt. Col. Al Roehrich, Lignite Coast lead planner for the North Dakota National Guard and deputy director of North Dakota Domestic Operations Branch, Togolese Lt. Col. Yoma Baka, director general of Togo’s National Civil Protection Agency, and Magnoudewa Wela, program associate in charge of emergency and nutrition for the United Nations World Food Program, begin a training preparation meeting in Lome, Togo, June 12, 2026, which is part of Operation Lignite Coast 2026.
Operation Lignite Coast 2026 was a training event conducted June 8-18, 2026, focused on improving the Togolese government’s capacity to handle a variety of emergency scenarios. This meeting included civilian state employees of North Dakota’s disaster-response community, North Dakota National Guard Soldiers and several officials from the Togo’s NCPA. Its purpose was to define specific tasks, duties and roles among the relevant
| Date Taken: | 06.11.2026 |
| Date Posted: | 06.29.2026 14:01 |
| Photo ID: | 9780564 |
| VIRIN: | 260612-Z-XD814-1001 |
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| Location: | LOME, TG |
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