The African Crisis Response Initiative (ACRI) is a U.S. initiative that seeks to help African nations to respond to humanitarian crises and peacekeeping missions in their region. ACRI seeks to promote peace and stability on the continent and to help African nations to prevent more of the deadly conflicts which have plagued that continent.

ACRI's objective is to enhance the capacity of African nations to better perform peacekeeping and relief tasks and thus encourage regional self-reliance. Headed by Ambassador Aubrey Hooks, U.S. State Department Special Coordinator for ACRI, this policy initiative seeks to promote common doctrine, interoperability and standard communications technology among African forces. While ACRI encourages joint training exercises between African forces to hone their capacity to respond in emergency situations, ACRI is not designed to create a standing force. Peacekeepers from a number of African nations will stand ready in their nations of origin for rapid deployment to areas of crises as needed. Use of ACRI-designated personnel is a sovereign decision of each ACRI partner nation, in response to requests from the international community.

This site is produced and maintained by the U.S. Department of State's Office of International Information Programs (usinfo.state.gov). Links to other Internet sites should not be construed as an endorsement of the views contained therein.