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2015-11-02 Africa Subsaharan

Pan African intervention force begins training

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Posted by badanov 2015-11-02 00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 I'll wait for Besoeker's comment.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2015-11-02 00:54|| 2015-11-02 00:54|| Front Page Top

#2 Totally opvokked! Has been from the start. Ten years to reach test and evaluation, and no established letters of agreement btwn stakeholders or dedicated airlift. Another attempt at "Afri solutions for Afri problems." What could possibly go wrong ?

No worries! Please continue to send money.

More than 90% of AU peace and security efforts are funded by the likes of the EU and the US, although AU member states have pledged to provide a quarter of the funding for operations by 2020.

However, the concern remains that if Africa does not control the purse strings of the military force, it cannot control the outcomes.

Underlining the problem, the EU is even bankrolling this month’s exercises, casting a shadow over the "African solutions for African problems" mantra espoused by politicians in national capitals and the AU headquarters in Addis Ababa.

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Posted by Besoeker 2015-11-02 01:34|| 2015-11-02 01:34|| Front Page Top

#3 I like the name - African Standby Force. Please stand by while we debate taking action. But in the meantime, do continue sending money. Thanks!

Posted by SteveS 2015-11-02 08:23|| 2015-11-02 08:23|| Front Page Top

#4 Well it *is* funded largely by the Useless Nitwits SteveS.

Did you expect any difference?

Posted by CrazyFool 2015-11-02 10:51|| 2015-11-02 10:51|| Front Page Top

#5 Totally opvokked!

Putting it rather mildly. And it's closer to fifteen years than ten, if my memory serves right

Posted by Pappy 2015-11-02 15:10|| 2015-11-02 15:10|| Front Page Top

#6 So, are these suppose to be like the 'good' Syrian rebels we trained?

Posted by Procopius2k 2015-11-02 16:08|| 2015-11-02 16:08|| Front Page Top

#7 No.

Posted by Pappy 2015-11-02 18:41|| 2015-11-02 18:41|| Front Page Top

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