Africa: AU Needs U.S $1 Billion for Continental Defence Force

THE African Union needs about $1 billion to finance a unified continental standby force to be used in times of conflict in any of the member states.

The idea which was mooted some years ago but has been failing to take off will see member states contributing a certain number of military men, policy experts and civilians for peacekeeping or fighting terrorism.

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