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Africa: Who Will Foot the Bill for New Intervention Force?
ISS, 7 July 2014
The next time a major crisis that needs swift military action breaks out anywhere in Africa, an African force will be on high alert to intervene within days. This was the message… Read more »
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Africa: African Crisis Response Force Ready By October - Zuma
SA Info, 27 June 2014
The African Capacity for Immediate Response to Crises (ACIRC), a temporary standby force capable of responding quickly to crisis situations in Africa, is expected to be operational… Read more »
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Africa: Continent Can Solve Its Problems With Full Implementation of the African Standby Force
ISS, 21 January 2014
How much longer will the African Standby Force (ASF) simply continue to 'stand by' while France and others deal with Africa's crises? Read more »
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Africa: AU - Standby Force Needed to Respond to Conflicts
VOA, 31 January 2014
The African Union summit wrapped up Friday with a call to fast-track an African standby force to better respond to conflicts across the continent. AU leaders say the recent… Read more »
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Africa: Long Road to an African Rapid Reaction Force
UNIRIN, 21 February 2014
The African Union (AU) is rethinking on how it can most effectively deploy military forces to tackle the continent's crises. Read more »
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Africa: Is Funding and Political Will to Keep Africa Safe Dwindling?
Addis Standard, 3 March 2014
The cost of conflict prevention and peace building in Africa is rising. But are African countries becoming less determined both financially and politically? Read more »
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Africa: Africa Is Failing the Responsibility to Protect Its Citizens
Fahamu, 6 March 2014
The R2P principle offers potential to protect civilians from crimes against humanity, ethnic cleansing, genocide and war crimes. Yet in Africa violations continue to occur despite… Read more »
Who Will Pay for African Intervention Force?
African leaders have been talking about a continental force to intervene quickly in regional conflicts for some time, but experts argue that funding constraints could leave the efforts dead in the water.
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In a three day meeting held in Kigali, Ministers of defence and chiefs of defence forces have reiterated that a standby force consisting of ten countries from the region will be in ... Read more »
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How much longer will the African Standby Force simply continue to 'stand by' while France and others deal with Africa's crises, asks the Institute for Security Studies. Read more »
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While there is support for a rapid reaction force to intervene early in conflicts, there are considerable economic and organisational obstacles standing in the way of an AU force ... Read more »
