10 Nations in East Africa have united to form a regional military force.

[Crude Abolitionist]

East Africa: 10 Countries Form Joint Military Force

A joint force of 10 Eastern Africa countries is now fully fledged, setting the pace for the creation of a unified continental military force, Kenya Defence Forces chief Samson Mwathethe said yesterday.

The countries have also established a peace fund that so far has nearly Sh100 million, excluding the total amounts pledged by member States.

The money is to be used for military operations and supporting interventions.

"It is the first regional force on standby. A peace fund was also established and operationalized. It now has Sh97,624,100," he said.

The other four regional forces in Africa are at various stages of becoming fully fledged.

The military forces were established by economic blocs on the continent - Ecowas, Eccas, Sadc and Narc.

The East Africa Standby Force (EASF) is made up of soldiers from Kenya, Burundi, Comoros, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Rwanda, Seychelles, Somalia, Sudan and Uganda.

Mr Mwathethe spoke at the farewell ceremony for EASF Director Issimail Chanfi at the International Peace Support Centre in Karen, Nairobi.

Member countries hold the position on a rotational basis and the new director is from Djibouti.

Danish Ambassador to Kenya Mette Knudsens said EASF would help in sustaining peace in the region.

Thoughts?

 

[FaTaL]

Whose the lead in this?

 

[Doobie Doo]

Sounds good in theory but with anything Africa, it always sounds good on paper. Now it's on all 10 countries to cooperate and not c00n operate.

 

[Colilluminati]

At least 4 of those countries are set to be freed by America sooner or later


Hopefully this will slow that down

 

[DatNkkaCutty]

Sounds good in theory but with anything Africa, it always sounds good on paper. Now it's on all 10 countries to cooperate and not c00n operate.

 

[Strapped]

Nice start

 

[ZoeGod]

@Diasporan Royalty
@The Odum of Ala Igbo
@DrBanneker
@Poitier

Thoughts on this?

 

[BigMan]

none of this means anything

 

[Dzali OG]

I want to start a fund stateside in support.

 

[Crude Abolitionist]

none of this means anything

What would you like to see?

 

[Crude Abolitionist]

I want to start a fund stateside in support.

I would love to help anyway I can.

 

[BigMan]

What would you like to see?

this feels like an incomplete question

 

[Crude Abolitionist]

this feels like an incomplete question

No like what would like to see happen instead of this?

 

[Bawon Samedi]

@Diasporan Royalty
@The Odum of Ala Igbo
@DrBanneker
@Poitier

Thoughts on this?

Its dope imo. And the EAC has lots of potential. But where the heck is Tanzania who has a capable military more so than some of the list(excluding Ethiopia and Kenya)?

 

[Bawon Samedi]

this feels like an incomplete question

You yourself said this doenst mean anything without giving us a good elaboration on why. This probably for Al Sahaab.