African countries Military pictures/videos thread

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we praising european destruction of africa?

 

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OP your other thread showcasing development is the direction we need to go in.

African ''armies'' are for the most part a joke. Just armed militias and mercenaries. Majority do not have professional armies and would get washed in war by a lot of European/Asian/NA/South American armies. These armies are usually utilised against their population. They never go to war outside.

We need to get our cake up as Africans.... not celebrate struggle trucks assembled in Africa and hired goons.

 

[Dreamestorical]

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OP your other thread showcasing development is the direction we need to go in.

African ''armies'' are for the most part a joke. Just armed militias and mercenaries. Majority do not have professional armies and would get washed in war by a lot of European/Asian/NA/South American armies. These armies are usually utilised against their population. They never go to war outside.

We need to get our cake up as Africans.... not celebrate struggle trucks assembled in Africa and hired goons.

What your doing is throwing the baby out with the bath water. Have African militaries been used as tools to oppress the local population and carry out western interests?

Of course they have been used and quite a few of them are still being used, but at the same time many of these same militaries you called a joke have also fought to maintain peace on the continent. From Kenya and Ethiopia who fought and are still fighting against al shabab to Nigeria's military who fought in the Liberian and sierra leonean civil war and are presently fighting against boko haram.


http://www.voanews.com/content/somalia_al_shabab_weakened/1533919.html

The militant group al-Shabab is losing ground rapidly to Somali government troops and allied Kenyan and African Union soldiers. Most recently, the group lost the key port town of Kismayo, which served as a strategic base and an important source of revenue.

http://www.ipsnews.net/2013/10/al-shabaab-takes-last-gasps-in-ethiopia/

Al-Shabaab Takes ‘Last Gasps’ in Ethiopia

Some analysts see the attacks Al-Shabaab has taken credit for – including the Addis Ababa bomb this week and the massacre that killed 67 at a Nairobi mall last month – as last gasps rather than shows of power. The organisation remains a very real threat, but it no longer enjoys the level of support it once did.

http://www.ethiosomali.com/index.ph...er-town-to-stop-attacks-by-somalias-al-shabab

Hundreds of Ethiopian government forces have crossed their country's border with Hiiraan Region in order to fight Al-Shabab militias.

Ethiopian troops have been deployed outside of the town to confront Al-Shabab militias planning to wage revenge attacks across the border. These Ethiopian troops are said to be heavily armed with tanks and battle wagons

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2013/10/fight-against-al-shabab-201310282112677589.html

Militarily, the capacity of the group has been depleted substantially in its force size and its access to weaponry. According to the July 2013 report of the UN Security Council Monitoring Group on Somalia and Eritrea, al-Shabab's force strength is approximately 5,000 strong fighters, which is a reduction in half from the estimated size at its peak.

http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/1998/02/sear-f21.html

Following a nine-day offensive and a bombardment of the city of Freetown, Nigerian military forces succeeded in toppling the military junta which seized power in the West African state of Sierra Leone in May of last year.

http://www.punchng.com/politics/dip...pilled-its-blood-for-us-sierra-leonean-envoy/

When Sierra Leone had its problems with the unfortunate war, Nigeria was the first country to come to its aid even before the United Nations did. Nigeria spent huge sums of money and even spilled the blood of its citizens just to liberate this country. President Bai Koroma and the entire people of Sierra Leone are grateful for Nigeria’s effort. As a matter of fact, one of the major streets in Sierra Leone was named after late Gen. (Sani) Abacha in recognition of his contributions. Based on the support we received from ex-President (Olusegun) Obasanjo when he was in office and from all Nigerians, Obasanjo was awarded honorary alumnus of Forabay College in Freetown. This was the first time ever that anyone was given that honour.

Many of the soldiers you see in this pictures are men and women who have decided to put thier lives on the line to defend thier nations against dangerous threats. Demonizing african militaries is playing into the hands of the western powers. The western world does not want african militaries to stand on thier own and get stronger. A stronger african force means Africans will have increased control over their affairs and the western world does not like this. (especially when it comes to Nigeria)
This is why the western world and her so called human rights agencies spend so much time trying to paint african militaries in a bad light. One should take a look at the recent boko haram chibok issue in Nigeria, and how the western world went on a tirade trying to discredit the Nigerian military in order to justify US intervention. Plus lets not forget America threathend to sanction Nigeria over the boko haram issue.
(Now there is no doubt Nigeria's military had her faults)

http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/63066

Hillary Clinton wasn’t the only Obama administration official who went to bat for Boko Haram over the past few years.
Soon after John Kerry took over as Secretary of State, the U.S. Ambassador to Nigeria, Terence P. McCulley, accused the Nigerian government of butchery during a confrontation with Boko Haram terrorists in Baga, a Nigerian town on the shores of Lake Chad

Boko Haram militants attacked a Nigerian military outpost in April 2013 outside Baga, killing one soldier. Following the three-day battle human rights activists, including the George Soros-funded and liberal aligned Human Rights Watch, which is not exactly known for its impartiality when it comes to reporting on Islamic issues, claimed the Nigerian military wantonly slaughtered 183 civilians and burned down over 2,000 homes and businesses.

The Nigerian government denied the claims saying the death toll and destruction had been vastly overstated by its enemies, and in fact 30 Boko Haram terrorists, 6 civilians and one soldier, had died in the fighting. Reports from the Baga clinic, which treated 193 people following the battle, but only 10 with serious injuries, seemed to back up the Nigerian government claim that no large-scale massacre had occurred.


The U.S. Nigerian Ambassador, blindly believing any Islamist sob story that crossed his path, responded in a May 2013 meeting with human rights activists by defending Boko Haram:

Mr. Terrence announced to the activists that the US congress had previously passed a law that bars the United States from rendering military assistance to any government that violates basic rights of citizens. He said the Obama led US government has therefore ceased to assist Nigerias militarily in obedience to the law.

(Here is some info about the potential threat of Nigeria)

http://www.thenigerianvoice.com/news/147052/1/boko-haram-covert-operation-of-the-cia-says-wikile.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed: TheNigerianVoiceNews (The Nigerian Voice News)

According to wikileaks article on ACRI which potrays the ACRI as a counterweight which was set up by the US to instigate mistrust in Nigerian dominated ECOMOG; the sense of Nigerian led anti-American opposition was first observed during the bush administration, when Nigeria without support from the west or UN led the first ever African intervention force on peacekeeping mission to Liberia while at the same time engaging Sierra Leone in forced peace combat, with predominantly Nigerian troops( over 90%) being spearheaded by then Military ruler Gen. Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida.

The report concluded that should ECOMOG be allowed to go the whole hog, the major beneficiary will be Nigeria and that might form the basis for a pax Nigeriana in the West African sub-region eclipsing the influence of former colonial powers France and Britain. The reports also called on the United States Government to note that Liberia being its creation should not be allowed to fall into Nigerian hands with consequences to US strategic interests in the country and the region.

Specifically both reports noted that should Nigeria be allowed to have a foothold in Liberia, it would further embolden Nigeria to challenge the US and the West in carving its own sphere of interest at their expense. In this regard, the report further recalled Nigeria's role in helping to liberate the southern African countries in the 70's and 80's in clear opposition and defiance to the interests of the United States and its western allies which resulted in a setback for Western initiatives in Africa at the time.

Both concluded with a recommendation that the US Government in conjunction with its allies should seek to contain the growing influence of Nigeria in the sub-region by forming a parallel organization to ECOMOG.

...The strategy was to win away some key African countries from participation enthusiastically in the ECOMOG initiative. The sweeteners for this were the promise and delivery of military and humanitarian aid.

This was the line the then US Secretary of State Warren Christopher pursued when he visited a number of African countries excluding Nigeria to sell the ACRI idea. Thus ensued, the stalemate in ECOMOG operations with some of the participating countries foot dragging in their commitment to the force and operations.

But in order to prevent any worldwide backlash against this blatant interference in what should be a regional African initiative, the US and its allies sought to present it under the auspices of the United Nations with a select Asian and Latin American countries participating.

Again as I stated earlier African countries need to continue to strengthen thier militaries in order to protect their influence. As African countries continue to rise economically stronger militaries will be needed to protect their interests. One has to understand that the world we live in today runs on a pyramid system. There are those who stand at the top, those in the middle and those at the bottom. Africa as you know is at the bottom of the pyramid. Africas poverty and resource based economies is what is presently maintaining the european union economically.(Europeans/western world/america are at the top) Again as african countries begin to rise and industrialize (which will drastically reduce imports from the EU) There is no doubt there will be forces behind the scenes fighting to retain the current status.

http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/africa-in-focus/posts/2014/06/04-europe-parliament-africa-songwe

The largest exporters to Africa from the EU in 2013 were France (18 percent of all EU exports), Germany (14 percent), Italy (13 percent) and Spain (11 percent). Spain (17 percent of all EU imports), Italy (16 percent), France (16 percent), the United Kingdom (13 percent) and Germany (12 percent) were the largest importers. Manufactured goods accounted for 70 percent of all EU exports to Africa in 2013, while energy made up 64 percent of imports.

http://blogs.mediapart.fr/blog/jecm...olonial-tax-benefits-slavery-and-colonization

In March 2008, former French President Jacques Chirac said:

“Without Africa, France will slide down into the rank of a third [world] power”

Chirac’s predecessor François Mitterand already prophesied in 1957 that:

”Without Africa, France will have no history in the 21st century”

At this very moment I’m writing this article, 14 african countries are obliged by France, trough a colonial pact, to put 85% of their foreign reserve into France central bank under French minister of Finance control.

#2. Automatic confiscation of national reservesThe African countries should deposit their national monetary reserves into France Central bank.

France has been holding the national reserves of fourteen african countries since 1961: Benin, Burkina Faso, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Mali, Niger, Senegal, Togo, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo-Brazzaville, Equatorial Guinea and Gabon.

“The monetary policy governing such a diverse aggregation of countries is uncomplicated because it is, in fact, operated by the French Treasury, without reference to the central fiscal authorities of any of the WAEMU or the CEMAC. Under the terms of the agreement which set up these banks and the CFA the Central Bank of each African country is obliged to keep at least 65% of its foreign exchange reserves in an “operations account” held at the French Treasury, as well as another 20% to cover financial liabilities.

It’s now estimated that France is holding close to 500 billions African countries money in its treasury, and would do anything to fight anyone who want to shed a light on this dark side of the old empire.
To make things more tragic, France impose a cap on the amount of money the countries could borrow from the reserve. The cap is fixed at 20% of their public revenue in the preceding year. If the countries need to borrow more than 20% of their own money, France has a veto.

 

[Dreamestorical]

This thread

OP your other thread showcasing development is the direction we need to go in.

African ''armies'' are for the most part a joke. Just armed militias and mercenaries. Majority do not have professional armies and would get washed in war by a lot of European/Asian/NA/South American armies. These armies are usually utilised against their population. They never go to war outside.

We need to get our cake up as Africans.... not celebrate struggle trucks assembled in Africa and hired goons.

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Here is an example of one development happening on the continent that will require strengthening of Africa's Military.

Nigeria has set up a maritime shipping vessel that will assist in facilitating trade between western and central african countries. The Nigerian government and her west african and central african neighbors will need to continue to strengthen their navy's to ensure pirates/thieves do not disrupt operations.


http://www.dailytimes.com.ng/article/ecowas-60m-shipping-project-takes-december-nexim-bank

The Managing Director, Nigeria Export Import Bank (NEXIM), Roberts Orya, has said that arrangements have been concluded for ECOWAS to float a shipping concern that will serve the sub-region.

He said the company, initiated by NEXIM, under Public-Private-Partnership, would own a vessel and was expected to begin operations in December or in January, 2015.

He said the company would handle mainly cargo consignments.

He explained that the company was set up to promote the development of a regional maritime business that would be private-sector driven.

Orya said the shipping concern would be of immense benefit to Nigerian manufacturers and exporters as it would allow a structured access to markets in West and Central Africa.

“The project is aimed at boosting maritime trade among member countries of ECOWAS as well enhancing regional integration.

``We are looking at December, 2014 or January, 2015 to take off.

According to him, the Sealink venture will greatly reduce the period it takes to transport goods through the sea to neighbouring countries and drastically reduce the cost of doing business within the community.

``If you want to take goods to Ghana from Nigeria by road, it takes six days with a lot of hassles.

“But, if you want to move it by sea, it takes 60 days because you will use European vessels to take the goods to Europe first and then bring it back to Ghana,” Orya said.

He said that “with Sealink, it would take one day or two to freight goods from Nigeria to Ghana by sea using Sealink.

The NEXIM boss said that the sub-regional shipping business would be all-inclusive as it would involve all stakeholders in the Anglo-phone and Franco-phone blocs in the area.

``We want each and every country to have a sense of ownership in the business because there are some concessions that you might be asking from various governments.

Here are two example of Nigerias strengthened navy finally making a difference. This will be great for the merchant ships. Things like this did not take place 5 years ago.
(Nigeria's navy is still not where it should be it still needs alot more investment)

http://www.today.ng/news/over-30-ships-arrested-by-nigerian-navy-for-illegal-activities/

The Nigerian Navy has said it arrested 38 ships involved in illegal activities in the waterways in the country from January 2014 to date.

Read more at TODAY: http://www.today.ng/news/over-30-ships-arrested-by-nigerian-navy-for-illegal-activities/

Ikioda said that eight of ships belonged to Chinese companies and were impounded for illegal fishing activities in Nigerian waters.

He said the navy had been unrelenting in its operations to protect the nation’s maritime environment against all forms of threats. The chief of ploicy and plans said the navy had acquired some ships from friendly countries to Nigeria, while the force was complementing the effort with local construction of ships.

http://worldstagegroup.com/index.php?active=news&newscid=16304&catid=35

The Commanding Officer of the Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) Delta in Warri, Delta state, Navy Captain Musa Gemu said the ship destroyed more than five hundred illegal crude oil refineries and other equipment used in oil theft, running into more than N2.5 billion since February 2014.

British flagged vessel, MT Energy Centurion, rescued from hijackers through the collaborative efforts of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Nigerian Navy and the Airforce.


This is why I made this thread. I want to see africans begin to take pride in their militraies might once again. The days of African countries coming to the west in sackcloth are about over. Its about time we begin to stand for our interests and protect ourselves. Again Africa is rising and as African countries develop economically they will need to have warriors groomed to protect their interests.

 

[thekyuke]

What your doing is throwing the baby out with the bath water. Have African militaries been used as tools to oppress the local population and carry out western interests?

Of course they have been used and quite a few of them are still being used, but at the same time many of these same militaries you called a joke have also fought to maintain peace on the continent. From Kenya and Ethiopia who fought and are still fighting against al shabab to Nigeria's military who fought in the Liberian and sierra leonean civil war and are presently fighting against boko haram.


http://www.voanews.com/content/somalia_al_shabab_weakened/1533919.html



http://www.ipsnews.net/2013/10/al-shabaab-takes-last-gasps-in-ethiopia/






http://www.ethiosomali.com/index.ph...er-town-to-stop-attacks-by-somalias-al-shabab






http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2013/10/fight-against-al-shabab-201310282112677589.html





http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/1998/02/sear-f21.html



http://www.punchng.com/politics/dip...pilled-its-blood-for-us-sierra-leonean-envoy/





Many of the soldiers you see in this pictures are men and women who have decided to put thier lives on the line to defend thier nations against dangerous threats. Demonizing african militaries is playing into the hands of the western powers. The western world does not want african militaries to stand on thier own and get stronger. A stronger african force means Africans will have increased control over their affairs and the western world does not like this. (especially when it comes to Nigeria)
This is why the western world and her so called human rights agencies spend so much time trying to paint african militaries in a bad light. One should take a look at the recent boko haram chibok issue in Nigeria, and how the western world went on a tirade trying to discredit the Nigerian military in order to justify US intervention. Plus lets not forget America threathend to sanction Nigeria over the boko haram issue.
(Now there is no doubt Nigeria's military had her faults)

http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/63066






(Here is some info about the potential threat of Nigeria)

http://www.thenigerianvoice.com/news/147052/1/boko-haram-covert-operation-of-the-cia-says-wikile.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed: TheNigerianVoiceNews (The Nigerian Voice News)









Again as I stated earlier African countries need to continue to strengthen thier militaries in order to protect their influence. As African countries continue to rise economically stronger militaries will be needed to protect their interests. One has to understand that the world we live in today runs on a pyramid system. There are those who stand at the top, those in the middle and those at the bottom. Africa as you know is at the bottom of the pyramid. Africas poverty and resource based economies is what is presently maintaining the european union economically.(Europeans/western world/america are at the top) Again as african countries begin to rise and industrialize (which will drastically reduce imports from the EU) There is no doubt there will be forces behind the scenes fighting to retain the current status.

http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/africa-in-focus/posts/2014/06/04-europe-parliament-africa-songwe





http://blogs.mediapart.fr/blog/jecm...olonial-tax-benefits-slavery-and-colonization

You sir are a rarity in these parts: you understand the way the world works. You see beyond surface impressions to the heart of the matter plaguing Africa;military weakness. Look at the DRC-the 3rd biggest country invaded by the smallest:

SINCE 96 AT LEAST 6 MILLION HAVE DIED!! All because the Tutsis have agreed,no, decided to be regional AngloJewish surrogates. Tutsis will pay for what they've done hijacking the story of their so called genocide to kill their fellow African bantus they despise-but that's another story.

 

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NIGERIAN SPECIAL FORCES CLEAR TERRORISTS SIEGE IN COMMUNITIES
07AUG

Special Forces in the ongoing counter-terrorism campaign have cleared Delwa, Mustafari, Manga, Wanga and Damboa of terrorists who have been rampaging in the communities. The special operation which began early in the week is meant to restore law and order to the area and apprehend all terrorists who have been operating in the locality. The operation which has so far lasted 40 hours has dove-tailed into the mop up phase during which the remnants of insurgents are being cleared from the communities. The mop up phase will also ascertain the casualties as additional efforts are also been made to ensure the protection of innocent civilians during the operation.

Meanwhile, troops are also involved in manoeuvres to apprehend terrorists who have been attacking Gwoza and surrounding localities since Tuesday causing the death of many civilians. More details later.

http://defenceinfo.mil.ng/nigerian-special-forces-clear-terrorists-siege-in-communities/

I hear that's a new world record.

 

[thekyuke]

Here's a documentary of the Somalia incursion and the Kismayu landing-it doesn't show much like the 1500 Al Shabab KIA throughout the campaign,the tortuous politicking with warlords preparing them for a post Al Shabab S Somalia or the actual night airborne drops.

But its all there is!

 

[thekyuke]

Sometimes we forget what the army's role is:putting fire on mofos! It helps if you have snipers.

The Kenyan Army is equipped with the H & K SG1, .308/7.62mm fitted with a 1.5 – 6 x Carl Zeiss telescopic sight. It as been in service since before the discontinuation of Sniper training in 1979

http://www.snipercountry.com/Articles/LayingFoundations.asp

Anyway that was in 2001. Now Kenya army sniping has moved many miles and there are even 0.5 inch, 2000 m Barret shooters but I can't find a pic.

 

[lenfantdelacapitale]

African armies are non existent (see Boko Haram). It is there to maintian whoever is in power and used against the civil population

 

[Mr Uncle Leroy]

This is a thread to post pictures of various African countries militaries and their capabilities.
I encourage all the coli brehs to post as well

I will start with..


GHANAIAN MILITARY

MAVERICK ARMORED VEHICLES

GHANIAN NAVY. SEE FINE BABES

where is the youtube video to the fight scenes?

 

[Raptor]

meh. Ethiopias military complex is just a puppet for the west and the oppressive TPLF regime. Ethiopias Military complex is too expansive and is sucking the wealth from the emerging middleclass.