10 Militaries Form East African Standby Force
April 17 2017
Ten East African countries have just stood up a new joint regional force, reports the Nation (Nairobi, Kenya).
The East African Standby Force (EASF) consists of troops from Burundi, Comoros, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Seychelles, Somalia, Sudan and Uganda.
It is the first of several such regional forces in Africa to become operational, Gen. Samson Mwathethe, the head of the Kenyan military, said on April 12. The others are not yet fully formed, he said.
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