Africa commits to rapid deployment force 13 minutes ago (Source: IOL) Addis Ababa, Ethiopia - African countries committed troops Friday to a rapid-deployment emergency force to stamp out future conflict on the continent, at the close of an African Union summit dominated by bloodshed in two nations. We have decided the establishment of an African rapid reaction force.... States are to provide forces to conduct operations, said newly appointed AU chair and Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz. The promise of troops followed two days of talks where leaders warned urgent solutions were needed to prevent South Sudan and the Central African Republic from falling into the ...
Posted on: Sat, 01 Feb 2014 07:29:41 +0000
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