alaoeri: Is CAF also a islamic nation? I think say na for only islamic countries crisis dey, if na muslim country now dem go attribute am to islam now na bad govt. Smh to some ppl hypocrisy.

Wetin this one dey talk self?

The South African military is a disgrace. Despite their heavy presence in CAR, nothing to show for it.

Okija_juju: What is 'Central African Republic'?!

Who else knew about this place before now?!

I did

gidiMonsta: The South African military is a disgrace. Despite their heavy presence in CAR, nothing to show for it.

http://m.news24.com/news24/SouthAfrica/News/200-SA-soldiers-took-on-3-000-rebels-SANDF-20130325


200 solders is not a heavy presence. And they still there. They never ran away like the CAR army and presdent. 13(14) men died for that man and for nothing.

dadicvila: It amazes me how these african rebels are always stronger,better armed and motivated than their government troops,Africa is a real strange place

Find out who their funders are and you will understand why they are better equipped.

gboss4sure:

Find out who their funders are and you will understand why they are better equipped.

Good point.

glimpse: i jst hope b.h boys do nt learn from this....else GEJ wld flee Aso Rock.

You LIE... not in this country...

they don't have that capacity.

If u had wished this kind thing happen in #Nigeria...."Like this comment

alaoeri: Is CAF also a islamic nation? I think say na for only islamic countries crisis dey, if na muslim country now dem go attribute am to islam now na bad govt. Smh to some ppl hypocrisy.

Slow-poke, have you ever heard rebels proclaiming that the are fighting the course of "allah" or that of Islam?

France,this is your colony. Why have you left it to be taken over by terrorist( oh.. No, rebels since they may not be Muslims)? Why haven't you sent your war plane as you did in Mali. You(West) may think that you are fighting Islam, but i wonder how you are going to succeed.

dadicvila: It amazes me how these african rebels are always stronger,better armed and motivated than their government troops,Africa is a real strange place

Africa is really a strange place i tell ya, u can always predict the outcome
of this rebellions with the new leader of the junta promising freedom and free
and fair elections in 6 months, fast forward 20 yrs he is now the president
4 life.

NOTE: d nigerian armed forces s d strongest in west africa, top 5 in africa, boko haram are nt gud fighters, dae dnt even have d capability to firmly fight n a gun battle. Sm of u guys dnt knw much abt naija armed forces. Y d boko cowards seem 2 b scaring ppl s d way dae operate, dae r n d populace, only gud intel can unmask and arrest dem, dats y u c dat any tym dae ave a gun fyt wt d army dae r alwez defeatd cux dae alwez retreat, it wld ave bn easier 4 d army if BH r a rebel force, meanwhile due to collateral damage d army s nt using heavy weapns 2 fyt boko haram, if boko haram s to b a rebel force lyk RUF, NPLF of Sierra leone n Liberia, wt a kwn base, it wnt tk much 4 d armed forces 2 mobilise its artillery, tanks, jets and warships bombard dem. Checkout www.beegeagle. n c d secrets in d might of d nigerian armed forces.

Proxy conflicts funded by imperialist aggressors. Africa is still under the threat of neo-colonialism. 'How europe underdeveloped africa' by Walter Rodney should explain more.

joudini: Proxy conflicts funded by imperialist aggressors. Africa is still under the threat of neo-colonialism. 'How europe underdeveloped africa' by Walter Rodney should explain more.

Go ahead, continue to blame everything on external players.

Okija_juju: What is 'Central African Republic'?!

Who else knew about this place before now?!

why you come dey ask question make i wan ask. I never knew of any country called MOTOR A.K.A C . A . R

livethinme:

Go ahead, continue to blame everything on external players.

Denying the presence of imperialist interference is implictly acknowledging ignorance in the role played by imperialism to reduce former colonies to dependent economies, subtly perpetuating her unstable development by forcing loans and grants to influence policies and tacitly encouraging frequent goverment change.

It might interest you to know that the very first coup in C.A.R that toppled Jean Bokassa and ushered in David Dacko in 1979 was financed, planned and executed by French forces. Go figure!

You know how much the arms industry is worth? These guys give both sides guns and stand back and watch these folks kill each other. You need to understand the industrial military complex must be fed.

In foreign policy, you must delve into the past, otherwise it would be impossible to understand how the present came into being and what the trends are for the future.

Regiblinkz: Why is rebels predominant in that region of africa

because, THOSE THAT MAKE PEACEFUL CHANGE IMPOSSIBLE, MAKES THE VIOLENT ONCE INEVITABLE.
NIGERIA GVERNMENT IS NEXT ON THE LINE.

Reports from Bangui said the rebel president is a mercenary from Chad who is on France's payroll.

ochukoccna:
No rebel movement ,BH inclusive,has been this organised in Nigeria
Something like this can happen in Nigeria only by large scale indurrection against the state or an Army mutiny



Simple
The head of such goverments who most likely took power courtesy of coups/rebellions starves the armed forces of funds so as not to be overthrown by them giving way for well equipped/better funded rebels to emerge as the armed forces morale is low

The rebels atimes are sponsored by external forces who equip them with weaponary.... Never mind it cannot happen in naija.... Big, strong n intelligent

The thing is CAR army was a joke. If 200 SA solders could hold there ground how could the few thousand CAR army not. The fact is CAR was doomend to fall because her solders where cowards.

This will not happen in nigeria any time soon. Nigerias army actually has heavy wepaons(APC, IFV, tanks) and air support. One Hind attack chopper stopped the rebel advance untile it was suot down. Nigeria has a lot more than one Hind. This type of reblion will not happen. Though there are other types.

Hmm

Okijajuju1:
What is 'Central African Republic'?!

Who else knew about this place before now?!

History and Geography curricula should be updated in Nigeria. Can't believe Nigerian new generations are so uninformed.

Do you remember PanAfricanist Barthelemy Boganda ? He died in 1959.
Do you remember Operation Barracuda in 1979 when
Giscard sent French troops to overthrow Emperor Jean Bedel Bokassa ? Bokassa was on a trip to Libya.
Later in 1981 when Giscard was running for president , there was a televised debate during which Mitterrand the socialist front runner asked questions about the
" Central African diamonds". Those diamonds were given to Giscard by Bokassa.
The issue went viral and Giscard lost the race to Mitterrand.The later was France's longest serving president in History . He ruled for 14 years.

Also keep in mind Central African Republic has one of the biggest French military bases in the world.
From there, they are at almost equal distance from
East Africa, West Africa, North Africa and the Southern part of Africa.
They can easily strike Nigeria if needed.

13 South African soldiers killed in the rebellion according to Aljazerra.

South African soldiers are cowards, they Fled without defending themselves as resistance fighters.

gidiMonsta:
The South African military is a disgrace. Despite their heavy presence in CAR, nothing to show for it.

the South African military is weak, their soldiers are not courageous to withstand fierce fighting.

mysticwarrior:
the South African military is weak, their soldiers are not courageous to withstand fierce fighting.

Bozize was a treacherous general who seized power in a military coup against Ange Patasse a democratically elected president.
Why should the South Africans shed their blood to defend his regime?

panafrican:

Go attack their homeland and you will see.

I don't need to attack their home land for me to access and determine their capability, I judge from what they display in wars. South African soldiers were drafted to CAR for peace keeping and to protect innocent citizens from vicious rebels, but thier soldiers has been disappointing so far, they couldn't even defend themselves from the rebels and they fled, it is shameful.
We have seen Chadian soldiers in action for peace keeping operations and they were given lots of credibilities for bravery.
Nigerian soldiers spear headed Ecomog in Liberia, Sierra Leon, and Soa Tom and principles, Nigerian soldiers were also there in Mogadishu during the Somali wars in the early 90s. The might of the Nigerian army was heavily demonstrated in these places, under Abacha's regime Nigerian soldiers routed out large Liberian rebels fighters and drove them out of Monrovia. But the south African army don't have that kind of reputation, just look at how their soldiers are being slaughtered like chickens in CAR.