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Henry120: NAIROBI  (AFP) – Aware that they have failed to get a fully-fledged peacekeeping force up and running, African leaders now plan a rapid-deployment emergency force, but analysts question whether it can deliver.

The African Union’s “African Standby Brigade”, meant to intervene swiftly in regional crises, has made little headway since preparations for a proposed force of 32,500 troops and civilians drawn from the continent’s five regions started a decade ago.

Solomon Ayele Dersso, senior researcher on conflict prevention at South Africa’s Institute for Security Studies, said the emergency force could work since the troops for it will be volunteered by member states with proven military capacity, instead of trying to include soldiers from every member state, as the full Standby Brigade proposes.

“One thing that’s different about the new force … is that it will be based on the principle of military capacity,” he told AFP.

He cited Nigeria, Ethiopia, Chad and Kenya as states that have proven their military capacity over the past 18 months or so.

“It’s nice to say all member states are equal, but we live in an Orwellian world where some states are more equal than others… and not all are in a position to make a contribution to peace and security,” he said.

The force will be tasked with “carrying out operations of limited duration and objectives or to contribute to the creation of conducive conditions for the deployment of AU and/or UN peace operations of wider scope,” AU documents said.

[size=14pt]the above is a good way to know 'who has the strongest military in Africa' in the sub-sahara region[/size]

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agaugust:

why is Angola's army not helping AU and UN in African rebel wars ? Angola has about 20 years battle-field experience in anti-guerrilla warfare against UNITA.

I have no idea. Perhaps the angolans are war weary, having just ended their very own brutal civil war.

Nigerian navy special boat service( commandos)

Henry120: Ugandan troops in somalia are packing M-4 carbine's. All of a sudden all news from the conflict in somalia just dried up. This Despite having a huge presence of security personnel from 6 different african countries.

@Henry120 those are not M-4's they are NORINCO CQ 5.56 (they are the cheap chinco m-4 knock off)

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Here is our very own nigerian contingent in somalia

The nigerian police force has practically phased out the AK-47, while the army is still stock with it in 2013. My prayer is that the army retires those weapons and either develop more modern rifles or buy Just like the nigerian police.

*i don't think that's going to happen though


Nigerian policemen clutching modified and up graded variants of the AK-74 in somalia

Henry120:

The nigerian police force has practically phased out the AK-47, while the army is still stock with it in 2013. My prayer is that the army retires those weapons and either develop more modern rifles or buy Just like the nigerian police.

the army may not worry if battle-field demand does not require range longer than AK-47 ballistic capacity, based on infantry close-in firearm needs....maybe they rely on our DICON made general purpose machine guns for longer firing range in close infantry combat. nigerian army has so many of them, so very many...see the photos below.

[img]http://beegeagle.files./2012/03/ngr-troops-daily-times-photo.jpg[/img]

nigerian army may have its tactical reasons, i just guess anyway. we need a reliable rifle that can endure long periods of firing long bursts without jamming like fancy looking european rifles.

EFX001:

@Henry120 those are not M-4's they are NORINCO CQ 5.56 (they are the cheap chinco m-4 knock off)

....but that cheap rifle can k.ill person sha, abi ?

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[size=14pt]reason why every country avoids Algeria's army[/size]


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RCkBvSFkfM


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0C8kJIPU0l8


[size=14pt]...very strong....more like warriors[/size]

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SA Navy

Algeria the only African country with no debts and the only Arab country against terrorism..tho they are against Christianity

@saengine, is that one of your valour ships in front?

CAMEROONPRIDE: ..

i watched cameroon's independence 50th anniversary parade almost full length. your women march better than your men, why ?

CAMEROONPRIDE: Algeria the only African country with no debts and the only Arab country against terrorism..tho they are against Christianity

Algerian military is very very deadly. list of african armies i will love to AVOID in battle....

Eritrea
Nigeria
Algeria
Ethiopia

agaugust:

i watched cameroon's independence 50th anniversary parade almost full length. your women march better than your men, why ?

soldiers or civilians? Anyway I don't know I guess women are used to walk/March a certain way , so performing is probably easier for them

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NAF pilots on training in the US

Fynline: NAF pilots on training in the US

NAF personnel training in AH-10 thunder bolts, hmmmm.... I just hope NAF top brass are not thinking of buying american over-priced fighters oh. It would be a major disaster, just look at our jag's. 24 Jaguars bought by the shagari regime, that haven't even clocked upto 60 hours all together in a state of decrepit.

if we are looking to get a COIN based fighter jet, NAF should look no further than the dependable SU-25 frog foot. Going for expensive, over bloated american planes isn't the way forward.

Fynline: NAF pilots on training in the US

nigerian military has the best mix of training in africa, a naval guy close to me, has trained in britain, india, italy, pakistan, USA, and he was just a junior rank at that time, not even an officer at all. nigeria invests so much on its military men training overseas, a multi-million dollar cost every year. no wonder we are always in demand by UN, AU, ECOWAS for commanding positions in red zones.

Henry120:

NAF personnel training in AH-10 thunder bolts, hmmmm.... I just hope NAF top brass are not thinking of buying american over-priced fighters oh. It would be a major disaster, just look at our jag's. 24 Jaguars bought by the shagari regime, that haven't even clocked upto 60 hours all together in a state of decrepit.

if we are looking to get a COIN based fighter jet, NAF should look no further than the dependable SU-25 frog foot. Going for expensive, over bloated american planes isn't the way forward.

nigeria does not need more than 12 L-15 Falcons trainer/light attack jets with either 6 SU-30 MKI or 12 JF-17 Thunder as multi-role/air superiority fighter/bomber.

i think we should just sell NAF Alpha jets, L-39 Albatross jets, and MB 339 jets to south sudan for $50m and offer to train/build an air force for them since they have none. the 18 Jaguar jets should be sold at $50m to india since they still upgrade and use the jets today.

too many aircraft types in any air force is a big money sucker. nigerian air force has too many types of aircraft in service, we should reduce the types and save cost of maintenance and training.

interesting to note :

egypt and ethiopia fought a war in 1874, and ethiopia won.

egypt and libya fought a war in 1977, and egypt won.

agaugust:

nigeria does not need more than 12 L-15 Falcons trainer/light attack jets with either 6 SU-30 MKI or 12 JF-17 Thunder as multi-role/air superiority fighter/bomber.

i think we should just sell NAF Alpha jets, L-39 Albatross jets, and MB 339 jets to south sudan for $50m and offer to train/build an air force for them since they have none. the 18 Jaguar jets should be sold at $50m to india since they still upgrade and use the jets today.

too many aircraft types in any air force is a big money sucker. nigerian air force has too many types of aircraft in service, we should reduce the types and save cost of maintenance and training.

I don't think it is Wise to sell our alpha jets, they have proven to be most usefull and dependable. I don't get your justification about having too many types of jets.
And it seems to me that we need as much jets as possible in order to be able to defend ourselves even from the USA.
Just remember that Nigeria is not a region of the USA and that the USA is oïl hungry.
So no we need as much air power as possible.
We might also have to fight countries like iran in the future. I don't think we should sell anything, we should rather upgrade and buy new ones, and also start building our own jets.

[size=16pt]women soldiers of western sahara....a forgotten army of africa[/size]

patriot4: I don't think it is Wise to sell our alpha jets, they have proven to be most usefull and dependable. I don't get your justification about having too many types of jets.
And it seems to me that we need as much jets as possible in order to be able to defend ourselves even from the USA.
Just remember that Nigeria is not a region of the USA and that the USA is oïl hungry.
So no we need as much air power as possible.
We might also have to fight countries like iran in the future. I don't think we should sell anything, we should rather upgrade and buy new ones, and also start building our own jets.

i get your point...but i just wanted to avoid turning nigeria to south africa which has 26 Grippen jets with only 6 qualified pilots and less than 10 of its Grippen jets in flying condition, they also put 12 Grippen jets in long term storage in a cold room deep freezer....due to lack of cash, no money.

african refugees in western sahara war can somebody please talk to AU to wake up ? UN should help africa with money.

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i sabi soja work pass my father !

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Who told you they are refugees? If they are where are they from? Also you can stop illegal immigration look at the USA

CAMEROONPRIDE: Who told you they are refugees? If they are where are they from?

yes they are african refugees from the western sahara war between polisario front and morooco.