Jonathon Rees, Author at This is Africa https://thisisafrica.me/author/jonathonrees/ Opinion, Lifestyle, Arts, Music #TIA Mon, 07 Dec 2015 05:00:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://i0.wp.com/thisisafrica.me/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/cropped-logo-512x512-2.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Jonathon Rees, Author at This is Africa https://thisisafrica.me/author/jonathonrees/ 32 32 67616479 What next for the African Standby Force? https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/next-african-standby-force/ https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/next-african-standby-force/?noamp=mobile#respond Mon, 07 Dec 2015 05:00:00 +0000 https://thisisafrica.me//?p=14991 The readiness of the African Union’s (AU’s) African Standby Force (ASF) was put to the test during a major field exercise over three weeks in October and November. Troops marched into mock battle to take back territory seized by rebels in the fictional state of Carana, set up for Operation Amani Africa II at the SA National Defence Force’s combat training centre in the Northern Cape.

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