Troops Pledged for East African Standby Force

Defense chiefs from 10 East African countries have pledged a total of 5,000 troops to a new regional standby force for deployment by December. Rwanda's army spokesman said the officials made the pledges at a meeting in Kigali. The African Union has been working on a plan for 10 years for each of the continent‘s regions to have its own peacekeeping force on standby in case of emergencies. Target date set The A.U. is aiming for all the forces to be in place by December 2015,...

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