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2008-12-24
Algeria to host African Union's new North Africa Command
Defense Ministers of Algeria, Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, along with AU Commission and Polisario representatives, agreed Tuesday (December 23rd) in Tripoli to establish a North African peacekeeping force of some 12,000 soldiers, local press reported. Algeria will host the training headquarters of the North Africa Command as part of the African Union's (AU) standby force, El Khabar reported. Algeria will contribute three regiments to the new brigade: two military and one military police. Morocco, which is not an African Union member, is not participating in the initiative.
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Dziri58 2008-12-25
So why is Morocco not an African Union member? Oh i forgot they are aspiring to become a full EU member. I guess that will happen when the rabbits will fly or shall i say when the cows come home or perhaps when the fat lady sings. Until then, let them enjoy their life in Limbo.
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SERGHOUN 2008-12-25
Two events attracted my attention: the creation of a North African authority for the African Union and the security summit in the region between Sahel and Bamako. I bitterly noted that, one, the Arab league, which has been around for over 50 years, has never made such a decision despite the very real threat facing its members most notably that of the outbreak and disappearance – by political and military means. Two, the participation of the Polisario and the absence of Morocco, a North-African country, pushes me to recognise once more that the Arab Maghreb Union is definitely dead and buried; three, what will be the scope of this force’s intervention to maintain peace?- because it could be that the this will be at the level of the countries themselves, as they fear a revolt by their people themselves, who will impose their own change of power via democratic means; and, four, the summit in Bamako also dealt with maintaining peace, the fight against terrorism and organised crime, Before creating forces composed of contingents, it is necessary to maintain them and allot them a budget that must be used to develop the countries involved, to make the distribution of wealth fair and to give equality to the citizens, as is stipulated in each of these countries’ constitutions. Peace will reign and this force will be the core of African power in terms of policies towards common defence.
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