Tag: ACIRC
SA to host planning meeting for ministerial ACIRC gathering
This weekend will see another brick go into the wall that is the African defence and security structure when South Africa hosts a preparatory...
ISS: Streamlining the AU’s rapid response capabilities
Over the last five years, there has been a great deal of debate about the African Union’s (AU) ability to rapidly deploy a combat...
The African Peace and Security Architecture – a system for the...
The African Standby Force (ASF) has been declared to have reached full operational capability (FOC), in four out the five African regions....
SANDF told to be “more vigilant” on Lesotho border
With Lesotho on edge following Tuesday's shooting of the country's military leader and two senior officers, the Southern African Development Community (SADC)...
Concerns over ACIRC effectiveness
Following President Jacob Zuma's recent visit to Addis Ababa where, among others, the African Capacity for Immediate Response to Crises (ACIRC) was...
Concerns over ACIRC effectiveness
Following President Jacob Zuma's recent visit to Addis Ababa where, among others, the African Capacity for Immediate Response to Crises (ACIRC) was...
Concerns over ACIRC effectiveness
Following President Jacob Zuma's recent visit to Addis Ababa where, among others, the African Capacity for Immediate Response to Crises (ACIRC) was...
ISS: Zuma tries to revive ACIRC, but will it work?
Last week, South African President Jacob Zuma attended a summit meeting in Addis Ababa with those leaders who volunteered to be part...
ACIRC and ASF needs voluntary troop, materiel and financial support to...
Two high level African Union meetings this year in the wake of last November's Amani Africa exercise have called for support in...
Angola takes over head of ACIRC
Angola has taken over the chair of the African Capacity for Immediate Response to Crises (ACIRC), and concluded the Utulivu Africa II...
Angola to host ACIRC exercise
Angola will later this month host the African Capacity for Immediate Response to Crises (ACIRC) command post exercise Utulivu Africa II.
AngolaPress quoted...
More warnings on SANDF equipment, capacity and capability
The warning lights have been flashing and the alarm bells have been sounding for so long it appears they have become part...
South African ACIRC commitment will have UAVs and limited logistic support
The SA National Defence Force's (SANDF) Joint Operations Division (JOps) has told Parliament a pair of tactical UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles) is...
Gallery: Exercise Amani Africa II closing ceremony
The closing ceremony for Exercise Amani Africa II was held on 8 November at the Lohatla Combat Training Centre in the Northern...
Gallery: Exercise Amani Africa II closing ceremony
The closing ceremony for Exercise Amani Africa II was held on 8 November at the Lohatla Combat Training Centre in the Northern...
Ceremonial end to Amani Africa II
Following its one and only field training exercise, the rapid deployment capability of the African Standby Force (ASF) has been declared ready...
ISS: African Standby Force: how the AU can get it right
Last week, as part of the Amani Africa II field exercise, the African Standby Force (ASF) has been testing its Rapid Deployment...
Africa puts security hopes in foreign-funded, home-grown strike force
Backed by tanks, armoured vehicles and plenty of EU cash, thousands of African soldiers took on an imaginary enemy in the arid...
ISS: The African Standby Force beyond 2015 – ideals versus realities
Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, Chairperson of the African Union (AU) Commission, has a difficult problem to resolve. By January 2016, she will be expected...
Amani Africa II FTX will see just on 4,000 troops deployed...
South Africa is by far the major contributor troop-wise to October's Amani Africa II field training exercise in preparation for final operationalisation...
SANDF needs to get involved in peacekeeping in Africa – SA...
The importance the South African military places on peacekeeping in Africa and having a stable and prosperous continent can be seen in...
SADC counter-terrorism strategy in place
The Southern African Development Community (SADC) has developed a comprehensive counter-terrorism strategy, the outgoing head of the body's organ on politics, defence...
ISS: Standing by or standing up – is the African Standby...
The African Union (AU) – and especially South Africa – regards the AU's nascent African Standby Force (ASF) as a means to...
ACIRC has International Relations and Co-operation Minister’s support
South Africa's foreign relations supremo this week pledged the country's continued support for the nascent African Capacity for Immediate Response to Crises...
SANDF is mission ready says Commander-in-Chief
President Jacob Zuma, Commander-in-Chief of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) has assured Parliament "all forces deployed internally and externally are...
Rapid Response an elusive political project?
Preceding last month's 25th African Union (AU) summit in Johannesburg a meeting of the AU Specialised Technical Committee on Defence, Safety and...
SA element of ACIRC to be combat ready by end June
The South African military contribution to the African Capacity for Immediate Response to Crises (ACIRC) force will be combat ready by end...
AU pushes ahead with African Standby Force
The African Union (AU) believes Africa will have a united and functioning single military by the end of this year as leaders...
ISS: Business as unusual – Goodluck Jonathan privatises Nigerian relations with...
It was ironic, to say the least, that Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan's government turned down President Jacob Zuma's proposal for a South...
ACIRC and the US
The African Union's much-repeated mantra of "African solutions to African problems" does not have the same ring to it in light of...
Exercise Seboka not limited to landward forces this year
This year's Exercise Seboka will, according to the Director: Corporate Communications of the SA National Defence Force (SANDF), be different to previous...
Seboka 2014 will be ACIRC force preparation exercise for the SA...
South Africa's commitment to the African Union (AU) African Capacity for Immediate Response to Crises (ACIRC) force goes to another level next...
ISS: Who will foot the bill for Africa’s new intervention force?
The next time a major crisis that needs swift military action breaks out anywhere in Africa, an African force will be on...
ISS: Does the unwieldy label of the African Capacity for Immediate...
All the attention this week on the unconditional surrender of the M23 rebels in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) -...
