Enhancing Peace and Security in the Eastern Africa Region

Uganda Senior Command Staff College Visits FHQs

The Eastern Africa Standby Force (EASF) Force Headquarters(FHQs) received Ugandan Senior Command and Staff College Officers in the first week of April 2019, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

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Open Source Intelligence Training Concludes

Course ParticipantsAs part of operationalization of the Eastern Africa Standby Force (EASF) Early Warning Mechanism (E-WARN), a one-week Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) training was started on Monday, 1st April 2019, at International Peace Support Training Centre (IPSTC) in Nairobi, Kenya.

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UN/AU Police Officers Trainers Workshop Comes to a Close

Course ParticipantsThe Eastern Africa Standby Force Police Component held United Nations/African Union Police Officers Course (UN/AUPOC) Trainers Workshop, week 13 of 2019 in Mombasa, Kenya. The workshop aimed at evaluating the EASF Police training activities carried out in 2018 as well as plan on the best way to implement the activities for 2019.

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EASF Launches First Civilian Foundation Course 2019

Course ParticipantsThe Eastern Africa Standby Force rolled out a two weeks' Civilian Peace Support Operations (PSO) Foundation Course on 1st April 2019 at the Humanitarian Peace Support School (HPSS) in Embakasi, Nairobi, Kenya.

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EASF Receives Satellite Communications Equipment

The Government of the Kingdom of Denmark, together with the United Kingdom presented the Command & Control Communications Information Systems (C2CIS) equipment to Eastern Africa Standby Force (EASF), on 28th March 2019 at the Secretariat in Nairobi, Kenya.

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Director Meets Burundi Member of Parliament

The EASF Director Dr. Abdilahi Omar Bouh held an important meeting with Honorable Nshimirimana Georges, a Member of Burundian Parliament on 26th March 2019 in Bujumbura, Burundi.

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AU, COMESA & EASF Release Joint Preliminary Statement on Comoros Elections

The much anticipated Joint Preliminary Statement was delivered on the 25th of March 2019, one day after polling day,tolocal and international press, members of the election commission (CENI), local and international election observer

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A Word of Appreciation on Mission Accomplishment

The Head of EASF Elections Observations Mission to Comoros who is the former Burundi Minister for Defence, Lt Gen. (RTD) Germaine Niyoyankana, the Deputy Head of Mission who is also the current Head of EASF Civilian Component Mr. Steve Lalande and the EASF Management Team

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Director Briefs Top Burundi Defence Officials

The EASF Director Dr Abdillahi Omar Bouh held a consultative meeting with the Burundi Minister for Defense and Former Combatants, Mr Emmanuel Ntahomvukiye as well as the Chief of National Defence Forces of Burundi,  Lt Gen Prime Niyongabo in Bujumbura, Burundi on 25th March 2019.

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EASF in Regional Early Warning Workshop

The African Union’s Conflict Prevention and Early Warning Division of the Peace and Security Department in collaboration with the UNDP Regional Bureau for Africa, organized a three days' workshop on Conflict Prevention, Early Warning and Horizon Scanning from 20th to 22nd March 2019, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

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EASF Observers Safe and Sound

The Eastern Africa Standby Force (EASF) deployed 27 observers yesterday on all three islands of the Union of Comoros. The Eastern Africa Standby Force Election Observation Mission (EASF EOM) is led by retired Lt. Gen. Germain Niyoyankana, former Defence Minister of the Republic of Burundi.

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