DTN News: Eastern Africa Standby Brigade (EASB) Is Holding Exercise In Djibouti

DTN News: Eastern Africa Standby Brigade (EASB) Is Holding Exercise In Djibouti

*Source: DTN News / Int'l Media

(NSI News Source Info) NAIROBI, Kenya - December 5, 2009: Eastern Africa Standby Brigade (EASB) is holding the exercise involving 1,500 troops - from Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Ethiopia, Sudan, Burundi, Comoros, Seychelles and Somalia. The aim is to build a proper African peacekeeping force which will be able to respond to wars or crisis throughout the continent and have the backing of major Western powers, as this is their first big exercise.

Djibouti President Ismail Omar Guelleh (front L) arrives for the closing ceremony of the Field Training Service (FTS) in exercise Amani Carana by the Eastern Africa Standby Brigade in the Arta region of Djibouti, December 4, 2009.

Members of the Eastern Africa Standby Brigade (EASB) from Rwanda parade during the closing ceremony of the Field Training Service (FTS) in exercise Amani Carana in the Arta region of Djibouti, December 4, 2009.

Members of the Eastern Africa Standby Brigade from Uganda queue to board a French tactical aircraft C160 Transall at the French Air Base 188 in Djibouti,

Members of the Eastern Africa Standby Brigade from Rwanda parade during the closing ceremony of the Field Training Service (FTS) in exercise Amani Carana in the Arta region of Djibouti, December 4, 2009.

Members of the Eastern Africa Standby Brigade from Somalia parade during the closing ceremony of the Field Training Service (FTS) in exercise Amani Carana in the Arta region of Djibouti, December 4, 2009. Members of the Eastern Africa Standby Brigade from Ethiopia parade during the closing ceremony of the Field Training Service (FTS) in exercise Amani Carana in the Arta region of Djibouti, December 4, 2009.