PRESIDENT KIKWETE ATTENDS AU SUMMIT IN PRETORIA TO DISCUSS FORMATION AFRICAN CAPACITY FOR IMMEDIATE RESPONSE TO CRISES (ASIRC) Pre...
PRESIDENT KIKWETE ATTENDS AU SUMMIT IN PRETORIA TO DISCUSS FORMATION AFRICAN CAPACITY FOR IMMEDIATE RESPONSE TO CRISES (ASIRC)
President
Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete with President Jacob Zuma, President Yoweri
Museveni and President Idriss Deby of Chad head for the conference hall
on Tuesday
night at the Oliver Tambo Centre in Pretoria, South Africa, to discuss
with other African leaders the formation of a rapid-deployment emergency
force to swiftly intervene in crises on the continent.
President
Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete with President Jacob Zuma, President Yoweri
Museveni and President Idriss Deby of Chad head for the conference hall
on Tuesday
night at the Oliver Tambo Centre in Pretoria, South Africa, to discuss
with other African leaders the formation of a rapid-deployment emergency
force to swiftly intervene in crises on the continent.
President Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete walks towards the conference hall with President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni of Uganda on Tuesday
night at the Oliver Tambo Centre in Pretoria, South Africa, to discuss
with other African leaders the formation of a rapid-deployment emergency
force to swiftly intervene in crises on the continent.
President
Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete consults with the Chief of Defence General Davis
Mwamunyange and Ambassador Rajabu Gamaha, Deputy Permanent Secretary in
the Ministry of Forein Affairs and International Cooperation on Tuesday
night at the Oliver Tambo Centre in Pretoria, South Africa, where
discussions opened on the formation of a rapid-deployment emergency
force to swiftly intervene in crises on the continent.
President Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete and President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni join other African leaders on Tuesday
night at the Oliver Tambo Centre in Pretoria, South Africa, to discuss
the formation of a rapid-deployment emergency force to swiftly intervene
in crises on the continent.
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President Jakaya Kikwete was among African leaders who opened talks on Tuesday in Pretoria, South Africa, to discuss the formation of a rapid-deployment emergency force to swiftly intervene in crises on the continent.
The
idea of the new force is to bridge the gap pending the coming into
operation of the long planned fully-fledged peacekeeping African Union’s
African Standby Force.
The new force will go by the name the African Capacity for Immediate Response to Crises (ACIRC).
The
aim of the summit being attended by a handful of leaders — including
those of Chad, Tanzania and Uganda is “to enable Africa to act swiftly
and independently in response to the urgent security challenges this
continent faces”, said host South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma.
“This
decision came about due to the realisation that independent and swift
African responses to crises that arise on our continent could not wait
while the building blocks of the African Standby Force are carefully
being put in place,” he said.
The
AU’s standby brigade has made little headway since preparations for a
proposed force of 32,500 troops and civilians drawn from the continent’s
five regions started a decade ago.
“We
believe that the time has come that African leaders must be able to act
in the interim — swiftly, decisively and when needed,” said Zuma.
The
AU was criticised for not responding fast enough to the crisis in Mali
after the military seized power in a coup in March 2012.
“We need to ensure that we are not helpless or slow to respond without the help of external partners,” said Zuma.
“Africa
can, and has the capacity and the means to act swiftly and decisively,”
he added. “All what we need is to better organise ourselves.” He
expressed the hope that by end of this year there will be “a mechanism
that can breathe life into our aspirations for African ownership and
leadership in immediately and urgently responding to security challenges
faced by this great continent”.
The
meeting is being attended by countries that have said they are willing
to contribute to the force. It was not immediately clear how many
countries have so far pledged troops to the new forcePICHA ZA UZINDUNZI WA KITABU CHA DAWA NA MATIBABU
Waziri
wa Afya na Ustawi wa Jamii, Dk Hussein Mwinyi (kulia) akizindua
kitabu cha orodha ya dawa muhimu na matibabu katika hafla iliyofanyika
jana ukumbi wa mikutano wa Kimataifa wa Mwalimu
Julius Nyerere jijini Dares Salaam. Kushoto ni Mfamasia Mkuu kutoka
wizara hiyo, Henry Ilunde.
Waziri
wa Afya na Ustawi wa Jamii, Dk, Hussein Mwinyi (kulia)
akimkabidhi Kaimu Katibu Mkuu wa wizara hiyo, ambaye pia ni Kamshina
wa Ustawi wa Jamii, Danford Makala (kushoto) kitabu cha Orodha ya Dawa
muhimu na matibabu katika hafla iliyofanyika jana kwenye ukumbi wa mikutano wa Kimataifa wa Mwalimu Julius Nyerere jijini Dar es Salaam. (Picha na Magreth Kinabo –Maelezo)
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