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Why AU’s $43m equipment transfer plan could cripple African Standby Force

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Julius Barigaba
Why AU’s $43m equipment transfer plan could cripple African Standby Force
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An internal African Union report warns that a proposed $43 million equipment transfer from the Continental Logistics Base in Cameroon could deplete critical security assets. The report calls for an audit amid allegations of conflicts of interest regarding the distribution of supplies to Liberia, Sierra Leone, and The Gambia.

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A plan to transfer nearly $43 million worth of equipment from the African Union’s Continental Logistics Base (CLB) in Cameroon to Liberia, Sierra Leone and The Gambia could cripple the continent’s African Standby Force (ASF) and deplete more than half of its strategic deployment stockpile, an internal AU report warns.

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