Cameroon: Africa Union to station military base in Douala

The CPDM government and the African Union have signed an agreement making Yaounde the home of the Continental Logistics Base of the African Standby Force. Both sides put pen to paper on Monday the 12th of October in Yaounde, the nation’s capital.

Cameroon Concord Intelligence Unit gathered Cameroon and the African Union were represented by Joseph Beti Assomo, the Minister Delegate at the Presidency of the Republic in charge of Defence and Smail Chergui, the Peace and Security Commissioner of the African Union. 

The agreement however stipulates that Cameroon’s economic capital, Douala will host the mechanized division of the force whose mission is the maintenance of peace throughout the continent.

The AU force will mobilize 25 000-30 000 men (military, police and civilian) from the five regions of the continent to combat Boko Haram, Al-Shabaab and many other armed gangs proliferating on the continent and hindering its development.