Re: General Williams/// AU to impose 'targeted sanctions' in war"

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MsJo...@aol.com

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Jan 3, 2014, 8:43:56 AM1/3/14
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General Williams:
 
This is where you expertise is needed. I have always been interested in the ECOMOG Model that contained the debauchery in Sierra Leone (restored the democratic elected President) and the carnage in  Liberia.
 
MsJoe
From: ishola williams <isholaw...@yahoo.com>
To: MELVIN FOOTE <mfoot...@aol.com>; Amina Salum Ali <balam...@yahoo.com>
Sent: Wednesday, January 1, 2014 11:32 AM
Subject: Re: Africa: AU to impose 'targeted sanctions' in war-torn S Sudan

Mme Binta,You are always asking questions that you as an African must answer.Have you ever tried to meet the AU Lady Ambassador to the USA(also responsible for the Diaspora) and discuss with her.Please do so(in DC) as she goes at least for policy meetings and Summits.She has direct contact with the Concerned AU Commissioners(Political Affairs ,Peace and Security.
She can let you know how AU can or can not sanction the "SUPPLIERS" and why AU can or cannot get it.
If you also have suggestions on how AU can apply sanctions and get it,I am sure,she nd AU will be very happy.With IMF at your back,who will refuse to listen to you.
iw  




On Wednesday, January 1, 2014 11:07 AM, MELVIN FOOTE <mfoot...@aol.com> wrote:
FYI


Questions: Who is supplying these heavy and deadly weapons to people who  can barely feed themselves?
Shouldn't the AU sanction the suppliers too?

Who are  benefiting from the instabilities in Africa? Africans?
Why can't the AU get it?
Binta
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 As South Sudan rebels battled government troops for control of the flashpoint town of Bor, the AU says it will impose sanctions over violence. http://mg.co.za/article/2013-12-31-au-to-impose-targeted-sanctions-over-violence-in-s-sudan
A South Sudan army soldier stands next to a machine gun mounted on a truck. (Reuters)
The African Union said it will impose "targeted sanctions" over violence in war-torn South Sudan, where two weeks of fighting is feared to have left thousands dead.
The pan-Africa bloc's Peace and Security Council said in a statement it would "take appropriate measures, including targeted sanctions, against all those who incite people to violence, including along ethnic lines".
Meanwhile, South Sudan rebels battled government troops on Tuesday for control of the flashpoint town of Bor, the army said, dashing hopes a looming ceasefire deadline in the war-torn nation would be heeded.
"There is fighting this morning [Tuesday] in Bor town ... we are awaiting more details," army spokesperson Philip Aguer said. The army celebrated last week the recapture of Bor from the rebel forces, who have been fighting government troops for over two weeks.
Offer of a cease-fire
Late on Monday, Uganda's president warned South Sudan's rebel leader against rejecting the government's offer of a cease-fire, saying regional leaders would unite to "defeat" the former vice-president who is accused of mounting a failed coup in the world's newest country.
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni told reporters in Juba, the South Sudan capital, that a regional bloc known as IGAD had given Riek Machar "four days to respond" to the cease-fire offer.
"If he doesn't we shall have to go for him, all of us," he said, referring to IGAD.
A meeting of East African leaders last week said it "welcomed the commitment" by South Sudan's government to cease hostilities against rebels and urged both sides to start peace talks by Tuesday. Machar instead called for a negotiated cease-fire that includes a way to monitor compliance.
Violence since mid-December in South Sudan has displaced up to 180 000 people, the United Nations said on Monday.
Uganda's influence is strong in South Sudan, where special forces from the neighbouring country have been deployed at the request of South Sudan's President Salva Kiir, raising questions about the impartiality of Uganda as a possible mediator in a conflict that many fear could lead to civil war in the world's newest country.
Seek help
But France's ambassador to the United Nations said South Sudan's government has the right under international law to seek help from neighbouring countries to defend itself.
"There is a government in South Sudan, which has the right to ask for another country to support its military efforts," said Gerard Araud, who is the UN Security Council president. He added that the Security Council "does not have a say" in whether South Sudan seeks such help. – AFP, Sapa-AP

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ishola williams

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Mme,AU has StandBy Force with Regional Brigades with EU support which are still on "StandBy" and not ready to be launched.ECOWAS and EAC are ready.
In the meantime, South Africa's President Zuma is not happy with the situation and decided to call a meeting of some African countries(many did not go) to discuss and decide on forming an African  Rapid Response Force of the Coalition of the Willing.
Another meeting is scheduled in Addis Ababa on this subject in Jan or Feb this year which has not attracted a lot of willing countries.
AUC unlike EU has no mechanism for generating ideas and evidence-based facts and figures for strategic policy formulation and implementation.It neither encourages african Think-Tanks but Consultancies.Therefore suggestions made in the Past, PANAFSTRAG and other few  Security  Think Tanks and NGOs  from Doctrine to Burden sharing to Developmental Peacekeeping in African Context were not even discussed at any level.
A Security Company in South Africa organises an Annual Conference in Joburgh generating a lot of good actionable  ideas on African Peacekeeping.
I have alternative proposals and plans for ECOWAS( which is getting some hearing) and AUC.If they are accepted,let us hope for some changes.They are a lot of Brilliant African Officers from the Best Academies and Military Universities from China to USA and in between France,Russia and Germany.I am talking to some already If you or anybody know any of a these officers,Please send me names and coordinates.  
On the other hand,The Chair of the AUC appointed Dr Ibrahim Gambari to do a critical eveluation of the African StandBy Force from Headquarters.He was to submit its Report last Month.I donot know if he has done.
In addition has given AUC some few Million Euros to build a UN-Like Strategic Communications System with updated Operational Centres in Addis and the Regional HQs.
Finally,I am not too sure if the AU Ambassadors in DC and New York are really interested in harnessing the brainpower(except for business)in all areas including Peace and Security of  Global Africans living.If these two Ambassadors can do regular Briefings,AUC,Regional ECs and Africa stand to benefit.iw  
  



Otitigbe Obadiah Oghoerore Alegbe (The Okatakyie Otitigbe of Africa)

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If these zombies can operate machine guns, they can operate simple agric machines. Africans ! Stop patronizing weapon Industries!
Otitigbe.

Wharf snake

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At what cost to nigeria? Though the Nigerian soldiers were not saints but nigeria lost a ton of men and a lot of money wasted restoring peace to those two dead and decomposing countries. Nigeria cannot be the policeman of Africa. If the black wants to annihilate themselves I say they should go ahead. As someone reminded me today in the gym the African continues to behave like animals daily thereby confirming the suspicion of certain segments of society

WS
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Adeniran Adeboye

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Wharfy,

Eniti yio bun ni l'ewu wo, t'orun re l'a a wo. Hehn, ile l'a ti k'eso r'ode, abi?

If Nigeria is yet  unable to establish peace and stability at home, why would we count on it to establish such abroad. Don't they say, Charity begins at home.

Adeniran Adeboye


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