Enhancing Peace and Security in the Eastern Africa Region

EASF Receives Satellite Communications Equipment

The Government of the Kingdom of Denmark, together with the United Kingdom presented the Command & Control Communications Information Systems (C2CIS) equipment to Eastern Africa Standby Force (EASF), on 28th March 2019 at the Secretariat in Nairobi, Kenya.

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Director Meets Burundi Member of Parliament

The EASF Director Dr. Abdilahi Omar Bouh held an important meeting with Honorable Nshimirimana Georges, a Member of Burundian Parliament on 26th March 2019 in Bujumbura, Burundi.

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AU, COMESA & EASF Release Joint Preliminary Statement on Comoros Elections

The much anticipated Joint Preliminary Statement was delivered on the 25th of March 2019, one day after polling day,tolocal and international press, members of the election commission (CENI), local and international election observer

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A Word of Appreciation on Mission Accomplishment

The Head of EASF Elections Observations Mission to Comoros who is the former Burundi Minister for Defence, Lt Gen. (RTD) Germaine Niyoyankana, the Deputy Head of Mission who is also the current Head of EASF Civilian Component Mr. Steve Lalande and the EASF Management Team

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Director Briefs Top Burundi Defence Officials

The EASF Director Dr Abdillahi Omar Bouh held a consultative meeting with the Burundi Minister for Defense and Former Combatants, Mr Emmanuel Ntahomvukiye as well as the Chief of National Defence Forces of Burundi,  Lt Gen Prime Niyongabo in Bujumbura, Burundi on 25th March 2019.

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EASF in Regional Early Warning Workshop

The African Union’s Conflict Prevention and Early Warning Division of the Peace and Security Department in collaboration with the UNDP Regional Bureau for Africa, organized a three days' workshop on Conflict Prevention, Early Warning and Horizon Scanning from 20th to 22nd March 2019, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

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EASF Observers Safe and Sound

The Eastern Africa Standby Force (EASF) deployed 27 observers yesterday on all three islands of the Union of Comoros. The Eastern Africa Standby Force Election Observation Mission (EASF EOM) is led by retired Lt. Gen. Germain Niyoyankana, former Defence Minister of the Republic of Burundi.

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EASF EOM Preparations in Comoros Conclude

On the eve of the Presidential and Gubernatorial elections in the Union of Comoros, the deployed team of experts from the Eastern Africa Standby Force confirmed on 23rd Mach 2019 that it had put up all necessary mechanisms in place to ensure that it delivers on its mandate.

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EASF Launches Elections' Observations' Mission to Comoros

The Eastern Africa Standby Force conducted the inaugural ceremony of it's Elections' Observations' Mission to the Union of Comoros on Wednesday 20th March 2019 in the capital city, Moroni, Comoros.

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EASF Stands with the Government and People of New Zealand

The entire Eastern Africa Standby Force fraternity expresses its deepest sympathy to the Government and the people of New Zealand following the cowardly terrorist attacks on 15th March 2019 at two mosques during Fridays' prayers' sessions whereby at least 49 people were killed and many more seriously injured.

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EASF Deploys Observers to the Union of Comoros

The Eastern Africa Standby Force (EASF) will deploy an election observer mission in the Union of Comoros ahead of the presidential and governors’ elections due on the 24th of March 2019.  An EASF advance team is already on the ground.

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