Rwanda Defence Pressure (RDF)’s Brig. Gen. Ronald Rwivanga has assumed the position of Director of the East African Standby Pressure (EASF), a regional safety organisation mandated to advertise peace and stability throughout Japanese Africa.
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The EASF is likely one of the 5 regional multidimensional forces below the African Standby Pressure (ASF), comprising army, police, and civilian elements. It was established as a regional mechanism for the speedy deployment of forces to undertake preventive missions, speedy interventions, peace assist and stability operations, in addition to peace enforcement.
Rwivanga, who has served as RDF spokesperson since December 2020, succeeds Kenya’s Brig. (Rtd) Paul Kahuria Njema within the position.
Njema, a former Commandant of the Kenya Prisons Hospital, served within the Kenya Defence Forces for 37 years.
On Wednesday, Could 20, Rwivanga and Njema had been obtained in Addis Ababa by Ethiopia’s Minister of Defence, Aisha Mohammed Mussa, and Chief of Common Employees, Subject Marshal Birhanu Jula Galalcha.
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Their discussions centered on regional safety points, together with the conditions in Somalia, Sudan, South Sudan, and the spill-over results of instability in DR Congo, in addition to climate-related safety challenges and the sustainability of the EASF.
The EASF seeks to keep up a completely operational and built-in standby drive able to responding to rising crises throughout the area.
Its member states embody Burundi, Comoros, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Somalia, Sudan, and Uganda.
Earlier than changing into RDF spokesperson, Rwivanga held a number of senior positions inside the drive, together with Head of the Safety and Intelligence Division within the Republican Guard, Shut Safety Officer to the President of Rwanda, and Army Lecturer/Directing Employees on the RDF Command and Employees School, amongst different roles.
