Thread by @DefenseNigeria

In order for the African Union to be truly independent in security matters,it needs to have its own military capability. The Nigeria Algeria South Africa Ethiopia Defence Pact (G-4) is designed to be the Guardian of Africa. An African rapid response military force.

We need a force able to respond to imminent threats or quickly react to a crises situation or a stabilization operation anywhere in Africa. The shortcomings of the African Union in this regard means anytime there is a security situation of strategic proportions

external powers .e.g France is obliged to make move and reinforce its presence on the continent. Nigeria, South Africa, Egypt, Kenya, Algeria and Ethiopia are the few African militaries that can make rapid deployments independently. The Kenyans have done so with Somalia.

Nigeria has a history of intervention in West Africa. South Africa, Algeria and Ethiopia all have expeditionary military capabilities. Algeria and South Africa have submarines . South Africa is also home to the continent's most advanced defence corporations.

But these are outliers. The AU on its own is not able to guarantee the security of all AU member states. Libya was an AU member state when it was bombed to smithereens by NATO. Today it is under U.S, French, Turkish and Russian

..occupation. Turkey once threatened Egypt with consequences should it interfere in Libya. We need an African Deterrence Initiative with the continent's most capable militaries fusing their capabilities to create the security component of the African Union.

If Libya was not bombed and taken over by militants, Africa would not have overtaken the middle east to become the Global Harvard for terrorism. The looted weapons from Gadaffi's stockpile of armoury fuelled terrorism on an industrial scale in Africa.

In the air Algeria combat aircraft fleet compromises SU-30s, SU-24, MiG-29s and MiG-35. Ethiopia has the SU-27 and MiG-23. South Africa has the JAS 39 Griffins and Nigeria has the JF-17 and F-7Ni fighters.

Algerian and South African navy submarines will be the undersea component of this force. Nigeria's Falcon Eye Surveillance System can provide effective electronics tracking of vessels with the continent's maritime enviroment.

Will this be sufficient to protect Africa from external aggression? Perhaps. Africa is only as strong as its weakest members and Francophone Africa is the continent's Achilles heel. Look how easy it took Macron to hijack and sabotage the ECOWAS Single Currency Initiative.

..or how easy Macron basically threatened the continent when the AU threatened sanctions against Chad if the junta does not hand over power to civilian parliament after Idris Debys demise, destroying any hope of the Chadian people joining the committee of democratic nations

..and the firing of Arikana Chihomburi by the AU Chairman over her speech critiquing the draconian policy of Colonial Tax imposed by Paris own 14 francophone states.

The deterrence that the G-4 is capable of championing is the only real protection they will have