Namibia prepares for SADC Standby Force deployment

Contributed by NAMPA.

GOBABIS, 22 SEP (NAMPA) - Namibia Defence Force (NDF) troops based at the Munjuku II Nguvauva Army base in the Omaheke Region on Thursday started training in preparation of deployment as part of a SADC Standby Force.
Namibia, as a Southern African Development Community member state, pledged a battalion as part of the SADC Standby Force during the SADC Defence Sub-committee meeting in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania earlier this year.
The 12 Motorised Infantry Brigade of the NDF has therefore mobilised a ...