African Standby Force

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The African Standby Force is a continental, multidisciplinary peacekeeping and rapid-deployment military force established by the African Union to respond to conflicts and crises across Africa.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf African Union mechanism ⓘ
multinational peacekeeping force ⓘ
rapid deployment force ⓘ
abbreviation ASF ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Force africaine en attente ⓘ
canCooperateWith Regional Economic Communities ⓘ
Regional Mechanisms for Conflict Prevention, Management and Resolution ⓘ
United Nations ⓘ
composition civilian personnel ⓘ
military personnel ⓘ
police personnel ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
controlledBy Peace and Security Council of the African Union ⓘ
country Africa ⓘ
deploymentAuthorization Peace and Security Council of the African Union ⓘ
foundationalDocumentAdopted 2002 ⓘ
foundedBy African Union ⓘ
hasPlanningElement Planning Elements at African Union level ⓘ
Planning Elements at regional level ⓘ
headquartersCountry Ethiopia ⓘ
headquartersLocation Addis Ababa ⓘ
inception 2003 ⓘ
legalBasis Article 13 of the Protocol Relating to the Establishment of the Peace and Security Council of the African Union ⓘ
Protocol Relating to the Establishment of the Peace and Security Council of the African Union ⓘ
mandateType African Union Peace Support Operations ⓘ
operationalReadinessGoal rapid deployment capability ⓘ
parentOrganization African Union ⓘ
partOf African Peace and Security Architecture ⓘ
purpose conflict prevention ⓘ
crisis management ⓘ
humanitarian assistance ⓘ
peace enforcement ⓘ
peacekeeping ⓘ
post-conflict reconstruction ⓘ
region Central Africa ⓘ
East Africa ⓘ
North Africa ⓘ
Southern Africa ⓘ
West Africa ⓘ
regionalComponent ECOWAS Standby Force ⓘ
Eastern Africa Standby Force ⓘ
Economic Community of Central African States standby arrangement ⓘ
North African Regional Capability ⓘ
Southern African Development Community Standby Force ⓘ
scope continental ⓘ
status partially operational ⓘ
structure five regional standby brigades ⓘ
supervisedBy African Union Commission ⓘ
thematicArea collective security in Africa ⓘ
peace and security ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

African Peace and Security Architecture → relatedTo → African Standby Force ⓘ
Peace and Security Council → worksWith → African Standby Force ⓘ
Jubaland → securityActor → AMISOM forces ⓘ
linked to: African Standby Force
APSA → hasPillar → African Standby Force ⓘ
Transitional Federal Government of Somalia → supportedBy → African Union peacekeeping forces ⓘ
linked to: African Standby Force
African Union Peace and Security Council → hasOrgan → African Standby Force ⓘ
Eastern Africa Standby Force → partOf → African Standby Force ⓘ
Eastern Africa Standby Force → hasLegalBasis → African Standby Force Policy Framework ⓘ
linked to: African Standby Force
ASF → standsFor → African Standby Force ⓘ
Force africaine en attente → officialName → African Standby Force ⓘ
North African Regional Capability → partOf → African Standby Force ⓘ
North African Regional Capability → isPlannedWithin → African Standby Force policy framework ⓘ
linked to: African Standby Force
Southern African Development Community Standby Force → basedOn → African Standby Force Policy Framework ⓘ
linked to: African Standby Force
PSC Protocol → providesFor → African Standby Force ⓘ
Central African Republic conflict → hasBelligerent → African Union peacekeeping forces ⓘ
linked to: African Standby Force