A multi-national peacekeeping military exercise involving Ghana and nine other African States began simultaneously Wednesday at Yendi in the Northern Region of Ghana and Kara in Togo.
The participating countries are Benin, Burkina-Faso, Cote d’Ivoire, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Togo and Ghana from West Africa, and Chad from Central Africa.
The exercise, organised by Togo and sponsored jointly by the French government and the participating countries, has political, military, as well as humanitarian, security and economic implications.
Code-named “Cohesion Kozah,” it seeks to enhance the capacity of the forces to move quickly to assist any of the sub-regional countries in times of crisis.
The exercise will also afford participating countries the opportunity to harmonise their understanding and operations of the forces in peacekeeping procedures.
Ghana is hosting a battalion, deployed in some districts of the Northern Region.
Source: GhanaWeb
