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Nightmare of private military contractors

The gross insecurity that has bedevilled the African continent for the past two decades rendered many states incapacitated to provide security to their citizens.

The rise in transnational terrorism in the Horn of Africa, the Sahel, the SADC region and the Great Lakes region has made the continent to be engulfed in political bushfires that have stretched the military capabilities of affected states beyond limit.

The growing frustration due to the deteriorating security environment has compelled some states and non-state actors to outsource security provision to private military contractors to protect African leaders or deploy them in conflict zones. Many foreign private military companies are being deployed in more and more crisis-ridden countries in Africa.

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