African Capacity for Immediate Response to Crises

The African Capacity for Immediate Response to Crises (ACIRC) is a temporary multinational African interventionist standby force set up in November 2013. It will be replaced by the African Standby Force when it becomes fully operational.^[1][2][3]

African Capacity for Immediate Response to Crises
Active	2013 – present
Country	Algeria  Chad  South Africa  Tanzania  Uganda
Allegiance	African Union
Role	Infantry
Size	5 battalions