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They're richer.

The slave days are over... Kenya, Tanzania, and Mozambique are much more developed than Somalis and Habash.

First of all ak 47 is efficient and consist of only 3 parts =easy to maintain .No2 the bantu militaries are always drawn upon by the "white man" who equips and funds them for UN operations. The british have their Nigeria and Kenya , the French Tchad and Senegal .Bantus are show off , if they get a little money they wanna show it to the world by buying brand new toys , the arabs are the same . The Afro asiatic rarely gets any money and when he does nobody knows where it went { a whole tribe has eaten it with nothing to show for }

Somalia is on a weapon embargo signed by the UN when the civil war broke out. In other words Somalia is not allowed to purchase weapons, uniforms and other military artillery.

PureQ wrote:Bantu countries appear to have well disciplined army. They have tough and brand new looking military uniforms, boots, helmets, gear, vest and so on. They look after their military and wears them to keep them disciplined. They have new looking military vehicles and hand held guns imported from Western countries etc. They're much more equipped than the Horns of Africa.

The Horns of Africa aka Somalia, Djibouti, Eritrea and Ethiopia on the other hand still have the 70s old and rusty AK47s. They have second hand military uniform that is torned apart but barely wears them. They don't wear helmets or bulletproof vest nor own them and sometimes wear their average clothing on frontlines even with the typical Horner-Yemeni sandels. They still have broken and outdated cold war era T62 tanks and APCs etc. Defense ministers/officers don't look after them or not keeping the armed force healthy.

Even though, they [Horns] are all USA and other Western countries most important allies in Africa which makes it even more confusing.
What is the reason behind this?

Somalia is on a weapon embargo signed by the UN when the civil war broke out.
In other words, Somalia is not allowed to purchase uniforms, weapons and other military artillery.

Sudan $4,069
Djibouti $3,270
Ethiopia $1,500
Eritrea $1,400
Somalia $600

Botswana $16,099
South Africa $13,046
Zambia $3,904
Kenya $2,954
Tanzania $2,538
Zimbabwe $1,792
Uganda $1,771
Mozambique $1,129
Malawi $822

PureQ wrote:Bantu countries appear to have well disciplined army. They have tough and brand new looking military uniforms, boots, helmets, gear, vest and so on. They look after their military and wears them to keep them disciplined. They have new looking military vehicles and hand held guns imported from Western countries etc. They're much more equipped than the Horns of Africa.

The Horns of Africa aka Somalia, Djibouti, Eritrea and Ethiopia on the other hand still have the 70s old and rusty AK47s. They have second hand military uniform that is torned apart but barely wears them. They don't wear helmets or bulletproof vest nor own them and sometimes wear their average clothing on frontlines even with the typical Horner-Yemeni sandels. They still have broken and outdated cold war era T62 tanks and APCs etc. Defense ministers/officers don't look after them or not keeping the armed force healthy.

Even though, they [Horns] are all USA and other Western countries most important allies in Africa which makes it even more confusing.

What is the reason behind this?

They use their nose as a hiding spot