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    Eight African countries are to participate in a peacekeeping training exercise in Gabon, news organisations reported on Thursday.

    ‘Gabon 2000’, organised jointly by Gabon and France, is to be run from 17 to 29 January, according to Reuters. AFP reported that it would be held in Libreville and Lambarene in the south and would simulate a peacekeeping and civilian-protection operation in a country divided by an internal conflict. Participating countries will contribute troops toward a 600-member battalion and a multinational command structure.

    The eight nations are Gabon, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Equatorial Guinea and Sao Tome/Principe.

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