"The African Standby Force (ASF) is emerging as a highly militarised enterprise. This is evident for anyone closely observing developments in the operationalisation of the ASF - one of the essential pillars of the African Union (AU) Peace and Security Architecture. The need particularly for the civilian dimension to emerge as the most important feature of the ASF, i.e. the “civilianising” of the ASF, is probably an area that did not receive adequate attention among policy makers and analysts in the field." (Quoted from article)