Rwandan soldiers hold their position during exercise Amani Carana outside their camp in Hol Hol 40km (24.8 miles) southeast of Djibouti, December 2, 2009. The Eastern Africa Standby Brigade is holding the exercise involving 1,500 troops - from Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Ethiopia, Sudan, Burundi, Comoros, Seychelles and Somalia. The aim is to build a proper African peacekeeping force which will be able to respond to wars or crisis throughout the continent and have the backing of major Western powers, as this is their first big exercise.REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya (DJIBOUTI CONFLICT MILITARY POLITICS)