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[[File:Eeben_Barlow2.jpeg|300px|right|thumb|Ex-[[SADF]] Lt-Col [[Eeben Barlow]], Chairman of private military company '''STTEP International''']]
 
In 2006, three [[South African Defence Force]] veterans founded the private military company '''STTEP International''' (Specialised Tasks, Training, Equipment and Protection) to help fill the vacuum left by the departure of PMC [[Executive Outcomes]] in 1998.<ref>[http://paladin-jobs.com/4/post/2015/04/eeben-barlow-and-sttep-in-nigeria.html "Eeben Barlow and STTEP in Nigeria"]</ref>
 
In 2006, three [[South African Defence Force]] veterans founded the private military company '''STTEP International''' (Specialised Tasks, Training, Equipment and Protection) to help fill the vacuum left by the departure of PMC [[Executive Outcomes]] in 1998.<ref>[http://paladin-jobs.com/4/post/2015/04/eeben-barlow-and-sttep-in-nigeria.html "Eeben Barlow and STTEP in Nigeria"]</ref>
  
In May 2015, Chairman [[Eeben Barlow]] described how STTEP – cooperating with a South African security firm, Pilgrims Africa Ltd, based in Lagos – had assisted the [[Nigeria]]n government in its fight against the [[Boko Haram]] insurgents:<ref>[http://www.theintelligencebulletin.co.za/articles/africa-watch-2122.html "Ex-South African fighters do it for Nigeria against Boko Haram"]</ref>
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In May 2015, Chairman [[Eeben Barlow]] described how STTEP – cooperating with a South African security firm, [[Pilgrims Africa Ltd]], based in Lagos – had assisted the [[Nigeria]]n government in its fight against the [[Boko Haram]] insurgents:<ref>[http://www.theintelligencebulletin.co.za/articles/africa-watch-2122.html "Ex-South African fighters do it for Nigeria against Boko Haram"]</ref>
  
 
“The campaign gathered good momentum and wrested much of the initiative from the enemy,” said Colonel Barlow, 62. “It was not uncommon for the strike force to be met by thousands of cheering locals once the enemy had been driven from an area.”<ref>[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/nigeria/11596210/South-African-mercenaries-secret-war-on-Boko-Haram.html "South African mercenaries' secret war on Boko Haram"]</ref>
 
“The campaign gathered good momentum and wrested much of the initiative from the enemy,” said Colonel Barlow, 62. “It was not uncommon for the strike force to be met by thousands of cheering locals once the enemy had been driven from an area.”<ref>[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/nigeria/11596210/South-African-mercenaries-secret-war-on-Boko-Haram.html "South African mercenaries' secret war on Boko Haram"]</ref>

Revision as of 19:19, 18 January 2016

Group.png STTEP International  Rdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
FounderEeben Barlow
TypePrivate Military Company
Apartheid-era SADF personnel in a PMC that provides Specialised Tasks, Training, Equipment and Protection (STTEP) to authorities throughout Africa
Ex-SADF Lt-Col Eeben Barlow, Chairman of private military company STTEP International

In 2006, three South African Defence Force veterans founded the private military company STTEP International (Specialised Tasks, Training, Equipment and Protection) to help fill the vacuum left by the departure of PMC Executive Outcomes in 1998.[1]

In May 2015, Chairman Eeben Barlow described how STTEP – cooperating with a South African security firm, Pilgrims Africa Ltd, based in Lagos – had assisted the Nigerian government in its fight against the Boko Haram insurgents:[2]

“The campaign gathered good momentum and wrested much of the initiative from the enemy,” said Colonel Barlow, 62. “It was not uncommon for the strike force to be met by thousands of cheering locals once the enemy had been driven from an area.”[3]

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