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These 10 African countries have the most powerful armed forces

Countries on the African continent ranked by their potential military strength.

           Egypt's military special forces.  (Courtesy)

 Each year, the Global Fire Power (GFP) ranks countries of the world every year according to military strength and firepower.

 GFP, an agency that assesses the military strength of nations, makes use of over 50 factors in its in-house formula to determine a given nation’s Power Index  (‘PwrIndx’) score. PwrIndx scores are judged against a perfect value of “0.0000” which is realistically unattainable due to the number of factors considered per country.

 This provides the final ranking while also allowing smaller, more technologically-advanced, nations to compete with larger, lesser-developed ones.

 That said, here are the top 10 African countries with the most powerful armed forces according to GFP:
10. Nigeria.
PwrIndx: 1.3442
Active personnel: 144,625

 9. Libya.
PwrIndx: 1.2096

 Active personnel: 35,000
8. Sudan
PwrIndx: 1.1777

 Active personnel: 177,150
7. Morocco
PwrIndx: 0.8702

 Active personnel: 198,000
6. Angola
PwrIndx: 0.8428

 Active personnel: 107,000
5. South Africa
PwrIndx: 0.7864

 Active personnel: 78,050
4. Democratic Republic of Congo.
PwrIndx: 0.7511

 Active personnel: 124,000
3. Ethiopia
PwrIndx: 0.7443

 Active personnel: 162,000
2. Algeria
PwrIndx: 0.4366

 Active personnel: 520,000
1. Egypt
PwrIndx: 0.2676
Active personnel: 454,250
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