The United States, three of its allies, Nigeria and 13 other African countries are putting finishing touches to plans to hold the largest military exercise code-named ‘United Accord’ in Africa later this year.

In a statement issued in Washington on Thursday, the US Department of Defence disclosed that a 60-member planning group would be drawn from the affected countries to make the exercise a success.

“Co-hosted by the Ghana Armed Forces, Exercise United Accord will include four major components a computer-programmed exercise, field training exercise, jungle warfare school and medical readiness training exercise,” the statement said.

The statement added that during the April 30 to May 4 meeting which would hold in Ghana, the 60-member combined team is expected to develop plans for the 16-day exercise in which about 600 multinational soldiers are expected to participate.

According to the statement, Ghana, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Canada, Chad, Cote d’Ivoire, The Gambia, Germany, Guinea Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, The Netherlands, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Togo and the United States have all sent at least one representative to the final planning event.