goose-step. Burundi uses the goose step as a general parade step. Burundi was formerly part of German East Africa. Cameroon was a German colony prior to World War I. Chad does the goose step in slow time. Democratic Republic of the Congo Republic of the Congo Djibouti: At military parades, a horizontal goose step is performed at a slow march. Egypt Equatorial Guinea Gabon Ghana includes the western half of the former German colony of Togoland. Only the Ghanaian Special Forces use the goose step in military parades. Ivory Coast Madagascar Mauritania Mozambique Namibia was formerly known as German South West Africa. When the country became independent from apartheid South Africa in 1990, it kept the British-style march step. However, it has since returned to the traditional goose step, done with a modified form of the German arms drill in the English language. Niger using goose step in slow marching time. Nigeria Rwanda uses a horizontal goose step for military parades. Rwanda was formerly part of German East Africa, and the rebels who won the Rwandan Civil War received their military training in the goose-stepping country of Uganda. The new type of goose step was performed during the 25th anniversary of the end of the Rwandan Genocide as the troops were trained by the Chinese PLA. Senegal Seychelles Tanzania includes most of the former German East Africa. The country was aligned with the socialist side during the Cold War, and its military received training from East Germany. At military parades, a horizontal goose step is performed at a quick march. Togo comprises the eastern half of the former German colony of Togoland. Togo now uses the goose step as a general parade step, performed at a slow march. Uganda Middle East and Central Asia Afghanistan has used the goose step since the 1950s during the royal period of the country, thanks to advisers from the Soviet Armed Forces and from Iran. The tradition was carried on into the communist era, the U.S.-backed Islamic Republic and the second Taliban government. Iran has used the goose step since the Imperial era, as the country was influenced first by the Russian Empire and had in the 1920s an increase of foreign trade and technical collaboration with Germany, with Reichswehr advisers present in the army. The Islamic Republic's armed forces have continued the practice. Kazakhstan's use of the goose step is a direct result