New EU support improves security in Africa
The EU has adopted a decision to provide €5.2 million to the African Union Commission (AUC) to support its actions in overcoming Africa’s challenges in the field of peace and security.
The support is intended for an exercise cycle called “AMANI AFRICA II” which plays an essential role in testing the continent’s progress towards operationalising the blueprint for the Africa Stand-by Force – a military force with civilian and police representatives to act as a permanent peace-enforcement and -keeping capability across Africa, under the direction of the African Union. The EU support for the planning and the organisation of the exercise will cover expenses relating to programme’s human resources, travel and transportation, logistics and supplies of the final exercise headquarters in Lesotho, as well as organising workshops.
