‘EU Changing How it Funds African Security, Bracing for Global Military Support’
‘EU Changing How it Funds African Security, Bracing for Global Military Support’
Peter Fabricius, a consultant with the Institute for Security Studies (ISS) that is concerned with enhancing human security as a means to achieving sustainable peace and prosperity, says the European Union (EU) will be changing the way it funds African peace and security this 2021.
He said in
ISS Today, a newsletter of the Institute, ‘’the changes are likely to have big implications, especially for the African Union (AU) Commission, but it’s not clear whether everyone affected is taking sufficient note.’’
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The European Union (EU) will this year change the way it funds African peace and security. The changes are likely to have big implications, especially for the African Union (AU) Commission, but it’s not clear whether everyone affected is taking sufficient note. For 14 years the EU has channelled its peace and security support finances through the African Peace Facility (APF) – the fund it runs in partnership with the AU Commission. This helps pay for African-led peace support operations, capacity building for AU institutions and AU-led conflict prevention initiatives.
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