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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10205

2 September 2010
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/somalia
EU grants extra €47 million to AMISOM to continue its peacekeeping operations

Brussels, 01/09/2010 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission has decided to grant an additional €47 million to the African Union to fund the continuation of peacekeeping operations in Somalia. This was announced on Wednesday 1 September.

These new funds, which were allocated under the Peace Support Operation Facility for Africa, which in turn is funded by the European Development Fund (10th EDF), bring to €142 million the total support provided by the EU to the AU's mission in Somalia...

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