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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10906

24 August 2013
EXTERNAL ACTION / (ae) africa
€5.2 million to AMANI AFRICA II peacekeeping force

Brussels, 23/08/2013 (Agence Europe) - €5.2 million has been paid to the African Union Commission to support its actions in the field of peace and security. This European funding, which was announced on 23 August, is intended for the AMANI AFRICA II exercise, which makes operational a military force -comprising civilian and police representatives - to act as a permanent peace-enforcement and peacekeeping capability across Africa, under the direction of the African Union. The EU funding...