On Friday 23 February, at the conference organised in Brussels on the Sahel G5, the European Union may announce a further contribution of €50 million for the joint Sahel G5 force (Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania and Niger), according to Nicolas Suran, French Ambassador to the Council's PSC Committee.
The funding would come from the African Peace Facility and assistance would only cover non-lethal material, in line with the European treaty.
“One of the aims of the conference is to...