On Tuesday 23 October, the Congolese Ambassador and current Chair of the Peace and Security Council of the African Union, Lazare Makayetr Safouesse, asked the Europeans to intervene in favour of financing the African Union Peace Fund through the UN Security Council.
“We have decided to create a Peace Fund. We have mobilised $55 million US and await the extra that we need. Our appeal to the EU is to lobby for this fund to be supported”, he told the press, following a two-day meeting with...