EU Member States could, in the coming days, adopt a €25 million aid package under the European Peace Facility for Niger’s armed forces (FAN).
According to the draft EU Council decision dated 12 July and seen by EUROPE, “the objective of the assistance measure is to strengthen the capabilities and resilience of the FAN in order to enable them to defend the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Niger and to better protect the civilian population against, in particular, the growing...