EU Trust Fund for Africa mobilises another €22.6 million to foster stability and security in the Sahel and Lake Chad region.

European Commission
Press Release
Brussels, 9 November 2020

 
The European Union has announced another €22.6 million for five new programmes under the European Union Emergency Trust Fund for Africa (EUTF) to foster stability and security in the Sahel and Lake Chad region. Commissioner for International Partnerships, Jutta Urpilainen, said: “These five programmes contribute in different ways to addressing the protracted crisis in the Sahel region and advance its long-term stability and prosperity. They target the terrorist threat, the perceived impunity of criminals, and help improve governance, but they will also offer greater creative and economic opportunities for young people in the region and improve access to the internet.” A €10 million programme approved under the EUTF will support the fight against impunity in Burkina Faso by making the justice system more accessible and efficient, for example by improving the functioning of the penal chain and by supporting priority projects in the justice system. The EUTF will also support the...
 
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