Africa
EU rolls out project to combat terror financing in Africa
Brussels hopes the project will strengthen systems for intercepting suspicious transactions on the continent.
West Africa
After mixed results, Brussels mulls future of Sahel's elite counterterror units
The European Union is reviewing the GAR-SI Sahel initiative, through which it funded and trained reaction squads in six African countries to tackle terrorism and trafficking. Although the programme is to be beefed up in Senegal, Mauritania and Niger, Brussels plans to axe it in Mali, Burkina Faso and Chad. [...]
Published on 19/10/2022 at 05:00 GMT
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