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Spotlight | West Africa
Inside the EU's new security lab

The European Union is drawing up the contours of a new programme to boost the armies of the countries of the Sahel and Gulf of Guinea. Already widely used to support Ukraine in the face of the Russian invasion, the European Peace Facility must be at the center of this new West African strategy. [...]

Published on 21.09.2022 at 05:00 GMT Reading time 4 minutes Pierre-Elie de Rohan Chabot, Paul Deutschmann, Maxime Paszkowiak

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Common Security and Defence Policy
European External Action Service
European Peace Facility
European Union
EUTM
FAN
G5 Sahel initiative
Jama'at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin
Josep Borrell
Mohamed Bazoum
Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba
Political Framework for Crisis Approach

Niger
Brussels to play key support role in border protection

To help Nigerien troops in their battle against armed groups, the EU is financing and overseeing the construction of a chain of military posts along Niger's border with Mali and Burkina Faso. A handful of French and Italian operators have been snapping up the construction and supply contracts.

Subscribers only Defence 22.06.2023

Benin, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Togo
EU defence attachés to reinforce military diplomacy in coastal countries

The European External Action Service aims to create four new defence attaché posts to increase Brussels' security cooperation with four coastal countries of West Africa by the end of the year.

Subscribers only Defence 12.06.2023

Africa
European Union to set up task force to combat disinformation in Africa

The European Union's European External Action Service (EEAS) has been working for several weeks on the launch of an African anti-disinformation unit.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 03.05.2023

Spotlight | Burkina Faso
As Wagner spectre looms, EU reaches out to Ouagadougou

Talks between the European Union and Burkina Faso on possible security support recently resumed. The EU is keen to maintain links with the junta led by Captain Traoré, but would freeze any aid plans if Ouagadougou signs a deal with the Russian paramilitary group Wagner.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy 12.04.2023

A banner of the Burkina Faso President Captain Ibrahim Traore is seen during a protest to demand the departure of France's ambassador and military forces, in Ouagadougou, on the 20 January 2023.

Niger
EU seeks military personnel for new training mission in Niger

The EU has launched an internal force generation campaign to identify member states willing to deploy military personnel to Niger as part of a training mission to support the Niger Armed Forces (FAN).

Subscribers only Defence 06.03.2023

European Union, Mali, Spain
Closing of EU Training Mission a political problem for Spain

Reduced to 300 soldiers last autumn, the EU training mission remains present in Bamako, though all operations have ceased and the relationship between Mali and the EU has become spectacularly rocky. Madrid is firmly lobbying to maintain the mission.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 20.02.2023

Spanish PM Pedro Sanchez in Vienna, Austria, 16 February 2023.

Burkina Faso
Burkinabe junta procures arms via circuitous routes

The junta in Burkina Faso has entered into discussions with several capitals in the sub-region, including Bamako and Abidjan, in a quest to equip both the armed forces and the VDP with automatic rifles.

Subscribers only Defence 09.02.2023

Niger
The EU's big business meeting in Niamey

On 7 and 8 February 2023, the EU-Niger Business Forum will be held in Niamey. The event is expected to be chaired by Nigerien president, Mohamed Bazoum. Several ministers from EU member states are expected to attend.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 12.01.2023

Somalia
Brussels weighs up support for Somali army

After focusing on the Sahel and the DRC, the European External Action Service is looking towards the Horn of Africa.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy 14.12.2022

Burkina Faso, France
Junta rebuffs Paris over military cooperation

Two months after the coup, Burkina Faso's strongman is reluctant to accept operational support from France. A withdrawal of the Sabre force is now being discussed by the French Minister of the Armed Forces, Sébastien Lecornu.

Subscribers only Defence 30.11.2022

Niger
Paris boosts support for President Bazoum

The French treasury has approved new budgetary aid of €15m for Niger. Paris is also strengthening its military presence in the country, amid hostility to that presence from several civil organisations.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 26.10.2022

Niger's President Mohamed Bazoum with France's Emmanuel Macron in Paris, 12 November 2021.

Burkina Faso
EU set to send mission to post-coup Ouagadougou

The EU's special envoy for the Sahel, Emanuela Claudia Del Re, is planning a trip to Ouagadougou. The aim is to meet as soon as possible with Burkina Faso's new interim authorities following last month's coup d'état.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 18.10.2022

The EU Special Envoy for the Sahel, Emanuela Claudia del Re.

Burkina Faso, France
France struggles to find a way through the confusion in Burkina Faso

Before Captain Ibrahim Traore's 30 September coup, France had been relying heavily on Burkina Faso - and Niger - to reorganise its security presence in West Africa following its withdrawal from Mali. It had been preparing a major support plan for the authorities in Ouagadougou but this has now been largely compromised and its future presence in the country rendered uncertain.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy 12.10.2022

Smoke around the French embassy in Burkina Faso on 1 October.

West Africa
Ukraine war prompts Brussels to delay delivery of French armoured vehicles to Africa

The armed forces of Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin and Gabon will have to wait a little longer to receive the first transfers of French armoured personnel carriers under the Integrated Ground Mobility and Protection Programme that Paris launched last year.

Subscribers only Defence 06.10.2022

Burkina Faso, France
France to provide Burkina Faso with military and financial support

While France has just completed its withdrawal from Mali, Paris is preparing to provide nearly €15m in budgetary aid to Ouagadougou. It is also considering a military support programme to strengthen Burkina Faso's armed forces as they face increased threats from Islamist militant groups.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy 26.09.2022

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Jama'at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin
Josep Borrell
Mohamed Bazoum
Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba
Political Framework for Crisis Approach

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Burkina Faso, France
France struggles to find a way through the confusion in Burkina Faso

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France to provide Burkina Faso with military and financial support

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EU to send €20m to support Rwandan war effort in Cabo Delgado

European Union, Mali
EU scales back EUTM-MALI mission even further as rift with junta grows

Niger
EU to finalise EUTM mission in Niamey

West Africa
EU wants four African navies to fight piracy together

European Union, Niger
EU prepares to unlock €25m for Niger's armed forces

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Washington watches as Tehran negotiates with Niamey for 300 tonnes of uranium

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Behind the scenes of Mamadi Doumbouya's offensive on Russian miner Nordgold

Spotlight | West Africa
Inside the EU's new security lab

Niger
Brussels to play key support role in border protection

Benin, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Togo
EU defence attachés to reinforce military diplomacy in coastal countries

Africa
European Union to set up task force to combat disinformation in Africa

Spotlight | Burkina Faso
As Wagner spectre looms, EU reaches out to Ouagadougou

Niger
EU seeks military personnel for new training mission in Niger

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Closing of EU Training Mission a political problem for Spain

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Burkinabe junta procures arms via circuitous routes

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