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EU works on plan to support Congolese army

Brussels has been working for several months on a support plan for the army in DR Congo. A €20m package allocated via the European Peace Facility is in the pipeline to supply the Congolese military with non-lethal equipment. [...]

Published on 10.10.2022 at 05:00 GMT Reading time 3 minutes

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