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Mauritania
Spain follows Italy and Turkey's lead by investing in African coastguards

Following the disappearance of around 50 African migrants off the coast of Mauritania in early August, Spain is to draw on European funding to strengthen the efforts it is making with Mauritanian coastguards to stop clandestine emigration. [...]

Published on 23/08/2021 at 05:00 GMT

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Mauritania
Spain's Zyon Galicia equips Nouakchott to tackle illegal immigration

Financed by the EU and piloted by the Spanich public cooperation agency FIIAPP, the Mauritanian coastguard's reinforcement will soon take shape under the aegis of Madrid.

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Nicoletta Gaida, the private diplomat weaving Rome's anti-migrant alliance from the Sahel to Libya

The president of the NGO Ara Pacis, Nicoletta Gaida, an actress who moved into private diplomacy, has embarked on numerous mediation initiatives in the Sahel, in close collaboration with the Italian state and in harmony with its intelligence services.

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Nicoletta Gaida, president of Ara Pacis.

Mauritania
IMF to draw up new finance programme for Nouakchott

The International Monetary Fund disbursed just over $280m between 2020 and 2021 to help Mauritania counter the consequences of Covid-19 on its economy. It is now planning to support the country again with a financial programme for the coming years.

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Sahel
Brussels finances Spanish Uro armoured vehicles for Sahel's gendarmes

With Paris having recently announced the progressive withdrawal of French troops deployed with Operation Barkhane in the Sahel, the European Union is for its part continuing to support the security forces of the region.

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North Africa
Frontex's Mediterranean expenses shoot up as fast as its spy planes

The European agency will spend €150m to monitor the North African coast by plane and drone. Canada's PAL and the British Alto want to join existing providers CAE, DEA and EASP Air. The missions could extend to the Atlantic or even mainland Africa.

Subscribers only Defence, Politics 16.06.2021

Libya
EU to beef up border mission to stem migration

Europe is busy working on a new migration management roadmap, on which Libya features prominently. The EU Border Assistance Mission there is set to be expanded and prolonged, especially in the south of the country.

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Libya
EU's maritime rescue millions missing at sea

European commissioner for neighbourhood and enlargement, Oliver Varhelyi, was not able to say where the EU-funded Libyan maritime rescue coordination centre is located. The centre, financed by the European Union to help boats in trouble in the Mediterranean, should have been operational by 2020.

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European Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Oliver Varhelyi.

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Namibia oil utopia hangs on TotalEnergies' final investment decision

Mauritania
Spain follows Italy and Turkey's lead by investing in African coastguards

Mauritania
Spain's Zyon Galicia equips Nouakchott to tackle illegal immigration

In Focus | Africa
Nicoletta Gaida, the private diplomat weaving Rome's anti-migrant alliance from the Sahel to Libya

Mauritania
IMF to draw up new finance programme for Nouakchott

Sahel
Brussels finances Spanish Uro armoured vehicles for Sahel's gendarmes

North Africa
Frontex's Mediterranean expenses shoot up as fast as its spy planes

Libya
EU to beef up border mission to stem migration

Libya
EU's maritime rescue millions missing at sea