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EU wants four African navies to fight piracy together

The European Union plans to use the European Peace Facility to provide operational support to four West African navies, which are to take on a regional leadership role to counter the persistent threat of piracy in the Gulf of Guinea. [...]

Published on 29/06/2022 at 06:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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The French Navy Atlantic Command is putting the finishing touches to a major event with West African navies in the Gulf of Guinea in October. It will comprise an on-board training course and a large-scale naval exercise, with the aim of also strengthening cooperation between Paris and regional states.

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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.

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