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InternationalCooperation andDevelopment(DEVCO)
FACTSHEETThe African Peace Facility
OVERVIEW
When?
Where?
How much?
With whom?
Why?
How?
OBJECTIVES
Contributing to restoring a safe and secure environment in the areas of the Lake Chad basin that are affected by Boko Haram, through increased regional cooperation.
Reinforcing the ability of the Multi-National Joint Task Force (MNJTF) to coordinate, command and conduct joint multinational operations in the region by providing it with the necessary assets (infrastructure, communication, transportation, etc.) to do so.
1/07/2016 – 31/12/2019
Lake Chad basin (region bordering Niger, Chad, Nigeria and Cameroon)
EUR 50 million
African Union Commission
Increasing regionalisation of Boko Haram threat
Support a Multi-National Joint Task Force against Boko Haram
MULTI-NATIONAL JOINT TASK FORCE (MNJTF) against Boko Haram
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LakeChad
Somalia
Burundi
South
Sudan
Sudan
Kenya
Ethiopa
Djibouti
Eritrea
Darfur
Comoros
CAR
Congo DRC
Uganda
Rwanda
Mali
Niger
Nigeria
Cam
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Chad
Burkina
Faso
Gambia
Mauritania
Guinea
Bissau
Lake Chad
Basin region
Tanzania
HIGHLIGHTS
7,500 military and non-military personnel.
Military response to an ever-changing threat: The MNJTF is designed to respond to transnational terrorism and to embed regional peace and security. However the acute humanitarian situation calls for an approach that goes beyond military intervention.
The APF’s contribution to the MNJTF is part of a broader EU strategy to support resilience, stabilisation and economic recovery in the region: • Humanitarian assistance• Emergency Trust Fund• Stabilisation funding• National and regional programmes
MNJTF headquarters: N’Djamena (Chad).
The Force is structured in four sectors:
Mora (Cameroon)
Bagasola (Chad)
Diffa (Niger)
Baga (Nigeria)
Other Stakeholders:
• Benin deployed an additional 150 soldiers.
• In-kind support to the individual MNJTF Troop Contributing Countries from France and the US.
• £5 million from the UK channelled through the AUC.
POLITICAL CONTEXT
2014Established by the Lake Chad Basin Commission in 1998 to fight highway banditry and other cross-border crime, the MNJTF was reactivated and authorised by the African Union to conduct combat operations against Boko Haram, intercept trafficked weapons, free hostages and encourage defections.
2015• Attacks of MNJTF headquarters in Baga (Nigeria) by Boko
Haram militants led to a new political impetus for the expansion of the MNJTF: more troops, expansion of mandate, relocation of the headquarters to N’Djamena, Chad.
• The European Council concludes that ‘The increasing regionalisation of Boko Haram’s threat requires a collective and comprehensive response to defeat terrorism in full respect of human right
2016• Agreement between the European Commission and the AU
Commission.• Although Boko Haram’s insurgency continues to drive terrorism
threat in the region, MNJTF operations have resulted in considerable progress in the fight against the extremists and helped diminish their combat capacity.
APF FUNDING
Used for: • Personnel costs: 22%• Operational/logistical costs: 78%
BENEFICIARIES
The MNJTF (10,000 uniformed elements).
African Union Commission.
Populations of the Lake Chad Basin.
FURTHER INFORMATION: www.africa-eu-partnership.org #AfricanPeaceFacility
Over EUR 700 million
Stabilizing the areas reclaimed from Boko Haram
2.5 million IDP (internally displaced people) and
250,000 refugees requiring assistance
EUR 50 million
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