InternationalCooperation andDevelopment(DEVCO)

FACTSHEETThe African Peace Facility

OVERVIEW

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Where?

How much?

With whom?

Why?

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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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LakeVictoria

LakeTanganyika

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LakeChad

Somalia

Burundi

South

Sudan

Sudan

Kenya

Ethiopa

Djibouti

Eritrea

Darfur

Comoros

CAR

Congo DRC

Uganda

Rwanda

Mali

Niger

Nigeria

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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