EU, France pledge 1.3 billion euros anti-terror aid for Africa Sahel
NOUAKCHOTT: The European Union and France announced 1.3 billion euros ($1.5 billion) in development funding aimed at preventing terrorism in African Sahel countries, which are struggling with militancy and lawlessness along the Sahara’s southern rim.
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The EU has pledged 800 million euros, its International Cooperation and Development Commissioner Neven Mimica told a conference in the Mauritanian capital, which hosts a fledgeling African regional force fighting militants, called the G5 Sahel.
France “will invest 500 million euros to benefit the priorities” of the G5 Sahel, added French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian.
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This is quite surprising to me, since they are all French speaking countries and to my understanding, all of these countries are still paying French colonial taxes to France until this day.
How about we stop approaching this as an EU responsibility and first let France take responsibility for their colonial past. Instead, France just keeps exploiting these nations. As far as I’m aware, France still earns billions with this exploitation. Won’t this EU money indirectly end up in the pockets of France? Recommend
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