The European Commission announced this Wednesday the extension of the Bêkou Trust Fund for the Central African Republic (CAR) until the end of 2020. The Bêkou Trust Fund (meaning “hope” in Sango) was created in July 2014 to address the political and security crisis of 2013 in CAR and remains a critical instrument to […]
Chad has sent a letter threatening to end security cooperation with the US, a move already taken by neighboring Niger last month amid growing ties between Sahel military-ruled countries and Russia, CNN reported. Sahel countries- Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger together with Chad- have already ended France’s military presence in the region, marking an anti-Western […]
The Forum of Presidents of Legislative Powers of Central America, the Caribbean and Mexico (FOPREL) lauded on Wednesday in Rabat the Royal Atlantic Initiative launched by King Mohammed VI and his move to promote access of Sahel countries to the Atlantic Ocean. Under the terms of a decision adopted unanimously following its 30th extraordinary session, […]
