EC tops up support to Rwanda Defence Force deployment in Cabo Delgado

18 november 2024 - 10:46:48
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) – The European Council adopted on Monday a €20 million top-up to an existing assistance measure under [...] Full text...

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EU becomes observer of Djibouti Code of Conduct/Jeddah Amendment

22 april 2024 - 11:00:05
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The European Union (EU) will soon become a ‘Friend’, meaning observer, of the Djibouti Code of [...] Full text...

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EU adds one group, two individuals to sanctions list in fighting terrorism in Mozambique

24 april 2023 - 15:51:20
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) – The European Council on Monday added two individuals and one group affiliated to ISIL and operating [...] Full text...

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German Defence Minister received by president of Transition in Mali

19 april 2023 - 16:46:08
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The president of the Transition of Mali, Colonel Assimi Goïta, received last week in Bamako, the [...] Full text...

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European Council supports Somali National Army, AU Transition Mission in Somalia

06 march 2023 - 13:40:15
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) – The European Council has approved more support under the European Peace Facility to the Somali National [...] Full text...

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EU extends mandate of capacity building mission in Mali until 31 January 2025

10 january 2023 - 18:53:26
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The European Council on Tuesday adopted a decision extending the mandate of the EU Capacity Building [...] Full text...

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European Peace Facility supports armed forces of Mozambique, Mauritania

01 december 2022 - 17:47:07
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The European Peace Facility Council on Thursday adopted five assistance measures under the European Peace Facility [...] Full text...

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EC extends mandates of civilian advisory, military training missions in CAR

29 july 2022 - 07:32:10
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) – The European Council has adopted two decisions extending the mandates of the European Union Common Security [...] Full text...

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German Foreign Minister meets Mali's Transitional President

14 april 2022 - 18:52:49
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The President of the Transition of Mali, Colonel Assimi Goita, Wednesday received a German delegation led [...] Full text...

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Greek Foreign Minister visits Senegal and Cape Verde

23 february 2022 - 18:08:24
Athens, Greece (PANA) - Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias will visit Senegal and Cape Verde on Wednesday and Thursday, according [...] Full text...

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US affirms commitment to counter terrorism in Mozambique

15 july 2021 - 06:26:35
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - US Secretary of State Antony  Blinken has reaffirmed the joint commitment of his country and [...] Full text...

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EU sets up a military training mission to help address crisis in Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado province

12 july 2021 - 13:12:15
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The European Council on Monday adopted a decision setting up an EU military training mission in [...] Full text...

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G5 Sahel heads of state call for support for transition in Mali and Chad

10 july 2021 - 10:50:04
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The G5 Sahel heads of state Friday called on the international community to support the transitional [...] Full text...

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EU NAVFOR Operation Atalanta in Somalia gets new Commander

20 april 2021 - 18:46:37
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) – The Council of the European Union (EU) on Tuesday announced the appointment of Vice Admiral José [...] Full text...

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UN will support Mali's National Transition Council in its mission, says UN peace official

21 january 2021 - 18:01:02
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The UN Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations, Jean-Pierre Lacroix, has pledged UN's support to Mali, which faces [...] Full text...

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Mali President urges army to nurture trust of civilians

20 january 2021 - 13:14:56
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mali's Transition President Bah N'Daw has warned that "abuses committed against civilians in military operations can [...] Full text...

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EUCAP Sahel Mali mission extended until 31 January 2023

11 january 2021 - 12:53:31
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The European Council on Monday extended the mandate of the EU civilian mission EUCAP Sahel Mali [...] Full text...

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European Council extends mandate of security, defence missions in Somalia

23 december 2020 - 19:02:49
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The European Council has  prolonged the mandates of its two Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) [...] Full text...

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EU launches civilian advisory mission in CAR

30 july 2020 - 11:12:25
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The European Council on Thursday adopted a decision launching the European Union CSDP (Common Security and [...] Full text...

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Belgium: EC extends training mission in Mali with broadened mandate, increased budget

23 march 2020 - 18:26:25
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) – The European Council on Monday decided to expand the scope of the mandate of the European [...] Full text...

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EU appoints new Force Commander for prevention of piracy off Somali coast

12 march 2020 - 19:24:34
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) – The European Union on Thursday announced the appointment of Rear Admiral lgnacio Villanueva Serrano as new [...] Full text...

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EU appoints new head of EUAM mission in CAR

17 december 2019 - 18:04:06
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) – The European Union (EU) on Tuesday appointed Paulo Soares, a Portuguese national, as head of mission [...] Full text...

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EC sets up civilian advisory mission in CAR

09 december 2019 - 19:02:26
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The European Council has established a European Union CSDP civilian advisory mission in Central African Republic [...] Full text...

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EU agrees security, defence policy to support CAR security sector reform

21 november 2019 - 11:50:14
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The Council of the European Union on Thursday adopted a crisis management concept for a new [...] Full text...

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Malian President meets leaders of French forces in Bamako

11 october 2019 - 15:56:46
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita on Thursday met in Bamako with General Pascal Facon, Commander of [...] Full text...

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Germany to focus on infrastructure development, health and education in Mali

08 october 2019 - 17:27:27
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - German Defense Minister, Annegret Kramp Karrembauer, said her country, in its cooperation with Mali, will now [...] Full text...

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EU naval operation off Somalia coast gets new commander

26 september 2019 - 11:33:16
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - Spanish General Antonio Planells Palau has been appointed commander of the operation EUNAVFOR-Atalanta, the European maritime [...] Full text...

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EU appoints new head of capacity building mission in Somalia

19 september 2019 - 12:24:29
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) – The Council of the European Union (EU) on Thursday announced the appointment of Christopher Reynolds as [...] Full text...

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France condemns clashes in CAR locality of Birao

18 september 2019 - 19:10:28
Paris, France (PANA) – France on Wednesday ‘’strongly’’ condemned the clashes that broke out on Saturday in Birao, northern region [...] Full text...

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Germany donates military equipment to Malian army

17 july 2019 - 11:38:54
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Germany has given Mali a consignment of military equipment to help the West African country in [...] Full text...

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European Council to discuss several African issues on Monday in Brussels

13 july 2019 - 16:00:54
Paris, France (PANA) - The European Foreign Affairs Council, scheduled for Monday in Brussels, will address, at France's initiative, several [...] Full text...

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French Defence minister visits CAR

08 july 2019 - 14:46:05
Paris, France (PANA) - Florence Parly, the French Minister of the Armed Forces, is due in the Central African Republic [...] Full text...

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France welcomes renewal of MINUSMA mandate

01 july 2019 - 17:15:45
Paris, France (PANA) - France has welcomed the unanimous adoption on Friday of the United Nations Security Council Resolution 2480, [...] Full text...

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Improvised bomb detected at EU training centre in Bamako

09 june 2019 - 16:48:17
Bamako, Mali (PANA) – An improvised bomb placed in a vehicle was discovered on Friday outside the headquarters of the [...] Full text...

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Belgian FM pays tribute to UN Blue Helmets

03 june 2019 - 16:47:02
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - On the occasion of International Day of Peacekeepers, Belgian Foreign Minister, Didier Reynders, has paid tribute, [...] Full text...

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Norwegian, Malian companies sign agreement for the construction of a solar station

01 june 2019 - 15:49:37
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mali's Minister of Energy and Water, Sambou Wagué, and Ségou Solar's Chief Executive Officer, Jean François [...] Full text...

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EU says Sahel remains a priority

15 may 2019 - 17:47:29
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - European Union Foreign and Defence Ministers who met on Tuesday in Brussels with their counterparts from [...] Full text...

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Germany - strategic ally of G5 Sahel in fighting terrorism

01 may 2019 - 14:36:33
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The strategic partnership between Germany and the G5 Sahel countries is set at both the [...] Full text...

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German Chancellor due in Bamako Wednesday

30 april 2019 - 17:04:14
Bamako, Mali (PANA) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel, is expected in Bamako, Mali, on Wednesday at the start of a [...] Full text...

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EU extends mandate of security and defence mission in Mali

21 february 2019 - 16:36:49
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The European Council on Thursday extended the mandate of the European Union (EU) mission in the [...] Full text...

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EU moves to better support security in Sahel region

18 february 2019 - 10:07:16
          Brussels, Belgium (PANA) – Underlining its support to the efforts done by the G5 Sahel countries in the fight against [...] Full text...

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EU extends military training mission in Somalia to December 2020

19 november 2018 - 18:16:08
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) – The European Union has extended the mandate of its military training mission (EUTM) in Somalia until [...] Full text...

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Czech Republic to open diplomatic representation in Mali

16 november 2018 - 11:37:12
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Czech Republic will open an embassy in Mali in 2019, the Czech deputy minister for [...] Full text...

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EU military training mission in CAR extended

31 july 2018 - 06:39:22
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) – The European Union (EU) has extended the mandate of its military training mission in Central African [...] Full text...

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EU extends military training mission in Mali for two years

14 may 2018 - 17:25:34
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The European Council on Monday extended the mandate of the EU training mission in Mali (EUTM [...] Full text...

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Belgium: EU strengthens support to security in Mali and Sahel region

20 june 2017 - 16:26:51
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The European Council on Tuesday adopted a decision to support the regionalisation of EU Common Security [...] Full text...

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Belgium: EC extends EUCAP Sahel Mali mission for two years

11 january 2017 - 18:18:33
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The European Council on Wednesday extended the mandate of the European Union security mission EUCAP [...] Full text...

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Belgium: EC appoints new commander of its training mission in CAR

10 january 2017 - 12:36:42
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The European Council on Tuesday appointed Brigadier General Herman Ruys, a Belgian national, as Commander for [...] Full text...

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Belgium: EC launches military training mission in CAR

16 july 2016 - 08:57:06
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) – The European Council (EC) on Saturday announced the launch, on 16 July 2016, of European Union [...] Full text...

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Belgium: EU increases budget of security mission in Mali

06 june 2016 - 11:49:46
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The Council of the European Union on Monday announced it has increased the budget of The [...] Full text...

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Central African Republic: EU approves two-year military training mission for CAR

19 april 2016 - 12:05:30
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The European Council has approved the establishment of a military training mission in Central African Republic [...] Full text...

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Tanzania: EU training mission in Mali gets new commander

26 november 2015 - 19:23:44
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - The European Union's Political and Security Committee on Thursday announced the appointment of Brigadier [...] Full text...

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US: IMF reviews Mali economic performance

25 april 2015 - 04:31:08
New York, US (PANA) - The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says Mali's economy is witnessing some progress in growth and [...] Full text...

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Belgium: EU extends mndate of anti-piracy operation off Somali coast

22 november 2014 - 11:13:50
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The European Union (EU) has extended till 12 Dec. 2016 the mandate of the naval operation [...] Full text...

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Belgium: Spanish General appointed new EUTM commander

14 october 2014 - 12:16:51
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - Spanish General Garcia-Vaquero Predal has been appointed the new Commander of the European Union Training Mission [...] Full text...

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Mali: EU launches new security mission in Mali

14 july 2014 - 15:57:02
Bamako, Mali (PANA) – The European Union (EU) has launched a new security mission in Mali, called EUCAP SAHEL, Mali, [...] Full text...

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Belgium: EU to establish civil mission in Mali

17 april 2014 - 21:05:31
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) – The European Union is to establish a civil mission to support the Malian interior security forces, [...] Full text...

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Belgium: EU training mission in Mali extended by 2 years

16 april 2014 - 15:41:55
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) – The European Council has extended the EU military training mission in Mali (EUTM Mali) by two [...] Full text...

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Mali: Belgian contingent in EU Mission in Mali to stay till 2015

21 march 2014 - 11:54:31
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The Belgian government has decided to extend by one year the tenure of the Belgian contingent [...] Full text...

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Mali: Germany grants 28.6b FCFA to Mali for agriculture, other projects

04 march 2014 - 15:38:17
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - As part of its pledge to give Mali 65 billion FCFA for its post-war development, Germany [...] Full text...

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Mali: EU Council President visits Bamako

19 february 2014 - 18:35:22
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The EU Council President, Herman Van Rompuy, arrived here Wednesday for a two-day working visit, PANA [...] Full text...

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Belgium: EU says it is committed to assisting Mali

05 february 2014 - 18:36:13
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The Malian Prime Minister, Oumar Tatam Ly, on a working visit to Brussels, was Wednesday assured [...] Full text...

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EU appoints new head for training mission in Mali

25 july 2013 - 12:24:39
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The European Union (EU) has appointed Brig.-Gen. Bruno Guibert as head of its training mission in [...] Full text...

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UN Security Council extends mandate of monitoring group for Somalia, Eritrea

24 july 2013 - 20:54:19
New York, US (PANA) - The UN Security Council on Wednesday extended for 16 months the mandate of the UN [...] Full text...

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Belgian soldiers deployed to protect EU training centres in Mali

11 july 2013 - 19:01:39
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) – Some 70 Belgian soldiers are due in Mali where they are to protect European Union [...] Full text...

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AU-EU security meeting calls for rule of law, fair polls in Mali, Guinea Bissau

12 june 2013 - 09:09:58
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Organisation of free, fair, transparent and inclusive elections could normalise situations in Mali and Guinea [...] Full text...

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EU soldiers train 570 Malian troops

03 april 2013 - 15:37:33
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - European Union (EU) soldiers have begun training the first batch of 570 Malian troops in Koulikoro, [...] Full text...

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France requests for more Belgian troops for EUTM

13 march 2013 - 14:37:29
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) – France has officially requested for 30 more Belgian soldiers to help support the European Mission for [...] Full text...

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Belgium to participate in training Malian soldiers

19 february 2013 - 14:11:18
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The Belgian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Didier Reynders, Monday indicated that Belgium will participate in the [...] Full text...

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EU’s military to start training Malian soldiers early April

14 february 2013 - 18:07:38
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The European Mission tasked with building the capacity of the Malian army (EUTM) will start work [...] Full text...

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Belgian FM begins tour of 3 African countries

11 february 2013 - 17:04:42
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) – The Belgian Foreign Affairs Minister, Didier Reynder, Monday began a trip to Africa which will take [...] Full text...

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EU extends training of Somali security forces till 2015

25 january 2013 - 12:53:23
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The European Union (EU) has extended until March 2015 the training mission of the armed forces [...] Full text...

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Malian FM: 'Terrorists who attacked Mali will be defeated'

17 january 2013 - 21:16:48
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) – The terrorist groups which have attacked Mali will be defeated, the Malian foreign affairs minister, Tieman [...] Full text...

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French General Lecointre to head European military mission in Mali

17 january 2013 - 20:53:53
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The extraordinary council of ministers of foreign affairs of the European Union (EU) has appointed French [...] Full text...

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EU FMs discuss Mali

15 january 2013 - 16:46:19
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) – The political crisis in Mali, which has escalated into military combat between Malian regular troops, backed [...] Full text...

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EU begins training of Somali soldiers in May

10 april 2010 - 11:05:00
Brussels- Belgium (PANA) -- The training programme for 2,000 soldiers of the Soma li security forces by European Union instructor-officers [...] Full text...

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