Press Release: EU to announce new support for security and elections in the Central African Republic

EU Commissioner for Development, Andris Piebalgs, on 31 January 2014 announced that the European Commission stands ready to give new support in the range of €25 million to the African Union-led operation in the Central African Republic, (Mission Internationale de Soutien à la Centrafrique sous Conduite Africaine, MISCA), based on a request to be done by the African Union. The announcement was done ahead of a donors’ conference in Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) to mobilise resources for MISCA.

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ESO: Background information: Council conclusions on the Central African Republic / EU countries to send soldiers to Bangui http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-council-conclusions-on-the-central-african-republic-eu-countries-to-send-soldiers-to-bangui/

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