The EU Has A New Strategy To Halt African Migration

Zero Hedge: EU Militarizes Africa To Halt Migration

Fighting terrorism is now morphing into clamping down on human migration, as far as the European Union is concerned.

France’s President Emmanuel Macron is leading the charge, claiming at a conference in Paris last week that terrorism and human trafficking are part of the same problem, requiring the deployment of a military force spread across Africa.

But so desperate, it seems, is the EU to halt illegal migration into the bloc that it is moving to militarize the problem in Africa – under the guise of “fighting terrorism”.

This is tantamount to European Neo-imperialism. That is, attempting to sort out deep-seated socio-economic problems down the barrel of a gun. Not only that, but using futile heavy-handed methods to deal with problems that European powers themselves are responsible for creating.

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WNU Editor: The prospect of tens of millions of impoverished ans uneducated Africans who do not speak the language fleeing to a better life in Europe is a development that a majority of Europeans do not want. French President Emmanuel Macron strategy to stop this influx is definitely different .... but I doubt that it will be effective. Africa is still generations away from developing stable societies, and those who want a better life will still find ways to migrate to the EU or North America.

Africa Being Impacted By The EU Debt Crisis

Europe Crisis 'Threatens Africa' -- BBC

The finance ministers of Nigeria and South Africa have strongly criticised the European Union for failing to stop the spread of the Eurozone debt crisis.

Pravin Gordhan of South Africa and Nigeria's Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala said market volatility was threatening Africa's economic prospects.

Mr Gordhan said Europe's financial problems were reducing global trade.

Mrs Okonjo-Iweala said the EU could learn from the developing world on how to manage debt and promote growth.

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My Comment: The EU is the world's largest economy. It's crisis will effect everyone .... Africa included.

EU Gets Involved In Training A Professional Somali Army

EU Trains Army To Fight In Somalia -- Christian Science Monitor

The EU program to train an army to fight for Somalia's beleaguered transitional government involves 150 instructors from 14 EU countries at a cost of $6 million. It's the latest in a series of internationally funded efforts around East Africa.

Bihanga Training Camp, Uganda

It may be only his second day of military training, but Abdullahi Ibrahim Aden is already convinced that he can help bring peace to his war-ravaged nation, Somalia.

Clutching an AK-47 in a field two countries away from his homeland, Aden, a former street kid, refugee, and nurse, is one of the first recruits in an ambitious program run by the European Union (EU) to help train 2,000 soldiers for the fledgling Army of Somalia's fragile Transitional Federal Government, or TFG.

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My Comment: Such a program should have been implemented years ago. Oh well .... better late than never.