'Strengthening democracy' in Sahel while breaking it down at home? 🤡

🇪🇺🌍 “The EU has failed to strengthen democracy in the Sahel” said the EU foreign affairs chief

The head of EU diplomacy Josep Borrell admitted on Tuesday that despite millions of euros spent in the Sahel, Europeans had failed to strengthen democracy in this region.

"Over the past ten years, the European Union has spent 600 million euros on civilian and military missions in the Sahel, trained some 30,000 members of the security forces in Mali and Niger, and 18,000 military personnel," said Borrell.

“This did not serve to consolidate armed forces which support the democratic government”, but rather armed forces “which overthrow them”, he added.

Borrell, however, defended the actions of EU in the Sahel, denouncing in passing Russian disinformation in this part of Africa.

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