UMkhandlu wamukele namuhla isinqumo sokusungula isilinganiso sosizo ngaphansi kwe-European Peace Facility (EPF) ukweseka i-African Union ebiza ama-Euro ayizigidi ezingu-600.. I-EU iqinisekisa ukuzibophezela kwayo okuqinile ebudlelwaneni be-EU-AU kanye nokubambisana endaweni yokuthula nokuvikeleka.
Ihlanganisa isikhathi sika-2022-2024, Isinyathelo Sosizo seminyaka emithathu siyaqhubeka nokuhlinzekwa okusekelwe kahle kokusekelwa kwe-EU yesikhathi eside emiSebenzini Yokusekela Ukuthula eholwa yi-Afrika. Ngaphakathi kohlaka lwayo, i-African Union izokwazi ukucela ukwesekwa kweMisebenzi Yokusekela Ukuthula ngakunye njengoba kuphakama izidingo, okuvumela impendulo esheshayo entuthukweni efanele yezokuphepha ezwenikazi lase-Afrika.
Ukwesekwa okwamukelwe kuhambisana nokuzibophezela kwe-EU ukuqinisa ukusebenzisana kwezizwe ngezizwe futhi ikakhulukazi indima ebalulekile ye-AU mayelana nokuthula nokuvikeleka ezwenikazi lase-Afrika. Kwakha ingxenye ebalulekile yokubambisana okuvuselelwe futhi okuthuthukisiwe kweziNyunyana ezimbili zokuthula nokuvikeleka, njengoba kumenyezelwe eSimemezelweni Sakamuva SeNgqungquthela ye-AU-EU.
Ohlakeni lwalesi Sinqumo soMkhandlu, iKomidi Lezombangazwe Nezokuvikeleka ligunyaze ukwesekwa okwengeziwe ukuze kuthuthukiswe ukusebenza ngempumelelo koMkhandlu. I-Multi-National Joint Task Force ngokumelene neBoko Haram (MNJTF) ngokubambisana ne- I-African Union kanye nokudala indawo ephephile nevikelekile ezindaweni ezithintekile ngenxa yezenzo zeBoko Haram namanye amaqembu amaphekula. Lesi isenzo sokuqala esisekelwa ngaphansi Kwesinyathelo Sosizo esisha sokweseka Imisebenzi Yokusekela Ukuthula Eholwa yi-Afrika.
I-EU izongeza € 10 million ezinsizeni esezivele ziqoqwe ngaphansi kwe-EPF ye-MNJTF, okwandisa ukwesekwa kwayo kukonke ukuze € 20 million kanye nokuvumela ukwelulwa kosekelo olunikeziwe kuze kube sekupheleni kuka-2022. Ukwesekwa kwangaphambilini okuhlanganisa inkathi yomhla lu-1 Januwari – 30 Juni 2022 kwavunyelwana ngayo mhla ziyi-16 kuZibandlela wezi-2021.
Usekelo olunikeziwe luhlanganisa izindleko zabasebenzi kanye nokusebenza/zokwenziwa, okuhlanganisa izinto zokuthutha ezihamba phansi nezomoya, izinto zokuxhumana kanye nezinsizakalo zezokwelapha, ukuze i-MNJT ikwazi ukwenza umsebenzi wayo ngempumelelo.
Background
I-EPF yasungulwa ngo-2021 ukuze isekele ozakwethu emhlabeni wonke ezindaweni zezempi nezokuvikela. I-EU isanda kuvuma ukweseka i-Ukraine ngosizo lwezempi oluqinile ngaphansi kwe-EPF. Ngesikhathi esifanayo, i-EU ayikukhohlwa ukusebenzisana kwayo nezinye izingxenye zomhlaba, ikakhulukazi i-Afrika, ikubona ngokugcwele ukubaluleka kokubhekana nezinkinga nezingxabano ezinodlame ezwenikazi lase-Afrika ngokubambisana nangendlela ebanzi.
Isinqumo sokusekela iNhlangano Yamazwe Ase-Afrika ngama-Euro ayizigidi ezingama-600 siwuphawu oluqinile lwezibopho ze-EU ezihlala isikhathi eside kubalingani base-Afrika, ikakhulukazi i-African Union.
I-EU isalokhu iwukuphela komnikeli oqondile omkhulu ku-MNJTF ngesamba senani € 124.4 million kusukela ngo-2016. I-EU isilungele ukuhlala ibambene eduze futhi izibophezele ngokugcwele ekunikeleni emisebenzini ye-MNJTF futhi ihlanganise izimpumelelo ezizuziwe kuze kube manje.
Ngokuvumelana ne-EU's Integrated Approach yezingxabano nezinhlekelele zangaphandle, Uxhaso lwe-EPF lwe-MNJTF luyingxenye eyodwa yempendulo ebanzi, ehlelekile futhi ehambisanayo ye-EU ukusekela ukuqina, ukusimama kanye nokusimama komnotho eLake Chad Basin. Konke lokhu kufanele kube nomthelela ekuqalisweni kweSu Lokusimama Kwesifunda SaseLake Chad ngokubambisana nabo bonke ababambiqhaza ababalulekile, okuhlanganisa neKhomishana Yezigodi ZaseLake Chad kanye neNhlangano Yamazwe ase-Afrika.
Kuze kube manje, uMkhandlu usuthathe izinyathelo zosizo eziyishumi ngaphansi kwe-European Peace Facility.
