Latest news from EU peacekeeping missions – CSDP (November 2015)

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Niamey (Niger). Training of trainers for the National Police

26 commissioners and police officers have just been trained, in the first half of November, by the EUCAP Sahel Niger mission, to become trainers in turn. A dozen officers will be assigned to the initial training of young recruits. The other trainees, assigned to the technical and scientific police (DPTS) and the communications and IT team (DTI), will provide training for members of the police already in post.

Derventa (Northern Bosnia Herzegovina). The bridge is built

Double blow for the Armed Forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina (AFBiH), trained by the Europeans of Operation EUFOR Althea to build a bridge. The practical exercise of the training of AFBiH engineers ended in real time. Since the officials of the municipality of Derventa took possession of a bridge built. Launched in July 2015, with a first reconnaissance of the terrain, the project also involved local civil contractors to erect the support pillars of the bridge. The bridge will allow the 4000 inhabitants of the region to shorten many journeys.

EUBAM Rafah celebrates 10 years and wants to relaunch its operations... possibly

EUBAM Rafah celebrated its tenth anniversary on November 25th. Established in 2005 as a civilian crisis management mission, the mission aimed to monitor, verify and assess the Palestinian Authority's management of the Rafah crossing point. Very quickly suspended after the Hamas takeover, EUBAM Rafah reoriented itself towards " improving the operational capacity of the Palestinian Authority ". And a possible redeployment at the Rafah crossing point “Remains mentioned according to the official press release.

(Leonor Hubaut)

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