Overview

China Donates 1.2 million USD to African Union Peace Fund

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$1,255,438

Commitment Year•2015Country of Activity•Africa, regionalDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•Africa, regionalSector•Government And Civil SocietyFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date: Jan 8, 2015

Start (actual): Jan 8, 2015

End (actual): Jan 8, 2015

Stakeholders

Organizations involved in projects and activities supported by financial and in-kind transfers from Chinese government and state-owned entities

Funding agencies

Government Agencies

Unspecified Chinese Government Institution

Receiving agencies

Intergovernmental Organizations

African Union (AU)

Implementing agencies

Intergovernmental Organizations

African Union (AU)

Loan description

China Donates 1.2 million USD to African Union Peace Fund

Narrative

Full Description

Project narrative

On January 8th, 2015, China donated 1.2 million USD to the African Union Peace Fund. The funds were handed over to the African Union's Commissioner for Peace and Security, Amb. Smail Chergu, at a ceremony at the African Union (AU) headquarters. The funds will be used to seek greater counterterrorism cooperation to contain the militants' scourge caused by the Boko Haram in Nigeria, Al-Shabab in Somalia, and al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb in northwestern Africa. It is unclear what other countries the African Union will serve with this donation.

Staff comments

This project should not be confused with a separate 1.2 million USD donation from China to the African Union mission in Somalia announced in September 2015 (captured in Record ID#52297).