欧盟向非洲国家拨款5000万欧元建设反恐部队

The European Union has agreed to give more than 50m euros to fund a new African joint military force in the Sahel region.

欧盟于日前通过决议，为萨赫勒地区新的非洲联合军事组织拨款超过五千万欧元。

The force will be made up of troops from Mauritania, Mali, Chad, Burkina Faso and Niger, known as the Sahel G-5.

这个新兴武装组织将由来自毛里塔尼亚、马里、乍得、布基纳法索和尼日尔--也就是萨特勒G-5的军队组成。

Its main mission will be to combat jihadist groups active in the region, as well as tackle trafficking networks and illegal migration.

其主要任务是打击活跃在该地区的圣战组织，以及打击贩运网络和非法移民。

The Sahel is home to many Islamist groups, some aligned with al-Qaeda.

萨赫勒地区是许多伊斯兰组织的家园，其中一些组织与基地组织结盟。

More than 3,000 French troops and 12,000 UN troops have been engaged in Mali since 2013, when Islamist and Tuareg militants led an insurgency in the north of the country.

自2013年当伊斯兰和图阿雷格武装分子在马里北部发动叛乱后，已有三千多名法国士兵和一万两千多名联合国士兵在此采取军事行动。

The militants were pushed out but they have continued to mount sporadic assaults on peacekeepers in northern and central regions.

虽然武装分子被赶走了，但他们仍继续对北部和中部地区的维和人员进行零星的袭击。

Stability and development of the Sahel region are crucial not only for Africa but also for Europe, EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini said in the Mali capital, Bamako.

欧盟外交政策负责人费代丽卡·莫盖里尼在马里首都巴马科表示：“萨赫勒地区的稳定和发展不仅对非洲至关重要，对欧洲也至关重要。”

Mali's Foreign Minister Abdoulaye Diop announced last Monday that the new force would have some 10,000 soldiers and police officers and become operational by the end of the year.

马里外交部长阿卜杜拉耶·迪奥普上周一宣布，这一新部队将拥有约1万名士兵和警察，并将在今年年底前开始运作。