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(35) European Commission, HR of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Joint
Communication to the Council: EU Counter-terrorism Action Plan for the Horn of
Africa and Yemen, Brussels, JOIN(2012) 24 final, 31 August 2012, pp. 3-4. http://eur-
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(36) Council of the European Union, Draft Annual Report from the High Representative of
the European Union for Foreign Affairs…, op. cit., p. 126.

(37) Council of the European Union, Draft Council Conclusions on the EU Horn of Africa
Regional Action Plan 2015-2020, Brussels, No. 13200/15, 20 October 2015, pp. 2-3, 12-
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(38) European Commission, "EU has Today Announced New Actions to Tackle Irregular
Migration and Forced Displacement in the Horn of Africa", Press Release, Brussels, 28
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(39) European Commission, Press Release Database, "South Sudan: EU Releases €40 million
as Humanitarian Situation Worsens", Press Release, Brussels, 28 July 2016. Available at:
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(40) European Commission, Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection, "South Sudan Crisis",
ECHO Factsheet (Brussels: July 2016), pp. 2, 1.
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(41) European Union External Action Service, Strategy for Security and Development in
the Sahel, Brussels, Mar. 2011, pp. 1-2. http://eeas.europa.eu/africa/docs/sahel_strategy_en.pdf

(42) Ibid., pp. 1, 4.
(43) Ibid., p. 7.
(44) Ibid., p. 8.
(45) European Union External Action, Common Security and Defence Policy: EU Training

Mission in Mali (EUTM Mali), July 2016, p. 2. At: http://eeas.europa.eu/csdp/missions-
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(46) Council of the European Union, Draft Annual Report from the High Representative of
the European Union for Foreign Affairs…, op. cit., p. 114.
(47) Council of the European Union, Factsheet: EU Relations with Sahel Countries -
Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Brussels, 17 June 2016, p. 1. At:
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(48) Council of the European Union, Council conclusions on the Sahel Regional Action
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(49) Ibid., p. 22.
(50) Delegation of the European Union to the African Union, LINK! The Newsletter on the
Africa-EU Partnership (Addis Ababa: Delegation of the EU to the AU, No. 25, Jan-
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(51) European Commission, Directorate General for International Cooperation and
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(52) European Commission, Press Release Database, "European Commission announces €145
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