EU counter-terrorism action plan for the Horn of Africa and Yemen

The Commission and the High Representative hereby propose a Counter Terrorism Action Plan for the Horn of Africa and Yemen, implementing the counter-terrorism strand of the EU Strategic Framework for the Horn of Africa.

In order to bring coherence between EU internal and external security, this Action Plan builds upon existing EU policies in the field of Freedom, Security and Justice, in full compliance with the European Security Strategy and the European Union Internal Security Strategy, while fully taking into account EU and Member States ongoing activities and actions.

This Action Plan also recognises the importance of the overarching relationship between the EU and the African Union, the EU’s support for the African Union’s continent-wide activities in counter-terrorism and the specific support given by the EU to AU led actions to restore security to the Horn of Africa, in particular the African Union Mission to Somalia (AMISOM).

The aim is to promote local ownership and security by linking counterterrorism efforts to regional development, while strengthening social and political institutions in partnership with national governments in the Horn and in Yemen and regional institutions, as well as in coordination with other international actors such as the UN (implementation of the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy).