AU releases 5.27 billion FCFA to Cameroon for the payment of "striking soldiers"

The Commissioner for Peace and Security of the African Union, Smail Chergui announced recently that the sum of 5.27 billion FCFA has been transferred to Cameroon for the payment of the soldiers who served in the UN peacekeeping mission in the Central African Republic. The AU security chief added that Cameroon will receive the money within a maximum of five working days.

Chergui Smail made the declaration in Yaounde immediately after the signing of a protocol agreement between the AU and the Cameroon government to station a logistics base for the African Union Standby Force in the city of Douala. 

Cameroon Concord gathered that 673,921,660 US dollars (38 813 547 CFA francs) was transferred to cover allowances for troops for the period February 2014 to September 15, 2014. A total amount of 239 557 676 US dollars (137 969 750 CFA francs was made available for payment of police personnel for the same period and 22,000.00 US dollars (FCFA 12,670,583) representing compensation for injury and disability. The total amount paid by the African Union thus amounts to 5, 27 billion CFA francs.