EU donates Ghana military vehicles seized from Libya-bound ship

Armoured vehickles are positioned at a Military checkpoint at the Zug-raan palace in Bawku, northern Ghana, on December 7, 2022 [NIPAH DENNIS/AFP via Getty Images]

The EU has donated more than 100 armoured military vehicles to Ghana that were originally seized from a ship off the coast of Libya, as part of efforts to shore up the west African nation’s security, the Financial Times reports.

According to the report, Josep Borrell, the EU’s chief diplomat, formally handed over the 105 vehicles to Ghana’s Armed Forces on Saturday during a visit to the country.

The military equipment, which includes armoured cars, was seized from a Libya-bound ship last year by an EU maritime task force, two senior EU officials told the Financial Times.

The task force inspects vessels suspected of breaching the UN arms embargo on Libya, the report added.

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