Brussels 22.11.2025 Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) welcomed President Trump’s initiative to end the war, affirming full cooperation with international mediation. The group controls roughly one-third of Sudan as conflict continues with the Sudanese Armed Forces. The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) reacted on U.S. President Donald Trump’s announcement of his intention to work toward ending…
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Brussels: EU-African Union meeting
Brussels 21.05.2025 “Today we had a broad and very engaging meeting, and I want to thank the Minister for his support to co-chair. Also on our side: it was a true Team Europe spirit, as there were several Ministers co-chairing this meeting” said the EU top diplomat Kaja Kallas, while addressing the high profile event….
Niger: Austrian aid worker kidnapped
Brussels 13.01.2025 An Austrian aid worker, Eva Gretzmacher, 73, has been kidnapped in Niger, the first time a European citizen has been seized in the country since the military took power in 2023. (Image above: Niger hut, illustration) Austria’s Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs said on Sunday, January 12, that its embassy in…
Western Sahara: EU on ECJ Morocco judgment
Brusssels 04.10.2024 Today the European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled that the European Commission had breached the universal rights of people to self-determination while concluding trade deals with Morocco, when omitting the rights of people of Western Sahara. Western Sahara, a strip of desert, which has been the scene of Africa’s longest-running territorial dispute since…
Sudan: EU joins UN efforts to advance peace
Brussels 26.08.2024 A Ministerial Meeting on Sudan was convened by Germany, France, the United States and the European Union in New York during the United Nations General Assembly High Level Week in support of the Sudanese people and their aspirations for a peaceful, prosperous and democratic future. Participants expressed deep concern about the catastrophic and…
Somalia: EU condemns Mogadishu terrorist attack
Brussels 03.08.2024 “The European Union strongly condemns last night’s terrorist attack in Mogadishu, claimed by Al Shabaab. We extend our deepest condolences to the families of the victims and wish speedy recovery to those injured” reads the statement by the European External Action service spokesperson on the terrorist attack in Mogadishu, Somalia. (Picture above: illustration)…
ASPIDES: operation updates
Brussels 08.04.2024 Today the EU top diplomat Josep Borrell held a press conference together with the EUNAVFOR ASPIDES Operation Commander Rear Admiral Vasileios Gryparis to provide an update about activities to restore maritime security and freedom of navigation in the Red Sea. Since its launch on 19 February, Operation ASPIDES successfully acted to mitigate the…
EU condemns Houthi attack on “True Confidence”
Brussels 08.03.2024 The European Union strongly condemns attack on the Barbados-flagged and Liberian-owned bulk carrier ‘True Confidence’ while transiting the Gulf of Aden, resulting in reported tragic losses of life and multiple injuries among crew members, reads the statement by the Spokesperson on Houthis deadly attack against a vessel in the Gulf of Aden. “This…
Sudan: EU condemns ban on humanitarian assistance
Brussels 02.03.2024 “We strongly condemn the recent ban by the Sudanese de facto authorities on the delivery of cross-border humanitarian assistance from Chad to Sudan to the civilians suffering at the hands of both the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). This is a flagrant violation of International Humanitarian Law (IHL)”…
Mali ends Algiers peace agreement
Brussels 29.01.2024 “The European Union regrets the decision taken by the transitional authorities to terminate the peace agreement signed in Algiers in 2015” reads the statement by the spokesperson of the European External Action service on the decision of Mali government to end the Algiers Peace Accord. “The civilian populations of the north of the…
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