AFRICA DIPLOMATIC

Ethiopia: Cessation of Hostilities Agreement implementation

Brussels 02.11.2024 Today marks two years since the signing of the Cessation of Hostilities Agreement (CoHA) between the Government of Ethiopia and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front. “The implementation of the CoHA has delivered on important developments such as restoration of basic services, humanitarian access and the return of some Internally Displaced Persons” – reads…

Botswana: “exemplary transition of power”

Brussels 01.11.2024 On 30 October, the citizens of Botswana voted in parliamentary and local council elections. (Image above: Botswana sunset) “The EU congratulates President Duma Gideon Boko on his election, and the people of Botswana on the peaceful exercise of their civic rights” reads the statement by the EU top diplomat Josep Borrell on elections…

Lions maul zookeeper in Crimea

Brussels 17.10.2024 During morning hours, October 16, the director of the Yalta Zoo Skazka LLC and the manager of the lion’s park, Leokadia Perevalova, died under tragic circumstances in the Taigan Safari Park, Crimea. The owner of the Crimean zoos, Oleg Zubkov, commented on the employee’s death, and informed that an investigation has begun. “Today,…

EU envoy visits Great Lakes Region

Luxembourg 14.10.2024 The European Union Special Representative (EUSR) for the Great Lakes Region, Ambassador Johan Borgstam, visited Rwanda between 10 and 12 October, as part of a broader mission in the Great Lakes Region. In this first visit to the region since his recent appointment, Ambassador Borgstam met with His Excellency President Paul Kagame, Minister…

EU diplomats focus on Horn of Africa

Luxembourg 14.10.2024 Today the EU top diplomats convene in Luxembourg. Among the issue the EU Foreign Affairs Ministers will likely to touch on the situation in the Horn of Africa.(Image above: illustration) Earlier this year, in May, The Council approved conclusions affirming the EU’s commitment to give new impetus to its partnership with the Horn…

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…

Libya: EU welcomes Central Bank agreement

Brussels 28.09.2024 The European Union welcomes the agreement addressing the dispute over the leadership of the Central Bank of Libya (CBL), under which the Libyan House of Representatives and the High Council of State established the mechanism, criteria and timeline for the appointment of a CBL Governor, Deputy Governor and Board of Directors. We commend…

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…

Sudan: EU condemns escalation in El Fasher

Brussels 22.09.2024 The European Union condemns in the strongest possible terms the dramatic escalation of fighting in El Fasher in southwestern Sudan, instigated by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) against the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), reads the statement by the EU top diplomat Josep Borrell on the situation in El Fasher, Sudan. (Image: illustration) “Consequences…

EU-Africa: addressing global challenges

Brussels 20.09.2024 The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) and the African Union Economic, Social and Cultural Council (ECOSOCC) today presented a Joint Declaration at the UN Summit of the Future in New York, emphasising the crucial role of civil society in addressing global challenges and advancing sustainable development. This declaration, in the framework of…