AFRICA DIPLOMATIC

Ethiopia: Egypt protests against GERD

Brussels 11.09.2025 Ethiopia inaugurated the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), a gigantic hydroelectric hydropower plant on the Blue Nile, near the border with Sudan. This monumental project, valued at some $5 billion, will have the capacity to generate up to 5,150 megawatts of electricity, enough to double the country’s current production. With a storage capacity…

SA: Chinese smugglers jailed

Brussels 11.09.2025 Seven Chinese nationals involved in smuggling Malawians to South Africa and subjected them to forced labour have been sentenced for 20 years. Earlier this year the group was found guilty of human trafficking and kidnapping by a South African court. (Photo: illustration). A South African court has sentenced seven Chinese nationals to 20…

Somalia: EU Ambassador presentation

Brussels 05.09.2025 The European Union’s newly appointed Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Somalia, Francesca Di Mauro, today presented her credentials to H.E. President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud at Villa Somalia, the presidential palace in Mogadishu. Today, the EU Council approved the new Ambassador to somalia will be Francesca Di Mauro—She is a veteran EU diplomat…

Sudan: Donkeys help survivors

Brussels 05.09.2025 Aid workers on donkeys have delivered the first humanitarian supplies to survivors of a landslide that reportedly killed hundreds of people in a remote mountain village in Sudan’s western Darfur region. Today, Save the Children’s emergency team reached Tarsin village in Darfur—cut off by a deadly landslide—after almost ten-hour journey on donkeys through…

African Union appointment challenges

Brussels 13.08.2025 The African Union (AU) is dealing with internal tensions as the race to replace the outgoing Director of Conflict Management within the Department of Political Affairs, Peace, and Security approaches climax. The African Union faces internal tensions as regional blocs compete to appoint the next Director of Conflict Management. With crises in Sudan,…

Nigeria: Benue and Plateau States EU Aid

10.08.2025 In response to the mass displacement caused by a series of violent attacks by armed groups across Benue and Plateau States of Nigeria, the European Union is releasing an additional €250,000 (over N450 million) in humanitarian assistance to help people in need. EU commits additional €250,000 to support displaced victims in Benue, Plateau –…

S.Sudan: EU offers €1M against hate speech

Brussels 06.08.2025 The European Union has handed nearly €1 million to a Berlin-based NGO to tackle so-called online hate speech in South Sudan. The project, titled Defy Hate Now, claims to develop community-led, data-driven strategies to combat hate speech, disinformation, and incitement to violence on social media. Desinformation und Hassrede, ganz klar die größten Probleme…

Angola: civil unrest continues

Brussels 29.07.2025 Police in Angola informed that four people have been killed and 500 have been arrested after demonstrations in the capital, Luanda. They began as a three-day strike by taxi drivers against rising fuel prices, but subsequently escalated into one of the most significant and mass wave of protest the country has seen in…

Nigeria: EU 1.5M aid to Benue State

Brussels 23.07.2025 The European Union (EU) has committed 1.5 million Euros (€1.5m) to support victims of the recent Benue State conflict. The envelope is composed by the rapid humanitarian response from EU Humanitarian Office ECHO (€0.5m) and a repurposing of EU funded SIDPIN project for durable solutions (€1m). IOM, UNHCR UNICEF, and UN-HABITAT as other…

Greece: suspends African asylum-seekers

Brussels 09.07.2025 Greece will temporarily suspend the processing of asylum applications for migrants arriving from North Africa by sea, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said to Parliament, referring to a sharp increase in irregular arrivals. The legislative measure, to be submitted to Parliament tomorrow, will initially pause applications for a period of three months. Mitsotakis described…