AFRICA DIPLOMATIC

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…

Burkina Faso nuclear ambition

The Hague, 24.06.2025 The U.S. airstrikes launched by President Trump against Iran nuclear facilities impacted gravely the mindset of African leaders. Just a week of intense bombing of Iran by Israel caused a profound transition in understanding of multipolar world, free from political monopoly of one superpower, and its proxies. Burkina Faso 🇧🇫 has signed…

Somaliland attracts investors

Brussels 13.06.2025 Somaliland’s Representative to the EU Ambassador Kaysar Maxamed urged the EU companies and businesses leaders to seize investment opportunities in Somaliland. Why Somaliland? What the country which regained its freedom in 1992 can offer those who would like to invest? Somaliland has witnessed a great deal of progress over the last 30 years…

Nigeria: ongoing slaughter of Christians

Brussels 07.06.2025 The European Union keeps silence regarding the ongoing persecution of Christians in Nigeria. In spite of the recognition of the importance of the partnerships with Africa, and the well-being of Africans as the sine qua non of the EU security, and prosperity. However there have been no signs of support to the suffering…

Mali: Wagner PMC “returning home”

06.05.2025 The Private Military Company (PMC) Wagner has officially announced the completion of its mission in Mali. The company operated in the country for 3.5 years. During this time, the fighters destroyed “thousands of militants and their commanders”, helping the Malian armed forces regain control over all regional centers of the country. BIG: Russia's Wagner…

Trump-Ramaphosa: “Kill the Boer!”

Brussels 21.05.2025 The South African Minister of Land Reform and Rural Development Mzwanele Nyhontso said the South Africa President Cyril Ramaphosa’s meeting in the Oval Office was “uncomfortable” but that the president handled it well. “It was uncomfortable to watch,” Nyhontso said while commenting the event to the media. Ramaphosa had to explain to Trump…

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….

SA: Trump grants asylum to farmers

Brussels 12.05.2025 The white South Africans have been granted refugee status in the United States by the Trump administration. The group of 59 people arrived at Washington Dulles airport in Virginia on Monday, May 12, according to a State Department official said. (Image above: illustration) Trump said during a news conference at the White House…