AFRICA DIPLOMATIC

Sudan: intensification of attacks

Strasbourg 06.05.2025 Today the explosions and fires rocked Sudan’s wartime capital Port Sudan, a witness said, part of a days-long drone assault that has torched the country’s biggest fuel depots and damaged its primary gateway for humanitarian aid in a major escalation. 🇸🇩 This morning, the RSF launched a major drone assault on Port Sudan,…

EU: Nigerian Christians in oblivion

24.04.2025 The funeral of Pope Francis will be attended by the world leaders, paying tributes to the Head of the Vatican City State. The Holy See Press Office announced that Pope Francis’ funeral Mass will take place on Saturday, April 26, 2025, at 10:00 AM in St. Peter’s Square. Among the dignitaries President Trump, and…

Sudan: EU neo-Colonial Syndrome

Brussels 15.04.2025 Today the EU Commissioner Hadja Lahbib participates in the UK high-level international conference on the Republic of the Sudan. In the context of addressing the dramatic humanitarian situation in the country, the European Commission and Member States have pledged €522 million in aid for 2025 at the High-level Conference for Sudan, co-hosted in…

EU: Commissioner Lahbib visits Chad

Brussels 08.04.2025 European Commissioner in charge of preparedness and crisis management Hadja Lahbib will visit Chad this week for a mission focused on the situation of Sudanese refugees. Lahbib will travel April 8 to Adré, on the border with Sudan, where the refugees are searching for safety fleeing the horrors of civil war. Since the…

Horn of Africa tensions

Brussels 07.04.2025 The threat of war is looming over the Horn of Africa, while the observers warning of a return to fighting in Tigray, which could produce domino effect, causing conflict between Ethiopia and Eritrea, Dr Abel Abate Demissie from Chatham House writes. Ethiopia’s ambition to secure Red Sea access, Eritrea’s interference in Ethiopia’s internal…

Cameroon: MEPs condemn human rights violations

Strasbourg 03.04.2025 The European Parliament condemns the systematic violations of journalists’ human rights by the Cameroonian authorities and calls on them to ensure press freedom ahead of the country’s 2025 presidential election. MEPs demand the immediate and unconditional release of Amadou Vamoulké, Kingsley Fomunyuy Njoka, Mancho Bibixy, Thomas Awah Junior, and Tsi Conrad. They emphasise…

Ethiopia: EU stands by Pretoria agreement

Brussels 28.03.2025 The EU reiterates its calls for the full implementation of the Pretoria agreement that ended the conflict between Ethiopia’s federal government and the Tigray rebels in 2022. Nowadays despite the peace agreement, signed in Pretoria, South Africa, in 2022 between the Government of Ethiopia and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) ending the…

Africa Summit: New South – Old World

Brussels 25.03.2025 Today the Africa Political Outlook Summit offers a wide range of views on the possible avenues of reshaping, and modernizing governance, geopolitics, and economic opportunities in a rapidly evolving Africa. “New South, Old World” stands for the rise of evolving nations, particularly in Africa, reflecting upon their roles within global power structures and…

S.Sudan: EU delegation stays in spite of risks

Brussels 24.03.2025 In spite of the rapidly degrading security situation in South Sudan, which is “once again on the brink of civil war”, the EU Delegation in the capital Juba stays put. The country has been plagued by political instability and violence since it gained independence from Sudan in 2011. Regardless the context, Ambassador, Head…

DRC: EU individual sanctions effect

Brussels 19.03.2025 Rwanda’s reaction to the EU sanctions is swift and arrogant. The leadership severed diplomatic ties with Belgium, its former colonial ruler, and gave Belgian diplomats just 48 hours to leave. This week the EU Council imposed restrictive measures on nine individuals and one entity responsible for acts that constitute serious human rights violations…