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…
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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…
Sudan Wad al-Noura massacre: EU Borrell appalled
Brussels 08.06.2024 “The European Union is appalled by credible reports of yet another senseless massacre of over 100 defenceless villagers committed by the Rapid Support Forces in Wad al-Noura, in Al-Jazira State, Sudan”, reads the statement by the EU top diplomat Josep Borrell. “The EU is investing substantially, together with the OHCHR and the UN…
SA threatens for joining IDF
Brussels 24.03.2024 South Africa threatens to arrest its citizens who engage in service for the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), while raising legal, moral and strategic questions for a military that relies heavily on foreign-born troops to fill its ranks. Although no other nation has an intention to follow South Africa’s lead and prosecute their citizens,…
Red Sea: Maersk company doesn’t resume navigation
Brussels 24.03.2024 Shipping company Maersk said it was too early to resume navigation through the Red Sea due to a continued elevated risk level, despite an initiative by the European Union to increase safety in the region. The disruption also led to a 1.3% drop in global trade in December of last year, and uncertainty…