G7 top diplomats condemn M23 expansion

Brussels 03.02.2025 G7 Foreign Ministers’ Statement on the Escalation of Violence in the Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo: On February 1, the #G7 Foreign Ministers issued the G7 Foreign Ministers' Statement on the escalation of violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.https://t.co/AH2pYv7upq#G7Canada #DRC pic.twitter.com/RcVTbRwykb — MOFA of Japan (@MofaJapan_en) February 2, 2025…

Africa-Europe Forum in Vienna

Vienna, Austria. At Africa-Europe Forum, hosted jointly by the Austrian Presidency of the EU, notably by Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz, and Paul Kagame, President of Rwanda and the Chairman of the African Union for 2018, President Jean-Claude Juncker reiterated Europe’s ambition for a true and fair partnership among equals between Africa and Europe. President Juncker presented the…

Africa’ $3 trillion free-trade zone

African leaders agreed to form a $3 trillion continental free-trade zone encompassing 1.2 billion people, but its two biggest economies, Nigeria and South Africa, declined to join. The African Union launched talks in 2015 to establish a 55-nation bloc that would be the biggest in the world by number of participating states, aiming to increase…