EASTERN AND SOUTHERN AFRICA

Development MEPs conclude fact-finding visit to Kenya

AFRICA Theodoros Benakis -
Development Committee MEPs were in Kenya from 3-5 April, led by Committee Vice-Chair Pierrette Herzberger-Fofana (Greens/EFA, DE). Over the course of their three-day mission,...

EU strategic presence in Djibouti and engagement with Somalia

AFRICA Theodoros Benakis -
Security and Defence subcommittee (SEDE) MEPs visited Djibouti and Somalia from 1-4 April, and assessed the role of the EU CSDP missions and operations...

President Metsola against the new anti-homosexuality bill in Uganda

AFRICA Theodoros Benakis -
President Roberta Metsola spoke out against the new so-called anti-homosexuality bill in Uganda, at the opening of the session in Brussels. Referring to the new...

Eswatini: the situation of human rights defenders and the murder of Thulani Maseko

AFRICA Theodoros Benakis -
On Thursday, the European Parliament adopted a resolution on the respect for human rights in Eswatini, formerly named Swaziland. In Eswatini, the last absolute monarchy...

The European Union strongly condemns Mr Maseko’s assassination

AFRICA Theodoros Benakis -
Thulani Rudolph Maseko, human rights lawyer and Chairperson of the Multistakeholder Forum (MSF), was shot dead at his house on Saturday 21 January. The European...
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