AFRICA

Empowering Africa: MEPs vote on strategy for a new EU-Africa partnership

Europe and Africa must move away from a donor-recipient relationship, said the Development Committee, outlining its vision for a relationship between the two continents. On...

The incumbent CAR president managed to hold legitimate elections without violence

Almost 2 million voters in the Central African Republic (CAR) went to the polls on Sunday to elect the country's president for the next...

Egypt: MEPs appalled by the arrests of human rights defenders

A Statement by leading MEPs on the recent arrests of staff members working for the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) was issued today. “We...

Partner countries get €3bn in loans to prop up economies affected by pandemic

Parliament on Friday approved €3 billion in loans to help EU neighbours and partner countries deal with the fallout of COVID-19. The loans, which will...

Operation IRINI in Libya: EU is united in effort to bring stability to the country

Following the Council´s decision of 31 March to launch the Operation EUNAVFOR MED IRINI, with the core task to implement the UN arms embargo on...

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