Humanitarian worker Aron Kassahun Aregay joined the WHO Country Office in Ukraine in late 2019. From having worked as an epidemiologist in numerous emergency...
By Fr. Benedict Mayaki, SJ
Malian President, Ibrahim Boubacar Keita announced his resignation hours after he and Prime Minister, Boubou Cisse were detained by mutinous...
By Christopher Wells
The ongoing coronavirus pandemic has not only “exposed the plight of the poor and the serious inequality that reigns in the world,”...
By Fr. Benedict Mayaki, SJ
Nigeria is Africa’s most populous country and the continent’s largest democracy. Home to approximately 200 million people, it is blessed...
High Representative/Vice-President Josep Borrell had a phone call on 17 August with the UAE Foreign Minister, Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed.
They discussed the welcomed normalisation of relations between Israel and the UAE and High Representative/Vice-President Borrell reiterated the EU's position, in particular the EU's commitment to a negotiated and viable two-state solution and the need for a resumption of meaningful negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians.
Invitation letter by President Charles Michel to the members of the European Council ahead of their video conference on 19 August 2020
Our foreign ministers...
Nigerian military personnel on the front lines of fighting Boko Haram, over the weekend, joined a parish community for Sunday Mass in the Diocese of Maiduguri to thank God for their ability to repel a series of Boko Haram attacks.
On Sunday 16 August, the largest rally in Belarusian modern history took place. Hundreds of thousands of Belarusians took to the streets all across Belarus to participate in the Freedom March. These peaceful demonstrations had clear demands: the release of all unlawfully detained people, the prosecution of those responsible for police brutality, and holding of new presidential elections.
The sheer numbers clearly show that the Belarusian population wants change, and wants it now. The EU stands by them.