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Press statement on weaponised sexual violence, notably in Tigray, Ethiopia

Women’s Rights Committee Chair Evelyn Regner and EPP Coordinator Frances Fitzgerald address the extreme sexual violence and rape used as a weapon by soldiers...

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...

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