The EU mission in Mali in 2022. Portugal’s former foreign minister and an experienced diplomat, João Cravinho, was appointed EU’s representative for the Sahel a year ago (Photo: eutmmali.eu)

Opinion

After three military coups, EU must focus on civilians in Sahel

Africa

Opinion

by Ilaria Allegrozzi and Philippe Dam, Rome/Brussels,

When European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen asked EU’s newly-appointed top diplomat Kaja Kallas in September 2024 to develop a “renewed approach to the Sahel,” she sent a clear signal: the European Union should put an end to an...

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Ilaria Allegrozzi is a senior Africa researcher at Human Rights Watch and Philippe Dam is EU advocacy director.

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The EU mission in Mali in 2022. Portugal’s former foreign minister and an experienced diplomat, João Cravinho, was appointed EU’s representative for the Sahel a year ago (Photo: eutmmali.eu)