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EU foreign ministers will suspend defence cooperation with Rwanda but have decided against immediately suspending the EU's cash-for-minerals pact (Photo: European Commission)

EU suspends defence cooperation with Rwanda but holds back on sanctions

The EU agreed to suspend defence cooperation with Rwanda on Monday (24 February) — but shied away from further sanctions against the east African state following the recent escalation of its invasion of neighbouring DR Congo.  

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Benjamin Fox is a seasoned reporter and editor, previously working for fellow Brussels publication Euractiv. His reporting has also been published in the Guardian, the East African, Euractiv, Private Eye and Africa Confidential, among others. He heads up the AU-EU section at EUobserver, based in Nairobi, Kenya.

EU foreign ministers will suspend defence cooperation with Rwanda but have decided against immediately suspending the EU's cash-for-minerals pact (Photo: European Commission)

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Author Bio

Benjamin Fox is a seasoned reporter and editor, previously working for fellow Brussels publication Euractiv. His reporting has also been published in the Guardian, the East African, Euractiv, Private Eye and Africa Confidential, among others. He heads up the AU-EU section at EUobserver, based in Nairobi, Kenya.

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