Belgian Troops for Takuba: What’s at Stake?
Belgium is once again considering a significant troop contribution to one of the French-led military operations in the Sahel region – this time Task Force Takuba. Recent years’ discussions have […]
Africa
Publications
Building blocks for regional cooperation on Transitional Justice
This policy brief is a report on the expert workshop on AU-EU cooperation on transitional justice which was organised in October 2021 by Egmont – The Royal Institute for […]
Challenges and priorities of the EU’s response to the situation in Afghanistan
The humanitarian, political, and security crisis that followed the withdrawal of US and NATO troops from Afghanistan is of global concern. The takeover of the Taliban is going to have […]
Commentaries
Post-Cotonou EU-Burundi relations: the need to maintain international pressure to tackle ongoing human rights violations
Since its independence, Burundi has been the theatre of violence and human rights violations that have left the population severely traumatised. A small landlocked country in central Africa, its internal […]
Commentaries
Geopolitical impact of the US exit from Afghanistan on the conflict in Syria and in the Middle East
The US final exit from Afghanistan and the trouble it created among allies, mainly because of the conditions under which it happened, continue to impact the strategic agenda of stakeholders […]
Commentaries
Corruption in the Congolese Army: Three Lessons for Modern Democracies
During his state visit to Ituri, in June 2021, Congolese President Félix Tshisekedi deplored the high levels of corruption within the Congolese army. He considered it a major obstacle to […]