16/02/2025

Updates from wartime Europe on Ukraine and the DRC

 

Working this weekend as the editor of our website.

Not nice to report on world wars when war rages so near here... 


Europe - Ukraine - US

Europe needs special Ukraine envoy to get meaningful peace role, Finland says after US rebuff

Europe needs a special envoy for Ukraine to ensure it gets a meaningful role in any peace process, two European leaders said on Sunday after the continent was ruled out as a partner in talks by US President Donald Trump's administration.

France and allies discuss holding informal Ukraine summit 

France is discussing with its allies holding an informal summit of European leaders to discuss Ukraine, a French presidency official said on Saturday evening. Four European diplomats said the meeting was likely to go ahead on Monday.


DRC conflict 

DRC: M23 rebels seen in centre of strategic city Bukavu 

Rwandan-backed M23 rebels were seen in the centre of eastern Congo's second-largest city, Bukavu, on Sunday, said a local official, a security source and five eyewitnesses.



DRC's president won't attend the AU summit, as M23 advances in South Kivu

Neither Rwandan President Paul Kagame nor his Congolese counterpart Felix Tshisekedi attended Friday's AU meeting.


African Union 

Djibouti's Mahmoud Ali Youssouf elected as AU commission chairman 

The Djiboutian presidency's spokesman has said that Djibouti's Mahmoud Ali Youssouf was elected Saturday as the chairman of the African Union's executive commission.



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