The European Union, the Southern African Customs Union (SACU) and Mozambique are seeking  to formalize a new economic partnership agreement (EPA) with post-Brexit Britain. Paulina Elago, SACU executive secretary, said a SACU-Britain ministerial dialogue held in Johannesburg, South Africa last year agreed to replicate the EU-SADC-EPA as an immediate step to avoid trade disruption.

H.E. Patrick Van Gheel, Ambassador of Belgium to Cuba, Haiti and the Dominican Republic, awarded Michèle Pierre-Louis the decoration of Officer of the Order of Leopold at a reception held on Monday 11 June 2018 at the Consulate of Belgium in Port-au-Prince.

H.E. Dieudonné Kéré, Ambassador of Burkina Faso in Vienna – accompanied by Senior Counsellor Léon Brice Tiendrebéogo and Honorary Consul Eduard Schüssler – visited Bregenz, the state capital of Vorarlberg in Austria, on 14 and 15 June 2018.

''On the eve of the 4th ministerial meeting between the G5 and the EU, the ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Benelux countries wish to express their support to the efforts of the EU and of the G5 Sahel for the stabilization and reconstruction of the region.''

Today the Commission announced an aid package of €34 million for displaced people in Uganda and Kenya. "Kenya and Uganda are among Africa's major hosts of refugees, with millions urgently needing assistance. The EU stands in solidarity and is committed to support the most vulnerable refugees.