Grandi, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, urges safety nets for those really in need – the elderly, the disabled and poorest. Filippo Grandi in Ukraine Two and a half years of conflict have left more than two million Ukrainians displaced...
Read moreEU increases Sahel Mali's civilian mission budget
EUCAP Sahel Mali. Terrorist activity in the region. Credits: EU Today, the Council has increased the budget of EUCAP Sahel Mali by EUR 4,925,000 bringing the total budget of the mission for 2016 to EUR 19 million. This EU civilian mission supports the...
Read moreHundreds of thousands flee their homes in Burundi
Daily life at Lusenda. UN Women's safe space. Photos: UN Women/Catianne Tijerina Burundi’s ongoing political turmoil has caused hundreds of thousands to flee their homes and seek shelter in neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo. The Lusenda refugee...
Read moreThe European Union commits to action at the first-ever World Humanitarian Summit
World Humanitarian Summit (Istanbul 2016). Photo credits ECHO "Time for action not for complacency. The inevitability of change. The system, as it stands, will not stand. Change is happening, and the system can catch up, or not catch up. Fewer people...
Read more3 Different Neighbourhood Scenarios
EU neighbourhood on fire These three maps illustrate the difference of the geopolitical context between the United States, China and the European Union for the next decade. They highlight in particular the difference between, on the one hand the #EU and...
Read moreThe winner takes the prize: water
Climate Change & Security El ganador se lleva el premio: el agua The winner takes the prize: water. Performed in Santa Barbara beach (La Linea, Spain) Two situations of social conflict, extreme from today's perspective, induced by human need of accessing...
Read morePopasna: EU cooperation aid to Ukraine on the front line
Life a daily struggle for IDPs. Photo credit EU Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection Foter CC BY-ND «You got me living on the front line, they got me living on the front line. Oh what kind of man could I be if I can't talk about what I see? They got...
Read moreEbola outbreak: €7.4 billion, 10-year recovery plan for Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, the three most affected countries
«Ebola is like a war in our countries» said Guinea President Alpha Condé during a visit to the World Bank last Friday. Ebola outbreak World Bank visit The presidents of Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone visited the World Bank on April 17 to ask for help...
Read moreA strong, proactive and ambitious EU foreign policy is vital
Elmar Brok. Chairman of the European Parliament’s foreign affairs committee "Bringing peace, stability and prosperity to the broader EU neighbourhood must be the first and utmost priority of this policy” – believes the chairman of the Parliament’s foreign...
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