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19.02.2024 Article

Foreign Minister Baerbock at the Foreign Affairs Council in Brussels: Go-ahead for EU mission in the Red Sea and support for Ukraine two years after the start of the war

The situation in the Middle East, support for Ukraine two years after the start of the war, the Sahel – Foreign Minister Baerbock and her EU colleagues face a full agenda for their meeting in Brussels. Read on to find out more about the topics being discussed.

Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock at the EU Foreign Affairs Council
20.10.2020 Article

Donor conference for the Sahel region: Germany pledges 100 million euro in humanitarian support

The humanitarian situation in the Sahel is worsening: up to 16 million people in Burkina Faso, Mali and the Niger could be at risk of starvation in the coming months. At a donor conference today (20 October), Foreign Minister Maas pledged 100 million euro in support.

women in Burkina Faso preparing cornmeal
07.09.2020 Article

Forgotten crises: pasture land instead of desert in the Sahel region

With droughts, terrorist attacks and abject poverty, 12.6 million people in the Sahel countries of Mali, Burkina Faso and the Niger are dependent on humanitarian aid. Germany is supporting a project of the Workers’ Samaritan Federation that transforms barren desert areas into fertile pasture land.

Special crescents: the desert is transformed into pasture land
26.02.2019 Article

National and regional challenges

Foreign Minister Maas is visiting Burkina Faso as part of his trip to West Africa. On his trip, he intends to emphasise the fact that Germany is a reliable partner in the area of crisis prevention.

Foreign Minister Heiko Maas visits the Lycée Mixte de Gaunghin in Ouagadougou
25.02.2019 Article

Successful transition following the crisis

During his visit to Sierra Leone, Foreign Minister Maas intends to pledge further support for the country on its path to stability.

Foreign Minister Heiko Maas meets his counterpart Alie Kabba

Press releases

  1. 03.05.2023 Press release

    The Federal Government realigns its Sahel policy

  2. 25.01.2022 Press release

    Statement by the Federal Foreign Office on the situation in Burkina Faso

  3. 12.06.2020 Press release

    Foreign Minister Maas on the Partnership for Security and Stability in the Sahel

  4. 24.02.2019 Press release

    Foreign Minister Maas prior to his departure for Sierra Leone, Burkina Faso and Mali

  5. 09.12.2018 Press release

    Foreign Minister Maas on Germany’s support for the Sahel countries

  6. 17.01.2016 Press release

    Attacks in Ouagadougou

  7. 02.12.2015 Press release

    Presidential and parliamentary elections in Burkina Faso

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