At the Antalya Diplomacy Forum, Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty underscored Egypt’s strategic commitment to Africa through a series of high-level meetings with African leaders and counterparts.
Badr Abdelatty © Mena Today
At the Antalya Diplomacy Forum, Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty underscored Egypt’s strategic commitment to Africa through a series of high-level meetings with African leaders and counterparts.
In talks with Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, Abdelatty reaffirmed Egypt’s support for Somalia’s unity and security, emphasizing the Horn of Africa’s strategic importance. Similarly, in a meeting with Sudan’s General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, the minister pledged continued cooperation rooted in shared history and regional solidarity.
Abdelatty also held bilateral discussions with foreign ministers from Rwanda, Burkina Faso, Benin, Angola, Zambia, Congo, Gambia, and Côte d’Ivoire, focusing on development, technical assistance, and African Union priorities. Egypt reiterated its backing for the AU’s candidate for UNESCO Director-General, Khaled El-Enany.
On April 15, 2026, the war in Sudan entered its fourth year, a grim milestone that passed largely unnoticed, overshadowed by conflicts elsewhere. Yet the United Nations has called it unequivocally the world's worst humanitarian crisis.
Germany pledged a further 20 million euros ($23.6 million) to Sudan this year, the development ministry said on Wednesday, ahead of an international aid conference hosted in Berlin that is aiming to gather more than $1 billion in funding commitments.
Two arms brokers arranged illegal deals to supply ex-Soviet surface-to-air missile systems to South Sudan and fighter jets to Libya during its civil war, British prosecutors told a London court on Tuesday.
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