In the wake of the Ukraine war, interrupted supply chains and rising food prices are currently presenting many African countries with enormous challenges, in some places, the supply of basic foodstuffs is at risk. But the issue of food security has not only been high on the agenda of many African countries since the conflict in Eastern Europe.

In the SR 2 podcast “Bilanz am Mittag” of 17.2.2022, General Secretary Sabine Odhiambo explained in an interview the importance of the EU-AU Summit on 17.2 and 18.2.2022 in Brussels.

Transformation in response to the climate crisis and digitalisation, the cohesion of the EU and its role in the emerging great power competition – the tasks facing the new German Government are enormous. One, however, is almost always underestimated: our relations with Africa. Yet opportunities and challenges are growing there that urgently require answers.