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NL EU Africa Youth Think Tank 2025: young people in action for future-proof EU-Africa relations
2025 marked the second edition of the Africa Youth Think Tank at the Max van der Stoel Foundation. Thirty enthusiastic young people dived deep into the question: how can Europe and Africa build a sustainable, future-proof cooperation in autumn 2025? Getting to work on real policy dilemmas The project started in August with [...]
Beyond rhetoric: building a win-win partnership between the EU and Africa
How can Europe and Africa redefine their cooperation at a time of geopolitical tensions, climate transition and growing socio-economic inequality? That question was at the heart of the EU-Africa Progressive Network, an initiative of the Foundation for European Progressive Studies (FEPS) in which FMS is an active partner. Discussions within the network started from a shared understanding: the existing [...]
Trade over human lives: The Dutch role in the war in Sudan
Image: Sourcepixel The humanitarian crisis in Sudan has received extra attention in the news and on social media in recent weeks, but the conflict has now been going on for more than two years. While serious crimes are being committed, international attention is minimal. What role do the Netherlands and the EU play in the humanitarian crisis in Sudan and [...]
Africa Day 2025: A New Global Order - Tickets now available!
Afrikadag, the largest event in the Netherlands on Africa and international cooperation, returns on Saturday 15 November 2025 at Pakhuis de Zwijger Amsterdam. This year, Afrikadag celebrates a special milestone: the 30th edition! The theme of 2025 is "Africa in a New World Order". As global powers vie for influence, African countries claim their place on [...]
'EU must stop applying double standards' - Interview with Marit Maij on DRC crisis
Source: Daniel Buuma - Getty Images On 21 March, the Max van der Stoel Foundation is organising a political café on the crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The situation in the DRC is rapidly deteriorating: violence is escalating in the east of the country, with widespread human rights violations and the systematic use of sexual violence as [...]
Taking strategic town of Wad Madani: a tipping point in Sudan's war?
Photo: Residents walk through a devastated street in Omdurman, Sudan - Free Malaysia Today Last week, the Sudanese army (SAF) announced that it had taken the town of Wad Madani. This town, located in Gezira province, is a strategic hub and an important agricultural hub some two hundred kilometres south of the capital [...]
Buy your tickets now for Africa Day 2024: Getting Rights Right!
On 16 November, the time has come: the annual Africa Day! This year, the biggest event on international cooperation with African countries will focus on the important question: "How do we get rights right?" What is the state of universal human rights? Who are fighting for justice and democratisation? And what can organisations [...]