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The aims and priorities of the EU-Africa dialogue have to be taken forward in the field of human rights.

It is essential to support the building up of stable democracies. In such a context, cooperation in the fields of development, universal primary education and healthcare can be intensified.

Furthermore, with an estimate of 6.5 million people displaced and repatriated in Africa (many of whom victims of conflict), the PES stresses that the fight against illegal immigration in the EU should not prevail over the
protection of refugees.

2 April 2012

PES strongly condemns the military coup in Mali

The Party of European Socialists (PES) strongly condemns the military coup that overthrew Malian President Amadou Toumaní Touré ("ATT") on March 22. The coup undermines a political society and a country, already weakened by guerrilla warfare.

Mali unrest
21 February 2012

Le PSE exprime sa vive inquiétude face aux tensions de ces derniers jours au Sénégal

Alors que le jour des élections présidentielles au Sénégal approche, le 26 février, le PSE exhorte les autorités Sénégalaises à respecter le droits de chacun à manifester pacifiquement. Le PSE condamne fermement la violence des forces de l’ordre à l’encontre des...

6 February 2012

Le PSE appelle le Président Wade à céder la place à une nouvelle génération politique

Le PSE condamne fermement les violences à l’encontre des manifestants qui ont causé 4 morts au Sénégal. Le PSE soutient la mobilisation des Sénégalais et rappelle aux autorités leur devoir de respecter leur droit de manifester pacifiquement.

Senegalese opponents to President Abdoulaye Wade's bid for a third term
7 October 2011

PES congratulates Nobel Peace Prize Winners Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Leymah Gbowee and Tawakkul Karman

The Party of European Socialists has warmly congratulated Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Leymah Gbowee and Tawakkul Karman on winning the 2011 Nobel Prize for Peace. The Prize-winners, who have long advocated gender equality policies and peaceful women’s rights actions in Africa...

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