The EU Council's Africa Working Party is scheduled to meet on 1 July 2026 at 10:00 in the Justus Lipsius Building in Brussels, according to a notice of meeting and provisional agenda published on 29 June 2026. The meeting will cover country-specific discussions on Somalia, Gabon, Sudan, and Botswana, following the adoption of the agenda and any other business.
The working party, which prepares Council decisions on EU relations with African countries, will address four dossiers without any stated exclusions. The meeting comes amid ongoing EU engagement with African partners on security, governance, and development issues. No prior coverage of this specific meeting exists in the available record.
Meeting details The notice, issued by the Council's General Secretariat, lists the meeting at Rue de la Loi 175, 1048 Brussels, with contact email coafr@consilium.europa.eu. The agenda follows standard format: adoption of the agenda, country discussions, and any other business.
Stakeholder impact The discussions may influence EU policy toward the four countries, affecting EU foreign policy coherence, national authorities in the target states, EU development and diplomatic staff, and civil society organisations monitoring EU-Africa relations. No concrete decisions or outcomes are announced in the agenda.
Institutional follow-up The working party's conclusions will feed into the Council's Foreign Affairs Council and may inform subsequent EU decisions on aid, trade, or political dialogue with the countries concerned.