European Council President Charles Michel and European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen were able to brief that they and the AU had agreed on a united message on food security placing the blame for disruptions to food supply squarely on Russian President Vladimir Putin's shoulders (Dispatches 10/5/22 The UN reports that food and energy crises are deepening due to Russia's war on Ukraine)...

Three days later at a special AU Humanitarian summit EU President Ursula von der Leyen said Brussels would step up funding to boost food security efforts in Africa and set out Brussels's diplomatic case...

The beleaguered head of state was refused meetings with France's President Emmanuel Macron and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen at the African Union-European Union summit in Brussels in mid-February prompting him to try to win back some credibility and foreign financial support...

Abiy was given similar advice at February's EU-AU Summit in Brussels where European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and French President Emmanuel Macron encouraged dialogue as a matter of urgency...

For now European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen says ending energy imports from Russia trumps all else...

Also in Paris for Macron's meeting were the European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen the European Council president Charles Michel and the EU's foreign policy chief Josep Borrell...

In Dakar on 9 February European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said the Global Gateway plans would be worth US$171bn and would double that figure with private sector partnership funds...

Paris and Brussels both want to go beyond the issues that Commission President Ursula von der Leyen was promoting when she visited Addis Ababa two years ago...