Sophie Mertens

Consultant @ FTI Consulting Brussels, Legal Service
Former intern @BelgiumUN Legal Committee & Security Council, @Clingendaelorg - Conflict Research Unit

[Kaja Kallas @kajakallas]

Europe’s door should not be open to Russia’s (ex-)combatants.

We will introduce a comprehensive visa ban for (ex-)combatants of the Russian armed forces and its proxy groups.

[imanekarimou @imanekarimou]

What happened in the #Sahel this week?? Find out in @Clingendaelorg latest "Echoes of the Sahel" edition and subscribe for weekly updates ! 🤓 full newsletter available at: https://t.co/ubSiYmonIL
@SMertens12 @AnnabelleWille7 @annateesch @caulierthom @JohannesClaes

[Belgium UN New York @BelgiumUN]

Congratulations to @MUNSociety Belgium 🇧🇪 who were recognized as Best Large Delegation by Harvard at the @WorldModelUN last week🏆

They defended the interests of @USUN 🇺🇸 & @IndiaUNNewYork 🇮🇳

Great to see young minds preparing for a career in effective multilateralism!

🇺🇳🇧🇪

[Sophie Mertens @SMertens12]

Keep up to date with this week's news in @Clingendaelorg Echoes of the #Sahel newsletter: arrests and continued protests against election results in #Niger, 11 alleged terrorists killed in #BurkinaFaso and new peace agreement in central #Mali
Full news at: https://t.co/5bH0PjlJwN

[Sophie Mertens @SMertens12]

New #Sahel newsletter is out ! News about a jihadist cell in #Senegal, presidential election campaign in #Niger, possible negotiations with jihadist groups in #BurkinaFaso and a new peace agreement in Mopti region in #Mali. Read more at: https://t.co/tbg6LHRstI

[Annabelle Willeme @AnnabelleWille7]

New #Sahel newsletter out! News on military training for National Development Service conscripts in #BurkinaFaso, results of presidential elections upheld in #Niger, and peace agreements signed in the cercle of Koro in #Mali. Full newsletter available at: https://t.co/bvMQfs4rPQ

[Sophie Mertens @SMertens12]

This week's Echos of the #Sahel is out ! News about clashes in Nord #Burkina Faso, 10 000 IDP in #Niger and Belgian troops contracting Covid-19, as well as the death of 5 UN peacekeepers in #Mali
Full news at: https://t.co/BN9Vz6HVYN

[Annabelle Willeme @AnnabelleWille7]

New #Sahel newsletter out! This week news on calls for an investigation into the air strike that killed civilians at a wedding in #Mali, thousands of displaced people in western Tillabery in #Niger and a new cabinet in #BurkinaFaso. Full newsletter at: https://t.co/HIJvB5EemM

[Sophie Mertens @SMertens12]

This year's first edition of Echoes of the #Sahel newsletter is out! This weeks news on election results and the deadly attack in #Niger, #Barkhane likely scale down in #Mali as well as President Kabore sworn in for 2nd term in #BurkinaFaso.
Read more at: https://t.co/FWZpalFeMF

[Sophie Mertens @SMertens12]

This weeks #Sahel newsletter is out ! News about the coordinated attack in northern #Mali, legislative results in #Burkina Faso and #Niger's plans to double the size of its military. Full newsletter at: https://t.co/0Skt2cegH3

[Annabelle Willeme @AnnabelleWille7]

This week’s #Sahel Newsletter comes to you as a special #BurkinaFaso edition! President Kaboré won Sunday’s presidential elections in the first round with 57.87% of the vote. More on election results, controversies and international responses at: https://t.co/HCKwgDThcX

[Annabelle Willeme @AnnabelleWille7]

Another #Sahel newsletter out! This week news on AQMI’s new leader Abou Oubaïda Youssef al-Annabi in #Mali, vote counting and allegations of election fraud in #Burkina Faso, and a new political “Coalition Bazoum 2021” in #Niger. Full newsletter at: https://t.co/m3tRoWkEka