There are at most a few dozen Dutch people in Gabon, where the military seized power on Tuesday, said outgoing Foreign Affairs Minister Wopke Hoekstra. There are currently no plans to evacuate EU citizens from the West African country. “A relatively limited group” of Dutch people reside in Gabon, Hoekstra said upon his arrival in Toledo, Spain, where he will consult with EU colleagues about the sudden wave of military coups in Africa, among other things.
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The Cabinet has apologized to the family of anti-colonialism author and World War II resistance hero Anton de Kom for the suffering past governments have inflicted on him and his family. "We should have done this decades ago," said Foreign Affairs Minister Wopke Hoekstra. In close consultation with the family, it was decided to establish a new chair at the VU University in Amsterdam. This will represent De Kom's ideas and the historical handling of the Dutch history with slavery. "In this way, the best justice will be done to his legacy."
The Netherlands is the latest country to announce it will begin an evacuation of Sudan. The decision was announced by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs a day after the army of the Sudanese government said it would provide assistance to many countries who decide to leave the African nation.
The Netherlands has decided to expel the Russian diplomats as bilateral talks between the two nations have stalled, and given them two weeks time to leave the country, The Netherlands Times reported.