{"id":3830,"date":"2017-08-16T11:31:23","date_gmt":"2017-08-16T11:31:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kreisky-forum.org\/veranstaltung\/crises-in-south-sudan-and-the-horn-of-africa"},"modified":"2026-04-23T11:02:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T11:02:17","slug":"crises-in-south-sudan-and-the-horn-of-africa","status":"publish","type":"kreisky_event","link":"https:\/\/www.kreisky-forum.org\/en\/veranstaltung\/crises-in-south-sudan-and-the-horn-of-africa","title":{"rendered":"Crises in South Sudan and the Horn of Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>ALEX RONDOS<br \/>\nCrises in South Sudan and the Horn of Africa - Key Factors for Migration<\/h1>\n<p>As Ambassador Rondos had pointed out in his last talk at the Bruno Kreisky Forum, a \u2019Necklace of Crises and Terror\u2019 stretched around Europe, from Mauritania and Mali to the South Sudan, the Horn of Africa and beyond. This threat to European security has now turned out to be a main factor of African migration to Europe, but also within Africa.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Alex Rondos<\/strong>, EU Special Representative for the Horn of Africa<\/p>\n<p>Respondent: <strong>Maria Reininger<\/strong>, Journalist, ORF\/\u00d61<br \/>\nModerator: <strong>Georg Lennkh<\/strong>, Curator, Member of the Board, Bruno Kreisky Forum<\/p>\n<p><em class=\"rot\"><strong>Alexander George Rondos<\/strong> <\/em>is a Greek national, born in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania, in 1954, educated in Kenya and the UK, completed BA (Hons) at Oxford University. His career has included journalism at West Africa Magazine, followed by twelve years of work in relief and the development world. After two years at the World Bank he became an advisor to the Foreign Minister of Greece, counselling and implementing policy in the South Eastern Europe and the Middle East. Rondos was promoted to Ambassador of the\u00a0<span lang=\"EN-GB\">of the Hellenic Republic and worked on diplomatic and meditation missions of behalf of the Prime Minister of Greece. He was appointed EU Special Representative for the Horn of Africa.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-GB\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail_480x240 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.kreisky-forum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/migration.jpg\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kreisky-forum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/migration.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.kreisky-forum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/migration-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.kreisky-forum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/migration-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.kreisky-forum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/migration.jpg 587w\" alt=\"Africa_migration\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 700px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 700\/394;\" data-original-sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ALEX RONDOS Crises in South Sudan and the Horn of Africa \u2013 Key Factors for Migration As Ambassador Rondos had pointed out in his last talk at the Bruno Kreisky Forum, a \u2019Necklace of Crises and Terror\u2019 stretched around Europe, from Mauritania and Mali to the South Sudan, the Horn of Africa and beyond. 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