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Vol 65 No 16

Published 2nd August 2024


Rwanda

EU envoy to great lakes

A three-month impasse over the EU’s choice of Special Representative for the Great Lakes Region has been resolved with the appointment of Swedish diplomat Johan Borgstam. The episode laid bare embarrassing tensions between Brussels and other EU member states over Central Africa, exposing the institution to accusations that it too readily gives in to Kigali’s characteristically muscular pressure.

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