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Vol 64 No 4 |

AFRICAN UNION

Summit takes off in Addis amid growing race for the region's resources and votes in the UN

15th February 2023

Delegates will face a crowded agenda including boosting African representation in the global system and resolving multiple security crises

Arguments for more financial independence and a greater role for the AU and Africa's regional organisations in the international system will top the agenda at its summit from...

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AFRICAN UNION

Cuts in aid and trade on table as European leaders mull tougher action on migration

7th February 2023

As right wing anti-immigrant parties gain ground in Europe, Brussels is trying to balance its internal tensions with a more coherent Africa policy

European Union leaders are to use a special summit on 9 February to find new ways to organise the return of unauthorised migrants from Africa and the Middle...

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Vol 63 No 24 |

EUROPEAN UNION
AFRICAN UNION

Geopolitical fault lines

1st December 2022

The United States wants to use its US-African leaders' summit in Washington DC from 13-15 December to reboot its relations with the continent and reports that over 45...

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Vol 63 No 17 |

EUROPEAN UNION
AFRICAN UNION

African governments count the cost of a new Cold War

9th August 2022

Moscow’s war on Ukraine is reshaping foreign policy in many African capitals as western European and Russian officials compete for attention

Officials at the European Union see their financial and political support for Ukraine is straining their ties with Africa on economic cooperation and diplomatic stances – but they...

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Vol 63 No 17 |

Fight over Africa’s fossil fuels intensifies

9th August 2022

Climate negotiators push back against AU plan for common position on gas and nuclear energy playing a ‘critical role’ in short to medium term

The African Union’s plan to ramp up oil and gas production launched at a preparatory meeting with national negotiating teams has triggered a row with climate experts and...

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Vol 63 No 12 |

Deepening food and fuel crisis prompts emergency summits

2nd June 2022

AU Chief Macky Sall to meet Russia's Vladimir Putin over trapped grain stocks after EU pledges more cash for African farmers

In a bid to unblock vital stocks of wheat and fertiliser, Senegal's President Macky Sall is to meet Russia's President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on 3 June. Sall,...

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Vol 63 No 5 |

EUROPEAN UNION
AFRICAN UNION

Warm words but too many tough decisions have been postponed

21st February 2022

Failure by the European leaders to move substantively on vaccines rankled with their African counterparts

After two years in the making, the European Union's summit with the African Union summit in Brussels on 17-18 February veered towards an anti-climax.

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Vol 63 No 4 |

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AFRICAN UNION

Brussels tries to reset relations amid pandemic fall-out

11th February 2022

The Africa-Europe summit will announce shiny new investments but struggle to agree on security, migration and trade

Delayed for two years, the African Union (AU)-European Union (EU) summit on 17-18 February takes place as differences over counter-terrorism, pandemic policies and vaccine equity intensify. France, which...

Vol 63 No 4 |

AFRICAN UNION
HEALTH

Nkengasong sings

17th February 2022

The African Union's decision to grant autonomy to the African Centres for Disease Control and Prevention marks a victory for its highly regarded director John Nkengasong, who had...

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Rows over money and mandates threaten peacekeeping mission

7th February 2022

International and regional officials demand sweeping changes in Amisom's structure and mandate ahead of a key UN meeting next month

Launched in 2007 to fight the Islamist insurgents of Al Shabaab, the African Union Mission in Somalia (Amisom) is being torn apart as its host pushes back against...

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