Vol 65 No 24 | EUROPEAN UNIONAFRICA Africa could lose out from bid to rewrite Europe’s deforestation rules 20th November 2024 EU lawmakers have brought in wide-ranging exemptions to the forestry laws but few African states will benefit The European Parliament’s vote on 14 November to take apart the EU’s deforestation rules is another step in the weakening of the bloc’s Green Deal laws. It has...
Vol 65 No 23 | RWANDAEUROPEAN UNION The price of minerals 14th November 2024 The EU’s difficult relations with Rwanda were exposed last week when a series of MEPs demanded that Brussels’s minerals deal with Kigali be re-opened or scrapped because of...
Vol 65 No 21 | EUROPEAN UNIONAFRICA Fortress EU within and without 17th October 2024 The United Kingdom’s defunct ‘cash for asylum seekers’ deal with Rwanda could be brought back to life – by the EU.
Vol 65 No 20 | EUROPEAN UNIONAFRICA Von der Leyen’s latest team lacks Africa vision 1st October 2024 Migration control, Global Gateway spending and critical minerals will dominate the new commissioners’ agenda After celebrating Africa as Europe’s ‘sister’ continent as she campaigned for a second five-year term as European Commission President, Ursula von der Leyen devoted just a couple of...
Vol 65 No 20 | EUROPEAN UNIONAFRICA Faulty funding 3rd October 2024 Wasteful, inefficient and paying scant attention to human rights abuses was the verdict on the €5 billion EU Emergency Trust Fund for Africa (EUTF), in a report by...
Vol 65 No 19 | EUROPEAN UNIONAFRICA Gas or hot air? 19th September 2024 Brussels continues to push green hydrogen investment as a foreign policy and energy tool, with European Commissioner for Energy, Kadri Simson, unveiling a series of new programmes during...
Vol 65 No 16 | EUROPEAN UNIONAFRICAN UNION Imagination deficit limits continental ties 25th July 2024 The European Commission is focusing on migration but ignoring the scope for ambitious economic partnerships Top of the priority list on Africa policy for German Christian Democrat Ursula von der Leyen, who won a second term as President of the European Commission on...
Vol 65 No 14 | EGYPTEUROPEAN UNION Ignoring abuses, Brussels courts El Sisi with energy funds 3rd July 2024 After an EU summit offers billions for power projects, Cairo will have raised $90bn over the past year Europe’s energy conglomerates queued up to sign a series of multi-billion euro deals with the Egyptian government on 29 and 30 June as President Abdel Fattah el Sisi...
DISPATCHES Vol 65 No 12 | EUROPEAN UNIONAFRICA A disputed levy 4th June 2024 Report finds EU's new carbon import levy will hit many third countries less than feared but another think-tank says Africa faces possible 4% drop in exports to Europe The economic effects of the EU's new carbon import levy are set to be far smaller than feared by many third countries, many of them African, according to... READ FOR FREE
Vol 65 No 10 | NIGERIAEUROPEAN UNIONAFRICAMIGRATION Mystery surrounds Brussels migration deal with Abuja 1st May 2024 Abuja is silent after a top official at the EU says it has agreed to a migrant return scheme – without cash incentives Top officials at the European Commission say they have concluded talks on a migrant readmission and return agreement with Nigeria that could mark a breakthrough in Brussels-Abuja relations....