Vol 58 No 20 | MOROCCOWESTERN SAHARAEUROPEAN UNION Game of names 6th October 2017 African leaders meet their European Union counterparts in Abidjan in late November with migration and increased European investment certain to dominate the agenda. However, an unlikely sideshow has...
Vol 58 No 19 | ANGOLAEUROPEAN UNION Euronews 'soft on Angola' 22nd September 2017 Portuguese Member of the European Parliament (MEP) Ana Gomes has complained to the European Commission about the Angolan presidency's propaganda unit influencing Euronews, a Commission-funded news channel. The...
Vol 58 No 17 | LIBYAITALYEUROPEAN UNION All at sea over migration 9th August 2017 A row over a deal between Rome and Tripoli to police the Mediterranean points to deepening divisions on migration in Africa and Europe An Italian operation backing efforts by the Libyan coastguard to intercept ships carrying migrants across the Mediterranean risks widening the political fight between the country's rival factions in...
Vol 57 No 21 | EUROPEAN UNIONMIGRATION Shifting borders south 21st October 2016 The European Union is set to intensify its migration control regime at a summit of EU leaders on 20 October. The European Commission will present reports on the...
Vol 57 No 19 | EUROPEAN UNIONAFRICA Funds to remain 23rd September 2016 The European Union last week launched a multi-billion euro Africa investment vehicle – with a stronger private investment element – in another bid to improve living standards in...
Vol 57 No 13 | EUROPEAN UNIONAFRICA The General's identity crisis 24th June 2016 After a dramatic arrest in Khartoum there are doubts about whether British and Italian police have got the right man The mystery surrounding the identity of the Eritrean 'people-smuggler' arrested in Khartoum and deported to Italy shows the difficulty of unravelling smuggling networks. Is the man due in...
Vol 57 No 13 | EUROPEAN UNIONAFRICA Tighter rules on war booty 24th June 2016 European Union importers face tougher restrictions on conflict minerals after a deal was finally struck on 15 June. Due diligence checks, conducted according to Organisation for Economic Cooperation...
Vol 55 No 23 | EUROPEAN UNIONAFRICA Rules of commercial engagement 21st November 2014 After twelve years of wrangling, the EU finally concludes bilateral trade treaties with 44 Sub-Saharan countries The European Union – the continent's biggest trading partner – has now signed up most sub-Saharan African countries to bilateral or regional Economic Partnership Agreements (EPA). The framework...
Vol 55 No 23 | EUROPEAN UNIONAFRICA Peasants against the pacts 21st November 2014 West African small farmers' organisations oppose the European Union's Economic Partnership Agreement with the Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas). The Ouagadougou-based Réseau des organisations paysannes et...
Vol 55 No 9 | EUROPEAN UNIONSAHEL Joining up security in the Sahel 24th April 2014 Jobs for young men and good liaison across borders are vital to effective anti-jihadist action. But there are as many obstacles as there are initiatives Regional and international moves to resist the jihadists – and to stifle their appeal – in the Sahel and Sahara regions are proliferating but enjoying far from smooth...