Vol 50 No 3 | EUROPEAN UNIONACP Ghana's chance 6th February 2009 Ghana's Ambassador in Brussels, Nana Berna Kumi, is leading in an increasingly hard fought battle there for the post of Secretary General of the African, Caribbean and...
Vol 49 No 7 | SUDANEUROPEAN UNION Hotel Hellacious 28th March 2008 A public relations jamboree in Khartoum on 10-13 March tried to persuade European politicians and businesses that they are missing out on billions of petrodollars because of Western...
Vol 49 No 4 | CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLICCHADEUROPEAN UNION Delays in deployment 15th February 2008 As fighting in Chad worsens, Lieutenant General Nash promises all EUFOR troops will be on the ground by mid-May The European Force in Chad and Central African Republic (EUFOR Chad/CAR) is due to be deployed between March and May, to protect refugees from Sudan's Darfur region and...
Vol 49 No 2 | BELGIUMEUROPEAN UNION Father and son 16th January 2008 Congolese know about dynasties. Incumbent President Joseph Kabila is the son of his assassinated predecessor, Laurent Désirée Kabila, and the political scene in Kinshasa is peppered with the...
Vol 48 No 22 | ZIMBABWEEUROPEAN UNION Brown's boycott 2nd November 2007 British Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s refusal to attend the European Union summit in Lisbon, Portugal, on 8-9 December alongside Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe plays well with Britain’s conservative...
Vol 48 No 21 | EUROPEAN UNIONACP Trading places 19th October 2007 There is no agreement on revising Europe’s trade deal with Africa, so an agreement may be imposed African, Caribbean and Pacific states are trying to negotiate new cooperation agreements by the end of the year with the European Union, but the lengthy negotiations are going...
Vol 46 No 14 | EUROPEAN UNIONACP No sugar daddy 8th July 2005 As European politicians hugged rock stars and European citizens glowed with good will for Africa, African sugar producers were glum. On 22 June, the European Commission proposed slashing...
Vol 46 No 11 | EUROPEAN UNIONACP WMD 27th May 2005 The European Union has managed to persuade the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) states to open negotiations on Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs), due to bring in free trade...
Vol 45 No 15 | EUROPEAN UNIONGREAT LAKES Talking, at least 21st July 2004 Amid the gloom around the Great Lakes, reviving the Communauté Economique des Pays des Grands Lacs (CEPGL) can do no harm and might do good. The Community, out...
Vol 45 No 3 | EUROPEAN UNIONACP Replaying the aid game 4th February 2004 Transforming Europe means changing its post-colonial trade relations too With ten new members coming aboard in May, a new constitution the subject of fierce debate and the European Parliament facing elections in May 2004, the European Union...