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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

The European Commission proposes to spend 250 million euros to back peacekeeping operations in Africa and European Union ministers will soon decide whether to go ahead. This was...

Reforms to the European Union's controversial Common Agricultural Policy adopted in Luxembourg on 26 June have met a mixed reception in Africa. While subsidising European farmers is unpopular,...

While some developing countries, such as competitive wheat and beef exporters like Argentina, would like the Common Agricultural Policy reform to be intensified, many African agricultultural exporters are...

Mired for years in war, human rights abuses and shady electoral practices, the regime of Congo President Denis Sassou Nguesso has received a boost from Brussels.

Finding a suitable name was the toughest job behind the 11 February announcement of a Europe-Africa summit in Cairo on 2-3 April. Portugal holds the European Union's six-monthly...