Vol 65 No 6 | RWANDACONGO-KINSHASAEUROPEAN UNION How Brussels was caught out by the Kivu war 5th March 2024 The proxy war between Kinshasa and Kigali is derailing the European Union's plan to secure critical minerals Three days after an angry meeting between Congo-Kinshasa's President Félix Tshisekedi and his Rwandan counterpart Paul Kagame on 16 February in Addis Ababa over the escalating regional conflict,...
Vol 65 No 6 | RWANDACONGO-KINSHASAEUROPEAN UNION Kigali pushes back against the African Union 5th March 2024 President Kagame's strategic position is facing growing regional pressure Rwanda has warned the Africa Union that it would see any support for the South African-led regional intervention force against the M-23 militia in eastern Congo-Kinshasa as a...
DISPATCHES Vol 65 No 6 | EUROPEAN UNIONAFRICA Missing the trees for the wood 7th March 2024 Smallholder farmers could lose millions as Brussels enforces new rules to stop destruction of forests The EU's deforestation law is facing growing pushback from African states and the wider international community over fears that the compliance burdens imposed by the new law will... READ FOR FREE
DISPATCHES Vol 65 No 5 | EUROPEAN UNIONAFRICA Carbon row heads to the World Trade Organization 28th February 2024 South Africa and India have accused the EU of using environmental issues as a cover for protectionism in its new CBAM African countries are set to raise formal complaints about the effects of some of the European Union's new laws on environmental protection and carbon at this week's Ministerial... READ FOR FREE
Vol 65 No 2 | EGYPTEUROPEAN UNION The Cairo price 18th January 2024 The European Commission is hoping to unveil a wide-ranging deal to provide investment in a range of Egyptian economic sectors in exchange for continued cooperation on migration management...
DISPATCHES Vol 65 No 1 | KENYAEUROPEAN UNION Nairobi goes ahead with pioneering Brussels deal 20th December 2023 After its neighbours pulled back from the EU plan, Ruto's government is going it alone President William Ruto's government has signed a trade deal with the European Union which Brussels has described as its most advanced with an African state on climate change... READ FOR FREE
Vol 64 No 25 | EUROPEAN UNIONAFRICA The case for reparations 14th December 2023 The debate over reparations for colonialism and slavery has arrived in the European Parliament. Pierrette Herzberger-Fofana, a Malian-born German MEP for Alliance90/The Greens, is preparing a text on...
Vol 64 No 25 | MAURITANIAEUROPEAN UNION Cash for no influence 14th December 2023 A year after a handful of MEPs and European Parliament officials were arrested and €1.5 million in cash seized by police, the Qatargate 'cash-for-influence' scandal has also exposed...
Vol 64 No 23 | EGYPTEUROPEAN UNIONNORTH AFRICA Into the arms of Abdel Fattah el Sisi 6th November 2023 The likelihood that the Israel-Hamas war will trigger a refugee crisis has pushed Brussels to strike a migration deal with Cairo Fears that a full-scale ground invasion of Gaza by the Israel Defense Forces will create tens of thousands of refugees have prompted the European Union to reorganise its...
DISPATCHES Vol 64 No 22 | EGYPTEUROPEAN UNION Brussels fast-tracks migration deal with Cairo amid Gaza migration fears 24th October 2023 The European Commission is set to conclude a 'cash for migrant control' deal with President El Sisi as regional crisis escalates As regional tensions rise, European Commission officials are urgently trying to finalise a 'cash for migration control' deal with President Abdel Fattah el Sisi's government. READ FOR FREE