Vol 64 No 20 | EUROPEAN UNIONAFRICABRITAIN Western governments send mixed signals on aid and trade 28th September 2023 Brussels, London and Washington are jostling for Africa's green minerals with China but cutting funding Wrongfooted by a spate of military putsches in Africa amid deepening financial woes in the region, western policymakers had promised a policy reset. Instead, new rows have blown...
Vol 64 No 19 | EUROPEAN UNIONSAHEL Caught cold by the coups 19th September 2023 Von der Leyen calls for a bolder strategy amid the wave of putsches and deepening crisis in the Sahel European Union officials are scrambling to revise their approach to the Sahel and West Africa after being blindsided by the military coups d'état in Niger and Gabon.
DISPATCHES Vol 64 No 16 | EUROPEAN UNIONAFRICAN UNION Future of ACP in doubt after signing of much delayed trade deal 25th July 2023 Member states question value of African-Caribbean-Pacific trade organisation Over two years of tortuous negotiations on a successor pact to the Cotonou agreement – between the European Union and countries from Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific... READ FOR FREE
Vol 64 No 16 | TUNISIAEUROPEAN UNION Bang to rights 3rd August 2023 Confusion abounds about the legal basis for the 'cash for migrant control' agreement between the European Commission and President Kaïs Saïed .
Vol 64 No 15 | MOROCCOEUROPEAN UNION Brussels stays on the hook 20th July 2023 The first test of EU-Morocco relations following the Qatargate corruption scandal suggests that Brussels is as keen as before to partner with Rabat. The European Commission confirmed in...
Vol 64 No 14 | EUROPEAN UNIONAFRICA Migration cash dominates vote for top EU jobs 3rd July 2023 Commission President Von der Leyen allies with Italy's Meloni on African 'Southern Partnership' scheme European officials have been mulling plans to spend over €10 billion (US$10.9bn) on migration control schemes with Libya, Tunisia and Egypt alongside their current accord with Turkey. With...
Vol 64 No 13 | EUROPEAN UNIONAFRICA How Brussels's green tax will hit Africa 12th June 2023 Europe's carbon levy has become law with African states in line to suffer collateral damage After two years of debate, the European Parliament has passed a carbon pricing mechanism which will apply to all countries trading with member states of the European Union...
DISPATCHES Vol 64 No 13 | TUNISIAEUROPEAN UNION Brussels rescues Kaïs Saïed with cash for migration control deal 13th June 2023 The billion euro migration pact with Tunis presages similar pacts with Algeria and Egypt By offering a financial package worth up to €1.5 billion (US$1.61bn) to Tunisia as part of a new 'cash for migration control' deal, the European Union has handed... READ FOR FREE
Vol 64 No 10 | NIGERIAEUROPEAN UNION Will you be my strategic partner? 11th May 2023 The European Union's diplomatic service, the European External Action Service, has earmarked four countries, one from each continent, as 'key strategic partners' as it seeks to boost its...
DISPATCHES Vol 64 No 9 | SUDANEUROPEAN UNIONARAB LEAGUE National rivalries and policy clashes complicate peace-making efforts 25th April 2023 A multilateral bid to end the war of the generals in Khartoum is in the balance as a regional crisis looms The latest attempted ceasefire in Sudan announced by Antony Blinken, the United States Secretary of State, and publicly agreed by both warring parties – the Sudan Armed Forces... READ FOR FREE