Vol 63 No 25 | EUROPEAN UNIONAFRICAMIGRATION Push on pushbacks 15th December 2022 Italy's new right-wing government is at the centre of a row over illegal pushbacks of boats carrying asylum-seekers and economic migrants that could engulf the wider European Union...
DISPATCHES Vol 63 No 24 | ALGERIARUSSIAEUROPEAN UNION Moscow mounts a military show in the desert 22nd November 2022 President Tebboune's anti-terror mission with Russian forces unsettles Morocco and European governments Sending some important diplomatic signals, Algeria's joint anti-terrorist drills with Russian troops – known as Desert Shield 2022 – in the Bechar region near the borde... READ FOR FREE
Vol 63 No 24 | EUROPEAN UNIONAFRICAN UNION Geopolitical fault lines 1st December 2022 The United States wants to use its US-African leaders' summit in Washington DC from 13-15 December to reboot its relations with the continent and reports that over 45 high-level de...
DISPATCHES Vol 63 No 23 | EUROPEAN UNIONEAST AFRICA Kampala gets Brussels to U-turn on oil pipeline ban 8th November 2022 At a joint parliamentary summit in Maputo, Ugandan negotiators won the policy argument but doubts linger about the pipeline's viability On the eve of the UN's COP 27 Climate summit, European parliament MPs dropped their opposition to Uganda's and Tanzania's oil pipeline project at the Joint Parliamentary Assembly (... READ FOR FREE
DISPATCHES Vol 63 No 20 | TANZANIAUGANDAEUROPEAN UNION African leaders warn on climate talks failure at UN General Assembly 28th September 2022 Gap widens ahead of COP27 on finance and carbon targets between rich and developing economies The first week of speeches at the UN General Assembly augured badly for progress at the UN's COP27 Climate summit in Sharm el Sheikh with leaders from the global South rejecting st... READ FOR FREE
Vol 63 No 18 | KENYAMOZAMBIQUEEUROPEAN UNION Brussels greets Ruto 8th September 2022 Josep Borrell, the European Union's High Representative, will become the first western leader to congratulate Kenya's President-elect William Ruto in person when he visits on 10 Se...
DISPATCHES Vol 63 No 17 | EUROPEAN UNIONAFRICAN UNION African governments count the cost of a new Cold War 9th August 2022 Moscow’s war on Ukraine is reshaping foreign policy in many African capitals as western European and Russian officials compete for attention Officials at the European Union see their financial and political support for Ukraine is straining their ties with Africa on economic cooperation and diplomatic stances – but they ... READ FOR FREE
Vol 63 No 14 | MOROCCOSPAINEUROPEAN UNION Death at the border 7th July 2022 The death of over 25 migrants on 24 June after more than 2,000 people tried to jump the fence separating the enclave of Melilla and Nador, in northern Morocco, has prompted a furio...
DISPATCHES Vol 63 No 13 | RUSSIAEUROPEAN UNIONAFRICA Key Putin ally Prigozhin loses appeal on Wagner mercenary sanctions 14th June 2022 Geopolitical rivalries are driving courtroom fights against Moscow's allies linked to private security and mining operations in conflict zones in Africa The European Court of Justice's rejection of an appeal against sanctions by Kremlin favourite Yevgeny Prigozhin, who controls private military contractor the Wagner Group, will com... READ FOR FREE
Vol 63 No 12 | EUROPEAN UNIONAFRICA Sall cuts deal on food crisis 9th June 2022 Their visit to Russia causes frustration in Brussels, but AU leaders are winning arguments over the damage caused by Moscow's war on Ukraine At last week's European Union summit in Brussels, Senegal's President Macky Sall, who also chairs the African Union (AU), appeared to have secured public support from the EU for a ...