Fudge all round

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 rotating presidency and its Foreign Minister, Jaime Gama, fulfilled an old ambition by heralding the 'Euro-African summit, organised by the EU and the OAU'. This lengthy formula concealed nuances.

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Portugal, Jaime Gama, Algerian, Abdelaziz Bouteflika, Morocco, Mohamed Abdelaziz, Javier Solana, Spanish, Hosni Mubarak, Egypt, South Africa, Togo, Burkina Faso, Finland, France, Libya, Moammar el Gaddafi, Italian, Romano Prodi, Britain

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