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  • Vol 51 No 6
  •  19th March 2010

US military calls up Europe

Washington wants the European Union to work with its African military missions, which may be more complicated than it seems

  • Vol 51 No 6
  •  19th March 2010

Military money

In budget-cutting Washington DC, European cooperation is welcome even if European budgets are a fraction of United States’ funds. The US government has cut its Africom budget to US$278 million this year, compared to $310 mn. in 2009. Africom has about 1,3...

  • Vol 48 No 25
  •  14th December 2007

Not quite indispensable

Feted in Lisbon, African leaders left the summit frustrated by post-colonial squabbles and the lack of better trade proposals

  • Vol 43 No 11
  •  31st May 2002

Steal community

Europe's vested interests could block the anti-corruption reforms pushed by, among others, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and the Council of Europe's anti-corruption mechanism, called 'Greco'. The Italian government under...

  • Vol 41 No 8
  •  14th April 2000

Conquests in Cairo

Style rather than substance dominated the two-day meeting in Cairo on 3-4 April of leaders from Africa and the European Union. The main commitment achieved by the illustrious gathering - the first of its kind - seemed to be that they would meet again in t...

  • Vol 40 No 19
  •  24th September 1999

Busting the busters

A combination of new surveillance technology and pressure on the United Nations to do more to clamp down on weapons flows to rebel movements in Africa is making life more difficult for arms dealers. Western governments are more prepared to share surveilla...

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