Vol 64 No 7 | LIBYAEUROPEAN UNION Coastguard in the dock 30th March 2023 European Union backing for Libyan authorities who stop and detain migrants means the bloc has 'aided and abetted' rights violations against migrants, according to Chaloka Beyani, t...
Vol 64 No 6 | EUROPEAN UNIONAFRICA Brussels backs Italy's hard line on migration 9th March 2023 A leaked letter from the European Commission chief spells out the EU's plans to deter and return migrants to their home countries A week after the sinking of a boat carrying several hundred migrants off the Calabrian coast in southern Italy which killed more than 60 people, European Commission President Ursul...
DISPATCHES Vol 64 No 6 | EUROPEAN UNIONAFRICA Pesticides row adds to toxic relations 7th March 2023 African parliamentarians have accused European Union economies of exporting carcinogenic pesticides to their countries, adding to mounting tensions over trading rules and migration Speakers at the joint parliament assembly between the European Union and the African, Caribbean and Pacific in Brussels, on 2 March accused EU countries of double standards by expo... READ FOR FREE
DISPATCHES Vol 64 No 5 | EUROPEAN UNIONAFRICA President Macron administers last rites to the post-Cotonou treaty 23rd February 2023 The 79-member African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) grouping is at risk after support wanes for a new accord France's President Emmanuel Macron appears to have given up on the negotiations for a successor to the Cotonou Agreement between the European Union and the African, Caribbean and P... READ FOR FREE
Vol 64 No 4 | MOROCCOEUROPEAN UNION Qatargate fuels Rabat's schism with Euro MPs 13th February 2023 Relations between the European Parliament and Morocco are nosediving, jeopardising agreements on trade, energy and migration The fall-out from the Qatargate scandal is tarnishing both the European Parliament, the European Union's legislature, and Morocco's security services. It will also complicate effor...
DISPATCHES Vol 64 No 4 | EUROPEAN UNIONAFRICAN UNION Cuts in aid and trade on table as European leaders mull tougher action on migration 7th February 2023 As right wing anti-immigrant parties gain ground in Europe, Brussels is trying to balance its internal tensions with a more coherent Africa policy European Union leaders are to use a special summit on 9 February to find new ways to organise the return of unauthorised migrants from Africa and the Middle East. The tougher measu... READ FOR FREE
Vol 64 No 4 | EUROPEAN UNION Fortress Europe 16th February 2023 EU leaders adopted their toughest stance yet on migration at the special summit in Brussels on 9-10 February, threatening to suspend aid, tariff-free trade and visa access to count...
DISPATCHES Vol 64 No 3 | MOROCCOEUROPEAN UNION Qatargate probe turns the heat on Rabat 24th January 2023 Belgium's judicial investigation into the bribery of European politicians is going beyond Qatar to include Morocco It is the biggest probe into corruption in the European Union for over two decades and centres on claims that Qatar and Morocco bought influence in the European parliament. In the ... READ FOR FREE
Vol 64 No 2 | UNITED STATESEUROPEAN UNIONAFRICA IN 2023 Grand ambitions, little money 11th January 2023 After the summits in Brussels and Washington, their big promises will be tested on debt, trade and investment this year For many of the delegates who travelled to Washington DC for the United States-African leaders' summit on 13-15 December, the first such gathering in eight years, it was a microcos...
DISPATCHES Vol 64 No 2 | BURKINA FASOEUROPEAN UNIONSAHEL More European diplomatic dominoes fall as French ambassador is expelled from Ouagadogou 10th January 2023 The military juntas in the Sahel are sidelining Europe's efforts on security in favour of Moscow's forces When Burkina Faso's junta expelled France's ambassador, Luc Hallade, last week it reinforced the sense of failure of Europe's diplomatic and security policy in the region. READ FOR FREE
