Vol 64 No 25 | EUROPEAN UNIONAFRICA The case for reparations 14th December 2023 The debate over reparations for colonialism and slavery has arrived in the European Parliament. Pierrette Herzberger-Fofana, a Malian-born German MEP for Alliance90/The Greens, is preparing a text on...
Vol 64 No 25 | MAURITANIAEUROPEAN UNION Cash for no influence 14th December 2023 A year after a handful of MEPs and European Parliament officials were arrested and €1.5 million in cash seized by police, the Qatargate 'cash-for-influence' scandal has also exposed...
Vol 64 No 23 | EGYPTEUROPEAN UNIONNORTH AFRICA Into the arms of Abdel Fattah el Sisi 6th November 2023 The likelihood that the Israel-Hamas war will trigger a refugee crisis has pushed Brussels to strike a migration deal with Cairo Fears that a full-scale ground invasion of Gaza by the Israel Defense Forces will create tens of thousands of refugees have prompted the European Union to reorganise its...
DISPATCHES Vol 64 No 22 | EGYPTEUROPEAN UNION Brussels fast-tracks migration deal with Cairo amid Gaza migration fears 24th October 2023 The European Commission is set to conclude a 'cash for migrant control' deal with President El Sisi as regional crisis escalates As regional tensions rise, European Commission officials are urgently trying to finalise a 'cash for migration control' deal with President Abdel Fattah el Sisi's government. READ FOR FREE
DISPATCHES Vol 64 No 21 | TUNISIAEUROPEAN UNION Erratic Saïed jeopardises cash for migrants deal with Brussels 11th October 2023 European officials bristle after autocratic leader dismisses their offer as 'derisory' The future of the €785 million (US$828m) 'cash for migrant control' deal between Tunisia and the European Union is in question after President Kaïs Saïed dismissed a €60m... READ FOR FREE
Vol 64 No 21 | EGYPTEUROPEAN UNION Commission divided over Cairo 19th October 2023 Open divisions within the European Commission are emerging as President Ursula von der Leyen seeks to offer Egypt's President Abdel Fattah el Sisi a similar deal to her...
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 .