Angela Dorothea Merkel

There is little sign the European Commission is changing tack although some EU governments led by Germany's Angela Merkel has called for the EPAs to be re-opened or scrapped...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte and European Council President Charles Michel joined the talks by video-link as did African Union commission Chair Moussa Faki Mahamat UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres and Secretary General of the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie Louise Mushikiwabo...

The summit heard about the African Union promise of 3 000 troops US$135 million from German Chancellor Angela Merkel (who joined by tele-conference) and an offer of more equipment from the United States which is still planning to reduce troop numbers in its base in Niger (AC Vol 61 No 6 Turf war over Sahel)...

The launch was addressed by heads of government including French President Emmanuel Macron German Chancellor Angela Merkel and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa...

On 13 July in partnership with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and the outgoing EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini he launched the 'Alliance Sahel' which aims to improve coordination between member donors – 12 of them so far – in funding €9 billion worth of projects...

Libya is 'very fragile' as Angela Merkel noted at the EU-Arab League summit in Sharm el-Sheikh on 25 February...

It was a surprise therefore to see him take star billing at a meeting in Brussels on 17 October hosted by the Hanns Seidel Stiftung the political foundation of the Christian Social Union German Chancellor Angela Merkel's Bavarian coalition partner (AC Vol 58 No 24 Hopes and fears for the new old guard)...

He is then due to travel to Berlin for the G20 Compact with Africa investment summit on the fringes of which he is expected to hold talks with Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany and possibly President Emmanuel Macron of France...

British Prime Minister Theresa May and German Chancellor Angela Merkel are criss-crossing the African continent arguing that there are links between economic growth and long-term security in Africa to stem immigration which has become a political football in Europe and severely weakened Merkel's position...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel led serious efforts to pressure Egypt and Tunisia to receive migrants rescued at sea off Libya in 2016...