EU-Africa Archives

Developing countries will be the first victims of the dangers of climate change, facing a threat that affects the rest of the world, too. Political will is the most important weapon in our arsenal to tackle this issue, writes Alain-Richard Donwahi. 

Senegal struck a deal with wealthier countries on Thursday (22 June) that will see it get an initial €2.5 billion in finance to develop renewable energy and speed up its transition to a low-carbon economy.

The EU is trying to catch up in the green tech space, while Africa is trying to catch up in its industrialisation. Can green industry partnerships kill two birds with one stone? Poorva Karkare and Alfonso Medinilla say yes. 

Hungary will drop its veto on the EU’s new treaty with the African, Caribbean and Pacific community after securing assurances from the European Commission that the treaty will not take any powers on migration control and sexual rights from national governments. 

The EU has expressed ‘great concern’ about the rapidly deteriorating political situation in Tunisia following the arrest of opposition leader, Rached Ghannouchi, whose party headquarters have since been shut down. 

Kenya's President William Ruto has urged the EU and national governments to increase investment in African clean energy infrastructure to ensure Africa’s most important partner in the energy transition.

Lawmakers from the EU and the African, Caribbean and Pacific community have repeated demands for Hungary to lift its veto on the successor to the Cotonou Agreement which governs economic and political relations between the EU and the 79-country bloc.

Luc Michel, a 65 year old self-described ‘Stalinist’ whose resume includes founding a Belgian version of the National Front, has been revealed as the unlikely source of an elaborate network of fake news websites designed to spread pro-Russian propaganda across Africa. 

The European Union's foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said on Friday (27 January) he hoped South Africa would use its good relations with Russia to convince it end the conflict in Ukraine.

The French Ambassador to Burkina Faso, Luc Hallade, was recalled to Paris on Thursday (26 January) after a series of French diplomatic faux-pas that took place amid Russia's growing influence in the African region.

The disruption of grain deliveries from Ukraine can be a chance for African countries to step up food production at home, the African Union’s Commissioner for rural economy and agriculture, Josefa Sacko, told EURACTIV in an interview.

The European Commission will offer a €25.5 million boost to several African countries to help curtail the impact of an unprecedented food crisis caused by the fallout of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

The spillover effects from Russia's war in Ukraine will continue to dominate EU-Africa ties over the coming months, amid hints of a lower ambition on the EU side.

The EU on Thursday (5 January) gave a "red card" to Cameroon for failing to cooperate in the international fight against illegal fishing.

The French foreign ministry on Tuesday (3 January) said it had received a letter from the Burkinabe authorities in December requesting the departure of Frances's ambassador from Burkina Faso - a move the ministry called "not standard practice."

The European Union on Saturday (31 December) urged Rwanda to stop supporting the M23 rebel group, which has captured swathes of territory in North Kivu province in neighbouring DR Congo.

Judges in London on Monday (19 December) ruled that the UK government's controversial plan to deport migrants to Rwanda was lawful, after a legal challenge by migrants and campaigners.

Local municipalities in the EU and third countries are partnering up to boost local economic and social development, exchange best practices and promote civic participation.

Sudan's military and civilian leaders signed Monday (5 December) an initial deal aimed at ending a deep crisis caused by last year's military coup, prompting sceptical protesters to cry betrayal.

A Chadian court has handed jail terms of between two and three years to 262 people who were arrested after deadly protests in October, the public prosecutor said on Monday (5 December).

Burkina Faso's military government has suspended the broadcast of France's RFI radio in the Sahel West African state over what it said were false reports and giving voice to Islamist militants, a statement from the government said on 3 December.

The EU vowed to increase investment in African clean energy projects and to scale up infrastructure investment as part of its Global Gateway programme following a meeting between the European Commission and the African Union. 

An alignment of positions between Africa and Europe at UN climate conferences would have a very good chance of adoption, writes Johan van den Berg.

There is significant momentum to find a compromise on a new EU pact on migration and asylum, the president of the centre-right European People’s Party (EPP) group in the European Parliament, Manfred Weber, told EURACTIV in an interview.