Spain’s North African enclave had long been a migrant hotspot, with its local sea known as a ‘cemetery’ to locals. But a sudden increase in arrivals on Thursday, leaving 27 dead, has prompted EU talk of freezing Schenegen travel freedoms.
By filming a story of exile and homecoming in Western Sahara, Christopher Nolan’s production turned an unresolved homeland into scenery — and exposed the need for ethical standards governing film locations.
EU foreign ministers have imposed a ban on Sudan’s gold trade in a bid to curb financing of its civil war – but they ignored MEPs’ demands to designate a militia accused of genocide as a terror group.
If the Sakharov prize I hold is to mean anything, it must mean that Sudan matters to Europe, that the lives of Sudanese people are worth the same as those in Ukraine or Gaza. It cannot possibly mean that the same institutions who awarded me this prize are cutting deals with those funding the genocide of my own people.
For the past two days, the Socialists & Democrats have held their “Africa Days”, a space for dialogue and co-creation between politicians, civil society, youth leaders, women’s movements, trade unions from both regions, and members of the diaspora.
The EU finds itself Trumped in north AfricaThe US is emerging as the main partner for Libya and Morocco, with the EU likely to see its own influence in North Africa diluted in the process.
The risks of Ebola cases in the EU is still “very low”, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control has said. But it has still urged EU states to boost their preparedness.
Europe’s ugly anti‑migrant politics just found a new stage: South AfricaSouth Africa is facing a anti-migrant crisis that is rerunning many of the arguments, rhetoric and racism seen in Europe over the past decade.
Ministers say that Global Gateway should be a ‘core element’ of the bloc’s development offer – but have urged the EU Commission to be more transparent in how projects are selected.
There is overwhelming evidence of UAE support to Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces. But the EU is unwilling to jeopardise its close economic and security relations with Abu Dhabi – instead, the bloc continue to issue abysmally weak statements referring only to ‘external actors’ fuelling the war in Sudan.
Bent on reducing arrivals to ensure its newly-minted asylum rules can more easily deliver results, the EU Commission is promising more support for regimes across northern Africa.
Over decade in the making, the new EU asylum rules are finally kicking into force on Friday. But EU member states delays are posing challenges amid critics who warn of rights abuses when it comes people seeking international protection.
EU’s first-ever services trade deal with African states will give European firms near-unfettered access to Mauritius and Seychelles’ offshore financial hubs.
Some of the highest visa rejection rates across the EU-27 are for applicants from countries with whom the bloc wants to partner on defence, security and migration.
€11.5 billion is on the table in EU funding for South Africa’s green energy, transport and pharma sectors. But will it drag South Africa away from Chinese influence?
Having been shut out of the ‘design’ of the EU’s carbon levy, Africa should hit back with its own carbon tax, says the chief economist at the UN Economic Commission for Africa.
Confusion reigns on the future of a Rwandan-led mission in Mozambique for which EU funding ends on Sunday.
The outbreak of Ebola currently hitting the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is being fueled by armed conflict — but also, and perhaps above all, by the global decline in humanitarian aid.
“The reality is that the frequency and intensity of disease outbreaks are increasing”, warned EU international partnerships commissioner Jozef Sikela on Wednesday, as he unveiled a new agenda to boost supply chains and health ‘sovereignty’.
Emmanuel Macron says France is an ‘ethical partner’ for African countries as he seeks to increase Paris’s diplomatic and economic influence on the continent. However, diplomatic immunity for French troops, no-shows from Brussels, and an angry Macron hushing a crowd nearly overshadowed the event.
