EU touts ‘big interest’ in Algeria’s gas and green hydrogen
The EU wants to increase its stake in Algeria’s gas and green hydrogen supplies, the bloc’s energy commissioner said on Thursday.
Africa
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Red carpet for Meloni at African Union summit — but wars and financing threaten to overwhelm welcome
Italian premier Giorgia Meloni hopes on Friday to cement her status as one of the bridges between Europe and Africa, as African leaders roll out the red carpet for her in Addis Ababa.But there are several crises brewing, writes Ben Fox.
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EU says ‘concerns’ raised with UAE over its role in Sudan war
The EU says it has challenged the UAE over its role in Sudan’s civil war, despite being in trade talks with Abu Dhabi.
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EU Parliament set to adopt tougher asylum laws amid far-right pressure
New anti-asylum laws are likely to be rubber-stamped by the European Parliament on Tuesday, amid further alarm over the far-right influence on migration
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North Africa holds key to EU-Africa trade boost, says IMF chief
North African countries can drive a multi-billion euro increase in EU-Africa trade, IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva told a conference in Algiers.
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Major ‘reset’ coming on how EU Commission delivers humanitarian aid
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EU backs Morocco’s plan for Western Sahara, as Brussels edges closer to Rabat
The autonomy plan, backed by Brussels, would mean local legislative, executive and judicial authorities for Western Sahara elected by its residents, while Rabat would control its sovereignty, as well as defence, foreign affairs and religious affairs
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Leaked EU paper envisions dumping migrant sea rescues onto non-European states
The EU has been mulling sending people rescued in the Mediterranean directly to coastal states outside of Europe, according to an internal EU document.
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UN aid agency faces shut down, despite new EU Somalia funds
The UN World Food Programme’s operations in Somalia will be forced to close in April unless it can raise $90m [€75m] from international donors in the coming months — despite receiving €6.5m from the EU just last week.
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Plummeting EU development aid risks being compounded by a lack of ambition
The EU Commission wants to create new partnerships with the private sector to plug the gaps left by falling aid budgets. But it still lacks imagination.
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EU soccer diplomacy in Africa competes with Chinese-built stadiums
The EU commission has used a four-year deal to sponsor the Africa Cup of Nations to advertise its Global Gateway strategy on the pitch-side perimeter boards.
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EU failing to cover US health-funding gap in DR Congo, as rape cases soar
The EU and other international donors are struggling to replace scrapped US funding for healthcare for victims of rape, as well as broader sexual and reproductive health rights, according to new research.
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US could recognise Somaliland in next diplomatic challenge to EU
Speculation is growing that Donald Trump will join close ally Israel in recognising the breakaway republic of Somaliland — in a move that would deepen its existing rift with Brussels about the Horn of Africa.
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China and India cry foul as EU carbon payments fall due
Chinese officials have indicated that they will file a complaint to the World Trade Organisation against the EU’s new carbon levy, which came into force on Thursday (1 January), describing it as “unfair” and “discriminatory.”
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EU joins backlash after Israel recognises Somaliland’s independence
The EU has called on the international community to maintain its recognition of the “unity, the sovereignty and the territorial integrity” of Somalia after Israel recognised the breakaway province
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Trump’s Congo ‘peace’ deal outflanked EU, left guns blazing
A transactional peace deal brokered by president Trump has paved the way for massive US investment in DR Congo and Rwanda, but the fighting in eastern DR Congo continues.
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EU-backed anti Al-Shabaab mission faces crunch over financing
EU and African Union officials urged the wider international community to reach agreement on the funding on an anti-Al Shabaab military mission in Somalia that is otherwise due to run out of cash this month, at a meeting in Doha.
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Western Sahara heads back to court in bid to annul EU-Morocco trade deal
Legal advisors to the independence movement in Western Sahara will table a fresh lawsuit to the EU’s general court in the coming days — hoping to strike down the EU’s latest trade deal with Morocco.
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Secret plan for east Africa: Austria looking to set up ‘transit centres’ for rejected asylum seekers
An internal document from the home affairs ministry outlines Austrian plans to turn east African countries into “transit hubs” for rejected asylum seekers — regardless of where they come from.
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How the EU actually worked to undermine Global South debt reforms
While the EU supported declarations at the G20 heads of state summit and the AU-EU summit, acknowledging the need for a debt architecture reform, its actions in New York last week told a different story, warns Eurodad.
