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Macron fine-tunes upcoming EU-AU summit

Ahead of the European Union's summit with the African Union on 17-18 February, the French president dispatched a representative to several African capitals in order to prepare for the gathering held under the French presidency of the EU Council. [...]

Published on 15.02.2022 at 05:00 GMT Reading time 3 minutes

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African Union High Representative for Chad, Basile Ikouébé.

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DRC
Dan Gertler's billions of dollars in royalties at heart of huge legal battle

European Union
Macron fine-tunes upcoming EU-AU summit

Chad
EU suspends €10m in military aid

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Giorgia Meloni's Africa policy

Algeria, European Union
Algeria and EU put final touches to revised accord

Africa
Macky Sall kicks thorny Israel-AU case into touch

Spotlight | Africa, France
Future of Macron's Africa advisers up in the air

Africa
France fine-tunes FARM food security plan, as US preps its own initiative

Mauritania
Nouakchott mends fences with Qatar, one plank at a time

Chad
AU Chad High Representative's reports systematically buried

Tunisia
MEP's Tunis trip postponed after Saïed's visit to Brussels

Botswana
Gaborone and Vienna battle to host Kimberley Process headquarters

Central African Republic
Touadéra eager to meet with Macron

France, Sahel
Paris and EU fix date of Mali pullout

Inner circles | Africa, Senegal
Macky Sall relies on top team of advisers to succeed as African Union chair

Botswana
Masisi engages in his trademark personal lobbying in Paris

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