http://www.eubusiness.com <p>Latest news about Africa and the European Union</p> <p><a href="/Africa/africa-and-the-eu">Africa and the EU</a></p> daily 1 2007-01-02T13:22:44Z http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1220619725.61 The head of the European Union observer mission in Angola on Friday called the organisation of the landmark national election a "disaster". No publisher eub2 Text and Picture Copyright 2008 AFP. All other Copyright 2008 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable. Africa 2008-09-05T20:05:13Z News Item http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1220612522.46 Angola on Friday staged its first peacetime election but European Union observers said the organisation of the poll in Africa's new oil boom nation was a "disaster". No publisher eub2 Text and Picture Copyright 2008 AFP. All other Copyright 2008 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable. Africa 2008-09-05T20:04:29Z News Item http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1220601723.19 The head of the European Union observer mission in Angola told AFP on Friday that the organisation of Angola's first peacetime poll after a devastating 27-year civil was was a "disaster." No publisher eub2 Text and Picture Copyright 2008 AFP. All other Copyright 2008 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable. Africa 2008-09-05T09:23:55Z News Item http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1220464027.89 The European Union on Wednesday inked a landmark deal with Ghana to fight illegal timber exports from the west African country. No publisher eub2 Text and Picture Copyright 2008 AFP. All other Copyright 2008 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable. Environment Africa 2008-09-03T21:00:22Z News Item http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1219794421.96 Latin American drug cartels are increasingly flying, as opposed to shipping, cocaine to west Africa before transporting it on to Europe, a British official said in an interview published on Wednesday. No publisher eub2 Text and Picture Copyright 2008 AFP. All other Copyright 2008 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable. Africa Crime 2008-08-27T08:15:57Z News Item http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1219327347.04 Caribbean Community (Caricom) leaders are likely to hold an emergency summit to discuss the refusal by several members led by Guyana to sign the Economic Partnership Agreement with the European Union, Caricom Secretary General Edwin Carrington said on Thursday. No publisher eub2 Text and Picture Copyright 2008 AFP. All other Copyright 2008 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable. Headline Africa Trade 2008-08-21T14:42:04Z News Item http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1219188723.0 Days of clashes in the Birak region of eastern Chad between rebels and forces loyal to President Idriss Deby Itno have claimed a large number of lives, an insurgent group said Tuesday. No publisher eub2 Text and Picture Copyright 2008 AFP. All other Copyright 2008 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable. Africa 2008-08-20T08:51:50Z News Item http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1218718924.55 Mauritania's military junta on Thursday appointed its ambassador to the European Union, Moulaye Ould Mohamed Laghdaf, as prime minister. No publisher eub2 Text and Picture Copyright 2008 AFP. All other Copyright 2008 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable. Africa 2008-08-14T20:51:31Z News Item http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1218121322.52 The European Union said Thursday the first group of observers due to monitor next month's general elections in Angola would arrive on Saturday. No publisher eub2 Text and Picture Copyright 2008 AFP. All other Copyright 2008 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable. Africa 2008-08-07T19:07:45Z News Item http://www.eubusiness.com/Africa/poptrcd.01 The European Union has announced that it will be offering a grant of over EUR 600,000 to a joint partnership between the School of Social Sciences at the University of Southampton and the Regional Institute for Population Studies at the University of Ghana. This grant will bolster research into urban poverty and health issues in the West African country of Ghana as well as strengthen partnership ties between the EU and Ghana. No publisher eub2 Research & Technology Africa 2008-08-05T21:46:45Z News Item http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1217591222.04 The European Union has begun deploying an observer mission to Angola to monitor the first general elections there in 16 years, the bloc's executive arm said Friday. No publisher eub2 Text and Picture Copyright 2008 AFP. All other Copyright 2008 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable. Africa 2008-08-01T11:50:38Z News Item http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1217516523.78 EU Humanitarian Aid Commissioner Louis Michel expressed concern Thursday about ongoing violence and aid restrictions in Zimbabwe, ahead of key power-sharing talks this weekend. No publisher eub2 Text and Picture Copyright 2008 AFP. All other Copyright 2008 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable. Zimbabwe 2008-07-31T15:25:53Z News Item http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1217451725.28 Spain and France are looking for allies to create a multinational naval force to fight piracy off the coast of Somalia, defence ministers from both countries said Wednesday in Madrid. No publisher eub2 Text and Picture Copyright 2008 AFP. All other Copyright 2008 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable. Africa immigration 2008-07-30T21:51:58Z News Item http://www.eubusiness.com/Health/eu-prime.01 The European Commission Delegation to Nigeria has given a thumbs up on the final work plan, the so-called 'Programme Estimate', for the European Union-Partnership to Reinforce Immunisation Efficiency (EU-PRIME) project, valued at €7.56 million against the first instalment of €2.3 million. No publisher eub2 Health Africa 2008-07-27T08:12:18Z News Item http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1216989123.11 South Africa and the European Union Friday wrapped up a landmark summit with Brussels solidly backing Pretoria's mediating role in Zimbabwe as the only way of ending ruinous political chaos. No publisher eub2 Text and Picture Copyright 2008 AFP. All other Copyright 2008 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable. Headline Zimbabwe European Council 2008-07-25T23:16:26Z News Item