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Angola vote organisation 'a disaster': EU observer — 05 September 2008, 22:05 CET

The head of the European Union observer mission in Angola on Friday called the organisation of the landmark national election a "disaster".

Oil power Angola holds landmark election — 05 September 2008, 22:04 CET

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".

Angola vote organisation 'a disaster': EU observer — 05 September 2008, 11:23 CET

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."

Ghana, EU clinch deal to crackdown on illicit timber trade — 03 September 2008, 23:00 CET

The European Union on Wednesday inked a landmark deal with Ghana to fight illegal timber exports from the west African country.

Drug cartels flying cocaine to west Africa then to Europe — 27 August 2008, 10:15 CET

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.

Caribbean leaders to hold emergency summit on EU trade pact — 21 August 2008, 16:42 CET

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.

Large numbers killed in Chad clashes: rebels — 20 August 2008, 10:51 CET

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.

Mauritanian junta names new PM — 14 August 2008, 22:51 CET

Mauritania's military junta on Thursday appointed its ambassador to the European Union, Moulaye Ould Mohamed Laghdaf, as prime minister.

EU election observers head to Angola — 07 August 2008, 21:07 CET

The European Union said Thursday the first group of observers due to monitor next month's general elections in Angola would arrive on Saturday.

EU: Strengthening international research with Africa — 05 August 2008, 23:46 CET

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.

EU deploys observer mission for Angola poll — 01 August 2008, 13:50 CET

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.

EU concerned about Zimbabwe violence ahead of talks — 31 July 2008, 17:25 CET

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.

Madrid and Paris seek allies to fight piracy off Somalia coast — 30 July 2008, 23:51 CET

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.

EU-PRIME okays EUR 7.56m work plan for Nigeria — 27 July 2008, 10:12 CET

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.

Mbeki lauded as Zimbabwe saviour at landmark South Africa - EU summit — 26 July 2008, 01:16 CET

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.

Generalised System of Preferences (GSP) 2009-2011 - guide — 24 July 2008, 23:00 CET

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WTO proposal to end EU banana dispute gains support — 24 July 2008, 22:53 CET

A group of African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries have accepted a new tariff level proposed by the WTO to end a dispute over banana imports in the European Union, but want a longer period of time to apply changes, an African official said Thursday.

EU denies targeting Africa with immigration pact — 24 July 2008, 13:07 CET

The European Union denied Thursday that its new approach to immigration would target people trying to leave Africa and insisted that African nations were considered partners in the policy.

Landmark SAfrica-EU summit overshadowed by Zimbabwe crisis — 24 July 2008, 11:19 CET

South Africa and the European Union hold their first ever summit in the French city of Bordeaux on Friday but divergent positions on ways of tackling the political crisis in Zimbabwe have cast a pall over the event.

Angola urges EU to drop Zimbabwe sanctions — 23 July 2008, 21:01 CET

Angola called Wednesday on the European Union to immediately lift sanctions against the Zimbabwean leadership, warning they could derail negotiations aimed at resolving the country's political crisis.

Sanctions against Zimbabwe — 22 July 2008, 13:35 CET

European Union foreign ministers widened sanctions against Zimbabwe on Tuesday, adding dozens more people to a list of individuals under a visa ban.

US vows not to abandon international action on Zimbabwe — 14 July 2008, 23:58 CET

The United States vowed Monday not to abandon its efforts to press Zimbabwe to stop attacking political foes after the United Nations failed to secure fresh sanctions.

Time for 'end to the impunity' in Darfur: EU commissioner — 14 July 2008, 17:57 CET

EU Development Commissioner Louis Michel called Monday for an "end to the impunity" in Darfur, after an international prosecutor requested an arrest warrant for Sudan's President Omar al-Beshir.

Britain still hot on Mugabe's tail — 14 July 2008, 20:03 CET

Britain vowed on Monday to increase pressure on Zimbabwe's leaders by pushing for tougher EU sanctions and hunting down their assets around the world.

EU's Barroso says he warned Sudan on war crimes charges — 13 July 2008, 23:22 CET

EU Commission chief Jose Manuel Barroso said on Sunday he had warned Sudanese President Omar al-Beshir his country could face UN war crimes charges unless it worked to end the bloodshed in Darfur.