Africa’s trade deals with EU, UK expose differences in negotiation effectiveness

One of the most striking differences between the approaches by the European Union and the United Kingdom to negotiating trade deals with Africa is the extensiveness with which the EU negotiates these trade agreements, while the UK’s approach, in contrast, is to try to sign deals as quickly as possible, says a new report by […]

Tunisia : An independent and competent government

Tunisia’s new Prime Minister expected to lead the country to new elections has made his first comments since his designation. Prime Minister Mehdi Jomaa affirmed that he has already started consultations to form a new government which will be free of politicians belonging to political parties. Dialogue between political parties took more than a month […]

Africa Day: African Union intensifies push for economic reparations

The African Union has renewed its campaign for reparative justice, demanding concrete economic redress for slavery and colonialism’s lasting impacts rather than mere symbolic acknowledgments, as global momentum builds for historical restitution. Speaking to Business Africa, Desire Assogbavi, International Development Expert and Advocacy Advisor at Open Society Foundations, emphasized that reparations extend beyond financial compensation. […]