Author: Benedikt Erforth

Photo: Flags of the African Union and the European Union next to each other

The AU-EU Summit: resetting the continent-to-continent partnership

Finally, the AU-EU Summit took place in Brussels on 17-18 February, after several postponements and a good four years since the last summit was held in Abidjan. Against the backdrop of the Russia-Ukraine crisis and the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, the summit convened Heads of State of 27 EU Member States and 40 of their African…