The Week of 25 May –  1 June 2018

Briefing: Libya
Commentary: Global, Israel/Palestine
Interviews: Libya, US 

Video: Yemen
Upcoming Events: In Pursuit of Peace: 2018 Award Dinner
Quotes: Libya, Korean Peninsula , Zimbabwe , Israel/Palestine, Africa , Algeria
Careers: Afghanistan, New York , Brussels 

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The site is updated weekdays at 10:00 am GMT. Depending on news flow stories are occasionally updated during the day.

31. May 2018 - Time to rethink ‘Françafrique’?

30. May 2018 - Africa’s renewable energy outlook is bright

29. May 2018 - Don’t hold your breath for the Single African Sky

28. May 2018 - Financial inclusion shouldn’t be a zero-sum game

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The spring edition of our Great Insights magazine brings you an array of high-level contributors: the EU’s International Cooperation and Development Commissioner Mimica, FAO President Graziano Da Silva, Belgian Development Minister De Croo, EBRD President Chakrabarti and many others give their views on the question of the day: is private investment the future for sustainable development?

We need private investments for sustainable development
In the spring edition of our Great Insights magazine, we explore how a responsible and inclusive private sector can help achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. Read our spring issue

Did pan-Africanism die with our founding fathers?

In the second blog of our Africa Day series, Kesa Pharatlhatlhe explains what being African means to her, and why pan-Africanism is important for Africa’s future generations. Read the blog

The Week of 18 – 25 April 2018

Reports: Saudi Arabia/Iraq, Abkhazia/South Ossetia 
Statement: Iraq
Commentary: Yemen, North East Asia, Azerbaijan/Armenia, Colombia, Burundi, Middle East, Iraq, Iran 
Interviews: Gaza/Israel, Burundi, North Korea/U.S., Venezuela 
Upcoming Events: In Pursuit of Peace: 2018 Award Dinner
Quotes: Korean Peninsula/U.S., Venezuela, Israel/Palestine, Cameroon, African Union, U.S./China, Colombia
Careers: Brussels

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Only a few weeks ago it was Europe Day (9 May), which is a holiday only for the officials working for the European institutions, so not much of a continental feast. Is Africa Day any different? We have decided to ask our young African researchers to tell us what it means for them to be African.

What being African means to me
Ahead of Africa Day, in the first of a three-part blog series, our Lidet Tadesse explains what being African means to her. Dalil Djinnit and Kesa Pharatlhatlhe will follow with their views on pan-Africanism. Read the blog

ACP-EU negotiations and the next EU budget: Six crucial weeks to understand which way the wind is blowing

The upcoming six weeks will be critical for the future of ACP-EU relations and for the next EU budget. We help you understand what will happen and what is at stake. Read the blog

Watch List: Burundi, Sri Lanka, Venezuela, Yemen
Reports: Mexico, Myanmar
Briefing: Libya
Statement: Iran
Commentary: Iraq, Venezuela, Israel/Palestine, Russia, Lebanon, China/Japan, Iran/U.S., Tunisia
Video: Watch List 2018 – First Update 
Interviews: U.S./Iran, China/Japan/South Korea, Armenia, Israel/Palestine, Israel/Iran, U.S./North Korea, Iraq
Quotes: Iran, Korean Peninsula, Horn of Africa, Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan, Russia/Syria, Burundi, Kenya, Iraq, Israel/Syria
Careers: Global

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ECDPM’s Jan Vanheukelom brings us back to the years of apartheid in South Africa. He tells the story of how European banks broke the UN arms embargo, thus prolonging the life of a violent regime. It is an incredible tale of crimes that have gone unpunished and still scar today’s democratic South Africa.

International crimes during apartheid remain unpunished
The mystery about how arms reached South Africa during the apartheid era despite an arms embargo in 1977 has finally been solved. But the impunity of the culprits shows that the fight for transparency is not yet over.
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While the EU Parliament, member states and the media have been jumping up and down about the reduction of funds for cohesion policy and agriculture, few - and we are among them - commented on the fact that, when it comes to financing the EU’s engagement with the rest of the world, the next budget proposal envisages a substantial increase. The reasons for the rise, its distribution and purposeful omissions have been carefully analysed in a new blog by our Andrew Sherriff and Mariella Di Ciommo.

The EU budget proposal for external action: How much, what for, and what we still don’t know

Last week, the European Commission put forth its proposal for the next EU budget after 2020. But how much will be spent on what? Here is a list of the important elements to watch out for in the proposal, in particular those related to EU external action. Read the blog

The Week of 27 April – 4 May 2018

CrisisWatch: April/May 2018
Report: Iran
Commentary: Russia, Armenia, Korean Peninsula, Israel/Iran, Central America, Venezuela, Iran
Interviews: Korean Peninsula, Horn of Africa
Quotes: Iran, Israel/Palestine, China/Korean Peninsula, African Union, Iran/Israel, Somalia, Korean Peninsula, Zimbabwe
Careers: Asia, Mexico

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Today Commission President Juncker and Budget Commissioner Oettinger will be unveiling their proposal for the next seven-year budget (2021-2027).

Focus on the EU budget

Increasing the impact of EU external spending is high on the agenda. The proposal of a single external instrument, coherent yet flexible, might respond to the call for greater consistency, when dealing with migration, for example. Whether the proposal will survive depends on its initial credibility and subsequent political sponsorship. Sufficient foresight on broad political dynamics as well as seemingly more technical issues will be decisive here.