Is Africa a compact unit? Are EU-African relations and cooperation about to be given a new impetus? The meeting last week between the European Commission and the Commission of the African Union (see issue 10391) made clear that there is a common desire for closer ties, but in practice, there are plenty of problems and disagreements, many of them considerable, and institutional complications to boot.
To start with the positive side, take the meeting between the two Commissions. We see that...