The EU-27 sent a strong message to their African partners by affirming on Friday 16 October their determination to strengthen and renew the European Union’s Strategic Partnership with Africa with a view to a limited summit with the African Union scheduled for 9 December.
Indeed, there is no question that the postponement of the EU/AU summit to 2021 caused by the coronavirus will undermine this aspiration to take the Partnership to a higher level in all areas of cooperation and, a fortiori,...