ECFR Africa
@ecfrafrica.bsky.social
Africa programme @ecfr.bsky.social analysing foreign policy aspects of the Africa-Europe relationship such as global order reform, middle powers, energy/climate action
Website: https://ecfr.eu/africa/
Website: https://ecfr.eu/africa/
🎤📺 Join us today at 10:00 CET for a reflection on South Africa's G20 presidency, Summit outcomes, and the way forward for South Africa-Europe relations, specifically in the field of climate cooperation. @ecfr.eu
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December 12, 2025 at 8:30 AM
🎤📺 Join us today at 10:00 CET for a reflection on South Africa's G20 presidency, Summit outcomes, and the way forward for South Africa-Europe relations, specifically in the field of climate cooperation. @ecfr.eu
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✏️ You can still register here: buff.ly/vkVbIJy
Greetings from Luanda 👋 In case you missed our webinar yesterday, the recording is now available on the website. We discussed #Angola's emergence on the global stage and implications for regional governance and global partnerships, including Europe. @ecfr.eu
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December 11, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Greetings from Luanda 👋 In case you missed our webinar yesterday, the recording is now available on the website. We discussed #Angola's emergence on the global stage and implications for regional governance and global partnerships, including Europe. @ecfr.eu
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‼️ A failed coup in #Benin is the latest in an increasingly volatile West Africa. To encourage stability, #Europeans should support the region’s governments while doubling down on countering disinformation—but do so discretely. @ecfr.eu 👇
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When the army comes knocking: Benin’s failed coup and West African instability | ECFR
A failed coup in Benin is the latest in an increasingly volatile West Africa. To encourage stability, Europeans should support the region’s governments while do
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December 11, 2025 at 7:50 AM
‼️ A failed coup in #Benin is the latest in an increasingly volatile West Africa. To encourage stability, #Europeans should support the region’s governments while doubling down on countering disinformation—but do so discretely. @ecfr.eu 👇
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‼️ Tune in today at 14:30 for a discussion - live from Luanda - on #Angola's middle power ambitions and how the country is navigating multipolarity in an increasingly competitive geopolitical environment. @ecfr.eu
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Navigating multipolarity: Angola’s middle power ambitions | ECFR
In 2025, Angola has gained increased visibility on the global stage through its presidency of the African Union and hosting the US-Africa Business Summit as wel
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December 10, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Before the close of 2025, we will reflect on South Africa's G20 presidency and what lies ahead for EU-South Africa climate cooperation and a more strategic and mutually beneficial partnership.
📌 Fri, 12 Dec, 10:00 CET
Join us and sign up below 📺👇 @ecfr.eu
📌 Fri, 12 Dec, 10:00 CET
Join us and sign up below 📺👇 @ecfr.eu
Climate realism: Rethinking EU–South Africa engagement after COP30 and the G20 Summit | ECFR
Join us for a timely webinar exploring insights from ECFR’s policy brief, “ Long walk to realism: Climate cooperation to reset EU-South Africa relations .” The
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December 9, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Before the close of 2025, we will reflect on South Africa's G20 presidency and what lies ahead for EU-South Africa climate cooperation and a more strategic and mutually beneficial partnership.
📌 Fri, 12 Dec, 10:00 CET
Join us and sign up below 📺👇 @ecfr.eu
📌 Fri, 12 Dec, 10:00 CET
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🎤 On Wednesday, we will discuss #Angola’s strategic interests, regional role, and expanding engagement in multilateral fora - and what that means for global partnerships, including #Europe.
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Navigating multipolarity: Angola’s middle power ambitions | ECFR
In 2025, Angola has gained increased visibility on the global stage through its presidency of the African Union and hosting the US-Africa Business Summit as wel
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December 8, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Next week we will reflect on the G20 Summit and COP30 to unpack why a reset in Europe-South Africa relations is needed. We will assess how shared priorities can anchor a renewed agenda for cooperation. @ecfr.eu
Join us for this timely webinar & sign up below ⬇️📺
Join us for this timely webinar & sign up below ⬇️📺
Climate realism: Rethinking EU–South Africa engagement after COP30 and the G20 Summit | ECFR
Join us for a timely webinar exploring insights from ECFR’s policy brief, “ Long walk to realism: Climate cooperation to reset EU-South Africa relations .” The
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December 5, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Next week we will reflect on the G20 Summit and COP30 to unpack why a reset in Europe-South Africa relations is needed. We will assess how shared priorities can anchor a renewed agenda for cooperation. @ecfr.eu
Join us for this timely webinar & sign up below ⬇️📺
Join us for this timely webinar & sign up below ⬇️📺
Angola’s close cooperation with the UAE demonstrates #Africa’s diversification of external partners. #Europe needs to overcome internal disunity and engage with emerging actors to remain a key player in the region, says @madprocopio.bsky.social.
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Europe, Angola and the UAE: Navigating competition on Africa’s Atlantic coast | ECFR
Angola’s close cooperation with the UAE demonstrates Africa’s diversification of external partners. Europe needs to overcome internal disunity, temper its relia
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December 4, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Angola’s close cooperation with the UAE demonstrates #Africa’s diversification of external partners. #Europe needs to overcome internal disunity and engage with emerging actors to remain a key player in the region, says @madprocopio.bsky.social.
Read more 🌍👇 @ecfr.eu
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Read more 🌍👇 @ecfr.eu
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Join us online next week for a discussion on #Angola's middle power aspirations and implications for Europe - live from Luanda! @ecfr.eu
📆 Wed, 10 Dec, 14:30 CET
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📆 Wed, 10 Dec, 14:30 CET
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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Navigating multipolarity: Angola's middle power ambitions. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Navigating multipolarity: Angola's middle power ambitions. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
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December 4, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Join us online next week for a discussion on #Angola's middle power aspirations and implications for Europe - live from Luanda! @ecfr.eu
📆 Wed, 10 Dec, 14:30 CET
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To push African governments closer to its foreign policy objectives, Moscow has developed a powerful propaganda machine that taps into existing antipathy towards Europe.
Find out what like-minded Africans and Europeans should do to push back. 🤝‼️ @ecfr.eu @willbrownecfr.bsky.social
Find out what like-minded Africans and Europeans should do to push back. 🤝‼️ @ecfr.eu @willbrownecfr.bsky.social
The bear and the bot farm: Countering Russian hybrid warfare in Africa | ECFR
Russia has many quiet enemies in Africa. Working together, like-minded Africans and Europeans can roll back its troublesome influence.
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December 3, 2025 at 10:19 AM
To push African governments closer to its foreign policy objectives, Moscow has developed a powerful propaganda machine that taps into existing antipathy towards Europe.
Find out what like-minded Africans and Europeans should do to push back. 🤝‼️ @ecfr.eu @willbrownecfr.bsky.social
Find out what like-minded Africans and Europeans should do to push back. 🤝‼️ @ecfr.eu @willbrownecfr.bsky.social
Join us! We will explore how climate cooperation can drive a more strategic and mutually beneficial EU-South Africa partnership.
📆 Friday, 12 Dec | 10:00 CET
🎤 Sanusha Naidu (IGD), Risana Zitha (DAI Magister), Alex Vines (@ecfr.eu)
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📆 Friday, 12 Dec | 10:00 CET
🎤 Sanusha Naidu (IGD), Risana Zitha (DAI Magister), Alex Vines (@ecfr.eu)
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Climate realism: Rethinking EU–South Africa engagement after COP30 and the G20 Summit | ECFR
Join us for a timely webinar exploring insights from ECFR’s policy brief, “ Long walk to realism: Climate cooperation to reset EU-South Africa relations .” The
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December 2, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Join us! We will explore how climate cooperation can drive a more strategic and mutually beneficial EU-South Africa partnership.
📆 Friday, 12 Dec | 10:00 CET
🎤 Sanusha Naidu (IGD), Risana Zitha (DAI Magister), Alex Vines (@ecfr.eu)
Sign up here 👉
📆 Friday, 12 Dec | 10:00 CET
🎤 Sanusha Naidu (IGD), Risana Zitha (DAI Magister), Alex Vines (@ecfr.eu)
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Angola is a stress test for Europe's global relevance, argues @madprocopio.bsky.social. After all, Europe must deliver competitiveness at home; support industrial transformation abroad; navigate turbulent geopolitical waters steadily; and engage with rising global actors.
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Europe, Angola and the UAE: Navigating competition on Africa’s Atlantic coast | ECFR
Angola’s close cooperation with the UAE demonstrates Africa’s diversification of external partners. Europe needs to overcome internal disunity, temper its relia
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December 1, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Angola is a stress test for Europe's global relevance, argues @madprocopio.bsky.social. After all, Europe must deliver competitiveness at home; support industrial transformation abroad; navigate turbulent geopolitical waters steadily; and engage with rising global actors.
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Join us for a timely reflection on South Africa’s G20 presidency and recent global gatherings – including the AU-EU Summit in Angola and COP30 in Brazil – to assess how the #EU and #SouthAfrica can build a more pragmatic, climate-focused partnership. @ecfr.eu
📆 12 Dec, 10:00 CET
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📆 12 Dec, 10:00 CET
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November 27, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Join us for a timely reflection on South Africa’s G20 presidency and recent global gatherings – including the AU-EU Summit in Angola and COP30 in Brazil – to assess how the #EU and #SouthAfrica can build a more pragmatic, climate-focused partnership. @ecfr.eu
📆 12 Dec, 10:00 CET
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📆 12 Dec, 10:00 CET
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Reposted by ECFR Africa
Angola’s economic, social and political transition will remain rocky. European support can find openings to facilitate this transition—and ultimately encourage Angola’s ambitions towards middle power status, writes Alex Vines @ecfrafrica.bsky.social
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Middle power dreaming: The geopolitics of Angola’s emergence
Angola is increasingly active in the world. Here is how Europeans can cooperate with this rising middle power.
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November 26, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Angola’s economic, social and political transition will remain rocky. European support can find openings to facilitate this transition—and ultimately encourage Angola’s ambitions towards middle power status, writes Alex Vines @ecfrafrica.bsky.social
https://bit.ly/44ogLfh
https://bit.ly/44ogLfh
Angola today is seeking to become an agile “middle power”. European policymakers should recognise #Angola’s agency and emphasise mutual accountability, linking governance improvements to tangible benefits in investment and capacity building, writes Alex Vines. 👇💡 @ecfr.eu
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November 25, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Angola today is seeking to become an agile “middle power”. European policymakers should recognise #Angola’s agency and emphasise mutual accountability, linking governance improvements to tangible benefits in investment and capacity building, writes Alex Vines. 👇💡 @ecfr.eu
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As African and European leaders convene in Luanda, Angola today and tomorrow, a new report by @ecfrafrica.bsky.social director Alex Vines highlights growing potential for stronger Angola–Europe ties. ecfr.eu/publication/...
Middle power dreaming: The geopolitics of Angola’s emergence
Angola is increasingly active in the world. Here is how Europeans can cooperate with this rising middle power.
ecfr.eu
November 24, 2025 at 2:35 PM
As African and European leaders convene in Luanda, Angola today and tomorrow, a new report by @ecfrafrica.bsky.social director Alex Vines highlights growing potential for stronger Angola–Europe ties. ecfr.eu/publication/...
‼️📢 New @ecfr.eu brief
Our programme director, Alex Vines wrote a piece on #Angola, host of the current AU-EU Summit. The country is pursuing a strategy of purposeful non-alignment and is becoming an increasingly important “middle power” in the world.
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Our programme director, Alex Vines wrote a piece on #Angola, host of the current AU-EU Summit. The country is pursuing a strategy of purposeful non-alignment and is becoming an increasingly important “middle power” in the world.
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Middle power dreaming: The geopolitics of Angola’s emergence | ECFR
Angola is increasingly active in the world. Here is how Europeans can cooperate with this rising middle power.
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November 24, 2025 at 3:04 PM
#Angola is hosting the AU-EU Summit this week. Read about the country’s effort to diversify its partnerships and position itself as a regional logistics, energy and agribusiness hub and what that means for #Europe.‼️👇 @ecfr.eu
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November 24, 2025 at 7:57 AM
#Angola is hosting the AU-EU Summit this week. Read about the country’s effort to diversify its partnerships and position itself as a regional logistics, energy and agribusiness hub and what that means for #Europe.‼️👇 @ecfr.eu
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My new commentary ahead of the #AUEUSummit
🌍𝐀𝐧𝐠𝐨𝐥𝐚 is a 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞's global relevance. Europe should integrate projects and scale on the minerals value chain, rebalance relations with the US and engage new players like the UAE.
👉https://bit.ly/4p2x9dJ
@ecfr.eu @ecfrafrica.bsky.social
🌍𝐀𝐧𝐠𝐨𝐥𝐚 is a 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞's global relevance. Europe should integrate projects and scale on the minerals value chain, rebalance relations with the US and engage new players like the UAE.
👉https://bit.ly/4p2x9dJ
@ecfr.eu @ecfrafrica.bsky.social
Europe, Angola and the UAE: Navigating competition on Africa’s Atlantic coast
Angola’s close cooperation with the UAE demonstrates Africa’s diversification of external partners. Europe needs to overcome internal disunity, temper its reliance on the US and engage with emerging…
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November 21, 2025 at 8:07 AM
My new commentary ahead of the #AUEUSummit
🌍𝐀𝐧𝐠𝐨𝐥𝐚 is a 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞's global relevance. Europe should integrate projects and scale on the minerals value chain, rebalance relations with the US and engage new players like the UAE.
👉https://bit.ly/4p2x9dJ
@ecfr.eu @ecfrafrica.bsky.social
🌍𝐀𝐧𝐠𝐨𝐥𝐚 is a 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞's global relevance. Europe should integrate projects and scale on the minerals value chain, rebalance relations with the US and engage new players like the UAE.
👉https://bit.ly/4p2x9dJ
@ecfr.eu @ecfrafrica.bsky.social
📢🤝 Shortly before the AU-EU Summit takes place in #Angola next week, Maddalena Procopio reflects on the #UAE's activity in the country. #Europe needs to overcome internal disunity and engage with emerging actors to remain a key player.
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Europe, Angola and the UAE: Navigating competition on Africa’s Atlantic coast | ECFR
Angola’s close cooperation with the UAE demonstrates Africa’s diversification of external partners. Europe needs to overcome internal disunity, temper its relia
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November 21, 2025 at 10:19 AM
📢 A Russian bear is ranging through Europe’s neighbourhood. What should the EU and member state policymakers do about it? We have contributed with a piece on Russian hybrid warfare on the African continent.
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@ecfr.eu #Russia #Europe #Africa
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@ecfr.eu #Russia #Europe #Africa
The bear at the door | ECFR
A Russian bear is ranging through Europe’s neighbourhood. What should the continent’s policymakers do about it? When Europeans talk about Russia, their primary
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November 20, 2025 at 10:19 AM
‼️🌍 To hold the perpetrators of violence in #Sudan accountable, London, Paris, Berlin and Rome should join the US in calling at the UN for the UAE to release flight records, cargo manifests, and end-user certificates related to shipments to Chad and Sudan. @ecfr.eu
Sudan: A war Europe cannot stop, but cannot ignore | ECFR
El-Fasher in North Darfur is now the epicentre of the world’s greatest humanitarian catastrophe. Europe’s options are limited, but there are still ways to hold
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November 19, 2025 at 10:19 AM
🎧 🎤 In this @ecfr.eu podcast episode, Mark Leonard welcomes Will Brown and Beverly Ochieng to discuss #Russia’s growing influence in the #Sahel and what it means for #Europe.
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Russia’s hybrid war in Africa | ECFR
Mark Leonard welcomes Will Brown and Beverly Ochieng to discuss what Russia’s growing influence in the Sahel means for Europe
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November 18, 2025 at 1:45 PM
‼️ Find our latest policy analysis on #Russian disinformation and hybrid warfare in #Africa in this @ecfr.eu case study series that assesses Russian economic, political, military, and societal influence and strategy across #Europe’s margins. 📢 📑
The bear at the door | ECFR
A Russian bear is ranging through Europe’s neighbourhood. What should the continent’s policymakers do about it? When Europeans talk about Russia, their primary
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November 14, 2025 at 11:13 AM