Go to the Content Thursday, 9 February 2012
Your search for "African Countries" produced 44 items.
| 1. MEPs reject EU-Morocco fisheries pact | December 14, 2011 |
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Fisheries commmissioner says she will ask Council to repeal agreement. More than 100 Spanish boats will no longer be able to fish in waters off Morocco after the European... |
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| 2. Support for fisheries deal would damage EU credibility | December 8, 2011 |
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Extension of Morocco agreement must be rejected. The European Parliament will vote on a symbolically and practically very important issue next week (15 December): to grant or... |
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| 3. Greek diplomat named EU envoy for Horn of Africa | December 8, 2011 |
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New role focuses on security and development in east Africa. A Greek diplomat, Alexander Rondos, has been appointed the EU's special representative to the Horn of Africa. | |
| 4. Parliament committee approves Morocco fisheries deal | November 22, 2011 |
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Concerns over cost to EU and Moroccan occupation of Western Sahara. The European Parliament's fisheries committee has endorsed a controversial €36 million deal with... |
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| 5. Split over controversial fishing deal with Morocco | November 19, 2011 |
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Opponents raise legal and financial issues; French and Spanish MEPs support deal. The European Parliament's fisheries committee is sharply divided ahead of a vote next week... |
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| 6. MEP restrained | November 3, 2011 |
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Spanish MEP denied entry to Western Sahara. It is not every day that an MEP is physically restrained (or beaten up) by the police. Then again, it is not every day that an MEP... | |
| 7. MEPs reject challenge to Morocco fishing deal | September 29, 2011 |
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Group of MEPs wanted European Court of Justice to rule on whether agreement complied with EU and international law.
MEPs have rejected a plan to challenge the legality of... |
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| 8. Nigeria is the biggest receiver of EDF funding | September 22, 2011 |
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European Development Fund money for Nigeria during the period 2008-13 is €677 million. I read with interest the article on Nigeria and its EU relationship published by... |
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| 9. MEPs challenge Morocco fishing deal | September 15, 2011 |
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Group of MEPs claims deal breaks EU laws. A cross-party group of 80 MEPs on Tuesday (13 September) announced plans to challenge the legality of a controversial EU fishing... |
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| 10. Commission to release €27.8m in emergency aid | July 28, 2011 |
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Georgieva says situation on Horn of Africa needs 'unprecedented response'. Kristalina Georgieva, the European commissioner for international co-operation, humanitarian aid... |
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| 11. Support for controversial Morocco fishing agreement | July 7, 2011 |
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Member states back fishing deal, despite no proof of benefits for occupied Western Sahara. National governments have backed a one-year extension to a contentious EU fishing... |
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| 12. Morocco fishing deal ‘poor value for money' | June 9, 2011 |
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Study finds that deal is not cost-effective and that agreement could break international law. The European Union's controversial fisheries agreement with Morocco is the... |
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| 13. Pressure builds at the periphery | April 7, 2011 |
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EU migration patterns challenge the EU, but most member states are against burden-sharing. For the past three months, European governments have watched in awe as popular... |
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| 14. EU to admit Africans from Libya | March 24, 2011 |
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Member states and European Commission will meet tomorrow to discuss fate of thousands of Africans who have fled Libya. A number of Africans who have fled the violence in... |
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| 15. EU freezes Mubarak funds | March 21, 2011 |
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Foreign ministers also extend existing sanctions against Belarus, Libya. The European Union has frozen the assets of Hosni Mubarak, the deposed president of Egypt, and 18... |
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| 16. The (fishy) value that the EU places on democracy | March 10, 2011 |
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The EU must change course in its relations with Morocco. Seemingly oblivious to the democratic fervour sweeping across the Middle East and the Maghreb, the European Union... |
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| 17. Deserting democracy in north Africa | March 4, 2011 |
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The EU is undermining the UN talks on the future of Western Sahara, which the EU otherwise purports to support. Seemingly oblivious to the democratic fervour sweeping across... |
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| 18. EU triples aid to Libyan refugees | March 3, 2011 |
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Georgieva pledges €30 million to deal with refugee crisis at Libyan border. Kristalina Georgieva, the European commissioner for humanitarian aid, announced during a... |
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| 19. After cosiness comes confusion | March 3, 2011 |
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We are obliged to say ‘freedom' is our objective in the Middle East when really what we crave is stability. The political and social turmoil in north Africa and the Middle... | |
| 20. The issues for the EU | February 24, 2011 |
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Energy security and oil prices Oil prices have soared in recent days because of fears over the impact of the unrest on Libya's oil and gas supplies. Several European energy... |
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