Europe needs a joined-up policy towards Africa

Ursula von der Leyen’s first official trip as European Commission president was to Africa, specifically to the seat of the African Union in the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa. The symbolism has not gone unnoticed. Europe’s relations with Africa — still conducted through the prism of colonial

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