Western Africa
The storyteller
“Stories matter … stories have been used to dispossess and to malign, but stories can also be used to empower and to humanize.” (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, acclaimed Nigerian novelist, the young, gifted storyteller wowing readers...
Structured dialogue with civil society fosters South-South cooperation. The potential for South-South cooperation took centre stage on 31 May 2011 at a public meeting held at the European Parliament on the theme ‘Organising Inclusive Ownership – The EU's Structured Dialogue to...
The presence of the African Union Commission at the G8 Summit in Deauville (26-27 May 2011) underlined the importance of reinforced partnership between the G8 and Africa. Africa is on the move and becomes a new pole of a worldwide growth, in spite of remaining difficulties, notably in the least...
Less than a week after the European Parliament gave the green light on April 6 for the new fishing agreement between the EU and the Comoros, a delegation of fishermen from West Africa, brought to Europe by the NGO Greenpeace, told MEPs and EU fisheries commissioner Maria Damanaki, on 14 April in...
At his inauguration as president of Ivory Coast on Saturday 21st May in Yamassoukro, the political capital of the country, Alassane Ouattara placed emphasis on Ivorians gathering together, while awaiting reconciliation between political enemies. The official proclamation of the results took place...
Europe once again played host to the SFINKS festival, where the greatest names in music headlined and the artists of the future were revealed. For its 22nd edition which took place from July 29 to 31, 2011 the ' SFINKS Mixed' festival (the festival has always avoided using the term "...
In April 2011, 70 pupils from the Elementary School of the Patte d'Oie Builders in Dakar enjoyed their first viewing of a film on the big screen: Le ballon d’or by Cheick Doukouré. This viewing was one of the first organised as part of the MobiCINE project, which is piloting an...
David Macrae, a British national, was appointed Ambassador of the European Union’s delegation to Nigeria in May 2010. An economist and specialist in agricultural science, after working at the European Commission Brussels headquarters on cooperation with ACP countries, he acted as...
The fundamental aim of European aid to Nigeria, comparatively small in relation to the country’s needs, is to assist it in bringing about improvements to governance at both federal and regional levels. This will enable the nation to make the most of its resources to fight poverty.
EU and...
Nigeria and the European Union have a permanent political dialogue at ministerial level. “This dialogue,” explains Michaela Wright, Desk Officer for Nigeria at the European External Action Service (EEAS), “centres on the same priorities as our relations with the African...