🌍 From Rome to Addis: two years of the Mattei Plan Today, PM Giorgia Meloni launches the second Italy–Africa Summit in Addis Ababa—the first on African soil. Tomorrow, she attends the AU Summit as special guest, an invitation with diplomatic weight. #ItalyAfrica #MatteiPlan

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

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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