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A girl grinds coffee beans during a traditional Ethiopian coffee ceremony. The EU's new supply chain due diligence rules pose a major compliance problem for African agriculture, not least Ethiopia's coffee exports (Photo: Taylor Flowe)

Africa scrambles to comply with new EU due diligence rules

The EU's new due diligence laws designed to address deforestation and human rights abuses in supply chains risk having an uneven effect on African economies and farming, as governments and industry scramble to prepare compliance regimes.

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Benjamin Fox is a seasoned reporter and editor, previously working for fellow Brussels publication Euractiv. His reporting has also been published in the Guardian, the East African, Euractiv, Private Eye and Africa Confidential, among others. He heads up the AU-EU section at EUobserver, based in Nairobi, Kenya.

A girl grinds coffee beans during a traditional Ethiopian coffee ceremony. The EU's new supply chain due diligence rules pose a major compliance problem for African agriculture, not least Ethiopia's coffee exports (Photo: Taylor Flowe)

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Author Bio

Benjamin Fox is a seasoned reporter and editor, previously working for fellow Brussels publication Euractiv. His reporting has also been published in the Guardian, the East African, Euractiv, Private Eye and Africa Confidential, among others. He heads up the AU-EU section at EUobserver, based in Nairobi, Kenya.

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