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Angola's capital, Luanda, hosted the EU-AU summit this week. The EU appears to have handed out its gifts in Johannesburg, leaving only rhetoric for Luanda (Photo: European Commission)

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EU's week of African summitry ends with slim pickings in Luanda

The EU’s set piece summits often amount to little more than a smorgasbord of press releases and promises. This week’s EU-Africa summit, a two-day event, looked like it would follow that model. EU diplomats had spent months preparing the ground for the summit in Angola, in particular by talking up the bloc’s

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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.

Angola's capital, Luanda, hosted the EU-AU summit this week. The EU appears to have handed out its gifts in Johannesburg, leaving only rhetoric for Luanda (Photo: European Commission)

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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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