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The EU wants to use its support for the African Schools Championship to show greater visibility in Africa (Photo: UN Africa Women)

EU soccer diplomacy in Africa competes with Chinese-built stadiums

For European sports fans seeking refuge from the post-Christmas cold, the Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco is a welcome distraction, but they will also have seen the European Commission touting its wares as an unlikely main sponsor of the competition. 

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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.

The EU wants to use its support for the African Schools Championship to show greater visibility in Africa (Photo: UN Africa Women)

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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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