{"id":16363,"date":"2022-02-19T20:15:55","date_gmt":"2022-02-19T20:15:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/africa-and-the-eu-seal-a-renewed-partnership-in-brussels"},"modified":"2022-02-19T20:35:51","modified_gmt":"2022-02-19T20:35:51","slug":"africa-and-the-eu-seal-a-renewed-partnership-in-brussels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/africa-and-the-eu-seal-a-renewed-partnership-in-brussels","title":{"rendered":"Africa and the EU seal a \u201crenewed partnership\u201d in Brussels"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Malawi. <\/strong><\/span>The EU and the African Union (AU) sealed a \u201crenewed partnership\u201d in Brussels on Friday, including the launch of a \u20ac150 billion European investment strategy and increased aid to produce vaccines against Covid in Africa.<\/b><\/p>\n

The Europeans are also paving the way for a greater reallocation to Africans of the International Monetary Fund\u2019s (IMF) special drawing rights for rich countries, but without a firm commitment, according to the joint declaration adopted at the 6th summit of the two organisations.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur common vision (\u2026) is to consolidate a renewed partnership for solidarity, security, peace and sustainable economic development,\u201d pleaded the African and European leaders, who have been meeting since Thursday to \u201creinvent\u201d their relationship and \u201cinstall a new software\u201d, according to the formula used by Senegalese President Macky Sall.<\/p>\n

150 billion over seven years<\/b><\/p>\n

The meeting was an opportunity for the 27 countries to launch a global investment strategy with at least 150 billion euros over seven years to \u201chelp projects wanted and carried by Africans\u201d, with priority given to transport infrastructure, digital networks and energy. All this while ensuring \u201caccountable, transparent and inclusive governance\u201d, according to the declaration.<\/p>\n

The Europeans, who promise to have provided a cumulative total of at least 450 million doses of anti-Covid vaccines to Africans by the summer, have also pledged to help African countries produce messenger RNA vaccines on their soil, a programme unveiled on Friday by the World Health Organisation (WHO). The EU will also mobilise \u20ac425 million to speed up vaccination campaigns by supporting the distribution of doses and the training of medical teams.<\/p>\n

On the other hand, advocating a controlled transfer of technology, the EU leaders reiterated their opposition to the lifting of patents on vaccines, which has been fiercely demanded by their African counterparts, in particular South African President Cyril Ramaphosa.<\/p>\n

EU support for peace operations<\/b><\/p>\n

The final declaration also calls for \u201cvoluntary and ambitious contributions\u201d from rich countries, which can redistribute to Africans their Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) \u2014 convertible securities created by the International Monetary Fund and allocated to its member states, which can spend them without going into debt.<\/p>\n

So far, the Europeans have collectively reallocated $13 billion of their SDRs to Africa, out of $55 billion reallocated by rich countries globally, far short of the AU\u2019s $100 billion targets.<\/p>\n

With coups and terrorism fuelling instability in Africa, and in the wake of the announcement by Paris and its allies of their withdrawal from Mali, the EU has also pledged to support peace missions and operations led by African forces, by training them and strengthening their equipment and capabilities.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Malawi<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Malawi. The EU and the African Union (AU) sealed a \u201crenewed partnership\u201d in Brussels on Friday, including the launch of a \u20ac150 billion European investment strategy and increased aid to produce vaccines against Covid in Africa. The Europeans are also paving the way for a greater reallocation to Africans of the International Monetary […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":16362,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,8,12],"tags":[233,371,234],"class_list":["post-16363","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-homepage-english","category-policy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-malawi","tag-malawi"],"yoast_head":"\nAfrica and the EU seal a \u201crenewed partnership\u201d in Brussels - Malawi<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The EU and the African Union (AU) sealed a \u201crenewed partnership\u201d in Brussels on Friday, including the launch of a \u20ac15 ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/africa-and-the-eu-seal-a-renewed-partnership-in-brussels\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Africa and the EU seal a \u201crenewed partnership\u201d in Brussels\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The EU and the African Union (AU) sealed a \u201crenewed partnership\u201d in Brussels on Friday, including the launch of a \u20ac15 ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/africa-and-the-eu-seal-a-renewed-partnership-in-brussels\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Malawi\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-02-19T20:15:55+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-02-19T20:35:51+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/malawi\/sites\/36\/2022\/02\/img-621154905e820.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"538\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/africa-and-the-eu-seal-a-renewed-partnership-in-brussels#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/africa-and-the-eu-seal-a-renewed-partnership-in-brussels\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Africa and the EU seal a \u201crenewed partnership\u201d in Brussels\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-02-19T20:15:55+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-02-19T20:35:51+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/africa-and-the-eu-seal-a-renewed-partnership-in-brussels\"},\"wordCount\":444,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/africa-and-the-eu-seal-a-renewed-partnership-in-brussels#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/malawi\/sites\/36\/2022\/02\/img-621154905e820.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Malawi\",\"Malawi\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"homepage-english\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/africa-and-the-eu-seal-a-renewed-partnership-in-brussels#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/africa-and-the-eu-seal-a-renewed-partnership-in-brussels\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/africa-and-the-eu-seal-a-renewed-partnership-in-brussels\",\"name\":\"Africa and the EU seal a \u201crenewed partnership\u201d in Brussels - Malawi\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/africa-and-the-eu-seal-a-renewed-partnership-in-brussels#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/africa-and-the-eu-seal-a-renewed-partnership-in-brussels#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/malawi\/sites\/36\/2022\/02\/img-621154905e820.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-02-19T20:15:55+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-02-19T20:35:51+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"The EU and the African Union (AU) sealed a \u201crenewed partnership\u201d in Brussels on Friday, including the launch of a \u20ac15 ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/africa-and-the-eu-seal-a-renewed-partnership-in-brussels#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/africa-and-the-eu-seal-a-renewed-partnership-in-brussels\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/africa-and-the-eu-seal-a-renewed-partnership-in-brussels#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/malawi\/sites\/36\/2022\/02\/img-621154905e820.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/malawi\/sites\/36\/2022\/02\/img-621154905e820.jpg\",\"width\":1024,\"height\":538,\"caption\":\"Africa and the EU seal a \u201crenewed partnership\u201d in Brussels\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/africa-and-the-eu-seal-a-renewed-partnership-in-brussels#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Africa and the EU seal a \u201crenewed partnership\u201d in Brussels\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/\",\"name\":\"Malawi\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"cfeditoren\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Africa and the EU seal a \u201crenewed partnership\u201d in Brussels - Malawi","description":"The EU and the African Union (AU) sealed a \u201crenewed partnership\u201d in Brussels on Friday, including the launch of a \u20ac15 ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/africa-and-the-eu-seal-a-renewed-partnership-in-brussels","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Africa and the EU seal a \u201crenewed partnership\u201d in Brussels","og_description":"The EU and the African Union (AU) sealed a \u201crenewed partnership\u201d in Brussels on Friday, including the launch of a \u20ac15 ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/africa-and-the-eu-seal-a-renewed-partnership-in-brussels","og_site_name":"Malawi","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa","article_published_time":"2022-02-19T20:15:55+00:00","article_modified_time":"2022-02-19T20:35:51+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1024,"height":538,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/malawi\/sites\/36\/2022\/02\/img-621154905e820.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/africa-and-the-eu-seal-a-renewed-partnership-in-brussels#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/africa-and-the-eu-seal-a-renewed-partnership-in-brussels"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"Africa and the EU seal a \u201crenewed partnership\u201d in Brussels","datePublished":"2022-02-19T20:15:55+00:00","dateModified":"2022-02-19T20:35:51+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/africa-and-the-eu-seal-a-renewed-partnership-in-brussels"},"wordCount":444,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/africa-and-the-eu-seal-a-renewed-partnership-in-brussels#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/malawi\/sites\/36\/2022\/02\/img-621154905e820.jpg","keywords":["Africa Press","Africa Press-Malawi","Malawi"],"articleSection":["all news","homepage-english","policy"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/africa-and-the-eu-seal-a-renewed-partnership-in-brussels#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/africa-and-the-eu-seal-a-renewed-partnership-in-brussels","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/africa-and-the-eu-seal-a-renewed-partnership-in-brussels","name":"Africa and the EU seal a \u201crenewed partnership\u201d in Brussels - Malawi","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/africa-and-the-eu-seal-a-renewed-partnership-in-brussels#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/africa-and-the-eu-seal-a-renewed-partnership-in-brussels#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/malawi\/sites\/36\/2022\/02\/img-621154905e820.jpg","datePublished":"2022-02-19T20:15:55+00:00","dateModified":"2022-02-19T20:35:51+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"The EU and the African Union (AU) sealed a \u201crenewed partnership\u201d in Brussels on Friday, including the launch of a \u20ac15 ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/africa-and-the-eu-seal-a-renewed-partnership-in-brussels#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/africa-and-the-eu-seal-a-renewed-partnership-in-brussels"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/africa-and-the-eu-seal-a-renewed-partnership-in-brussels#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/malawi\/sites\/36\/2022\/02\/img-621154905e820.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/malawi\/sites\/36\/2022\/02\/img-621154905e820.jpg","width":1024,"height":538,"caption":"Africa and the EU seal a \u201crenewed partnership\u201d in Brussels"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/africa-and-the-eu-seal-a-renewed-partnership-in-brussels#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Africa and the EU seal a \u201crenewed partnership\u201d in Brussels"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/","name":"Malawi","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"cfeditoren"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16363","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16363"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16363\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16362"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16363"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16363"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16363"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}