Benjamin Fox

London

Associate Editor at Africa Confidential

Associate Editor at Private Eye

Africa Editor at EUobserver

Africa Editor @euobs, Sufferer of @SWFC and Yorkshire cricket

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US tariffs talks heading in 'right direction', says EU trade chief

3 days ago | euobserver.com | Benjamin Fox

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.
EU-funded hydrogen projects in Africa face major cost increases, study warns

4 days ago | euobserver.com | Benjamin Fox

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.
EU officials head to Washington after Trump's 50-percent steel tariff

5 days ago | euobserver.com | Benjamin Fox

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.
Western funding cuts set to push African development bank towards Gulf

1 week ago | euobserver.com | Benjamin Fox

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.
Emirati trade deal can be 'building block' for EU-Gulf pact

1 week ago | euobserver.com | Benjamin Fox

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.
Carlos Lopes - Europe’s insecurity and delusion about Africa

1 week ago | euobserver.com | Benjamin Fox

Successive EU leaders have spoken of Africa as their ‘sister continent, and Europe continues to believe that it is Africa’s main partner. Yet Carlos Lopes, a former advisor to the African Union (AU), and one of the most prominent African voices on EU-Africa relations, says this is “a delusion — but a persistent one.” An economist from Cape Verde, who was... Enjoy access to all articles and 25 years of archives, comment and gift articles. Become a member for as low as €1,75 per week.
EU offers 'bare minimum' ahead of key aid summit

1 week ago | euobserver.com | Benjamin Fox

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.
MEPs agree carve out for 90% of EU-importing firms on carbon levy

2 weeks ago | euobserver.com | Benjamin Fox

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.
EU is Africa's 'partner to rely on' as Trump ambushes South Africa

2 weeks ago | euobserver.com | Benjamin Fox

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.
Denmark hires US lobbyists, amid Greenland dispute

2 weeks ago | euobserver.com | Benjamin Fox

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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Ben Fox @benfox83

7 Jun 24

Looks like this story I did earlier this week with @martaforesti has touched a nerve. https://t.co/xKLEyLfQJX . The UK 'earned' £44m in fees for rejected visas, the EU over £100m, most of it from the world's poorest countries.

Marta Foresti @martaforesti

The staggering costs of visa inequality🚨 In 2023 rejected EU visas cost the world’s poorest €100M +, 💰 flowing from poor to rich countries, like a 'reverse remittance'. Yet we never hear about this🤨 I talked to @euobs based on latest LAGO analysis https://t.co/7bQb6iiwW9 https://t.co/u6akRuGiZq

Ben Fox @benfox83

9 Jun 23

So farewell then to the greased albino piglet. All political careers end in failure but few crash and burn quite as spectacularly as #BorisJohnson.

Ben Fox @benfox83

18 May 23

Football, bloody hell. A week after despair and fury #swfc are miraculously off to Wembley. #WAWAW