Benjamin Fox
Africa Editor @euobs, Sufferer of @SWFC and Yorkshire cricket
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euobserver.com | Benjamin Fox
Development aid spending cuts will have a “cataclysmic” effect this year following the suspension of USAID and plans by a raft of EU governments to slash aid budgets. Aid spending in 2024 fell by 7.1 percent, according to the Get EU news that mattersBack our independent journalism by becoming a supporting memberAlready a member? Login hereAuthor BioBenjamin Fox is a seasoned reporter and editor, previously working for fellow Brussels publication Euractiv.
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euobserver.com | Benjamin Fox
by Benjamin Fox, Nairobi, April 16, 2025, 1:46:40 PMTunisia’s autocratic government has continued to arrest and detain political opponents and crack down on freedom of speech and human rights, according to a new Human Rights Watch report, even as on Wednesday (16 April) the EU Commission proposed to designate Tunisia as a ‘safe country’ for migrants, arguing that "the population of Tunisia does not, in general, face persecution or real risk of serious harm"....
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The EU pledged over €500m in humanitarian aid to support the victims of Sudan’s civil war on Tuesday (15 April), at a summit of world leaders marking two years of conflict. The European Commission and its national governments pledged Get EU news that mattersBack our independent journalism by becoming a supporting memberAlready a member? Login hereAuthor BioBenjamin Fox is a seasoned reporter and editor, previously working for fellow Brussels publication Euractiv.
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The EU Commission is under growing pressure to suspend its controversial minerals-access deal with Rwanda after new investigations revealed that a Luxembourg-based commodities trader has continued to buy conflict minerals smuggled from DR Congo to Rwanda. Research by Global Witness published on Tue... Get EU news that mattersBack our independent journalism by becoming a supporting memberAlready a member?
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China’s president Xi Jinping has urged the EU to join forces with Beijing to resist US ‘intimidation’ on trade during a meeting in Beijing with Spanish prime minister Pedro Sanchez. "China and the EU must fulfill their international responsibilities, jointly safeguard the trend of economic globalis... Get EU news that mattersBack our independent journalism by becoming a supporting memberAlready a member?
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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.
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
So farewell then to the greased albino piglet. All political careers end in failure but few crash and burn quite as spectacularly as #BorisJohnson.
Football, bloody hell. A week after despair and fury #swfc are miraculously off to Wembley. #WAWAW
