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Alex Vines

  • Head of Africa Programme, Chatham House and Columnist
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Europe-Africa relations in 2026 – European Council on Foreign Relations

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By Nathalie Delapalme, Mark Leonard, Carlos Lopes, Alex Vines
| ECFR ON AIR
Podcast Mark Leonard's World in 30 minutes 30 January 2026 Apple Podcasts Spotify RSS Mark Leonard is joined by Africa experts Nathalie Delapalme, CEO of the Mo Ibrahim Foundation and ECFR council member, Carlos Lopes, honourary professor at the University of Cape Town who has occupied prominent positions in the UN and African Union and Alex Vines, director of ECFR’s Africa programme.
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Africa 2026: Elections without viable option, jobs

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By Alex Vines
| Realnews Verified
Africa 2026: Elections without viable option, jobs 7 MIN READ Africa By Alex Vines AfFRICA’S political and economic outlook in 2026 is defined less by crisis than by contradiction. Fewer elections are scheduled than in 2025, yet democratic choice continues to narrow where voters do go to the polls. Economic growth is set to accelerate in pockets, even as debt, unemployment and inequality tighten their grip. The continent’s global relevance is rising just as internal fragmentation deepens.
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Caught in the Corridor: Angola, Europe and America

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By Alex Vines, Pia Jakobi
| European Council on Foreign Relations
Commentary 18 December 2025 4 minute read Luanda, Angola, in December 2025 After years of strategic signalling, the US and Angola governments have finally signed in Washington, DC the final loan documents for the release of a substantial capital commitment for the Lobito Corridor—one of central and southern Africa’s most geopolitically significant infrastructure projects. The funds come in the form of a agreed in partnership with the Development Bank of Southern Africa.
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