On 17-18 February, African and European leaders came together in Brussels for the AU-EU Summit. As they walked into the room, the stakes couldn’t have been higher.
Since the pandemic started, global inequalities have been growing, with millions of people falling into extreme poverty, and COVID-19 disrupting essential health services in Africa, reversing years of progress in fighting diseases like malaria and HIV.
Given the pandemic and the inequalities it has exacerbated between Africa and Europe, this summit was a crucial...