Observers hope that discussions on thorny issues like vaccine equity, cooperation in security and infrastructural investment will yield some results at the sixth European Union - African Union summit in Brussels on 17 and 18 February.
A joint article published at the eve of the summit by African Union (AU) Chairperson Macky Sall and his European Union (EU) counterpart, Charles Michel, speaks of "respect and values," a "partnership for stability" and "prosperity" that was "tested by the pandemic".