As in other policy areas, the Africa–EU partnership inaugurated in 2007 promises a new beginning for energy relations between the two regions. A new beginning designed to increase Europe’s access to sub-Saharan African energy sources, but also supposedly to ensure that in qualitative terms EU approaches to energy security become more conducive to development. A new Working Paper by Richard Youngs is available for download. More…As in other policy areas, the Africa–EU partnership inaugurated in 2007 promises a new beginning for energy relations between the two regions. A new beginning designed to increase Europe’s access to sub-Saharan African energy sources, but also supposedly to ensure that in qualitative terms EU approaches to energy security become more conducive to development. A new Working Paper by Richard Youngs is available for download. More…