Brexit will blow a hole in EU-Africa relations

The Conversation

Toni Haastrup, Lecturer in International Security, University of Kent

Nadine Ansorg, Research Fellow, German Institute of Global and Area Studies

In the flood of debate and opinion which followed the UK’s Brexit referendum, journalists and scholars alike have focused on the economic impact on Britain, the future of trade agreements and the effect on the rest of the EU. With a few exceptions, implications outside of Europe are often ignored. Africa barely gets a look in, but the shockwaves here could be deeply damaging.