Vol 65 No 25 | FRANCEAFRICA Macron tilts to Anglophone Africa after Sahelian exits 3rd December 2024 After a spate of reverses in the region, the French President is boosting ties with Ghana and Nigeria One data point sums up the commercial stakes: there are more French companies in Nigeria than there are in the rest of West Africa. It also painted the...
DISPATCHES Vol 65 No 25 | RUSSIAAFRICA Assad’s exit could push Russia into Haftar’s arms 10th December 2024 The fall of the Syrian regime impacts Moscow’s operations in Libya and North Africa, with think tanks predicting new Russian bases disrupting European energy supplies The collapse of Bashar al Assad’s dictatorship in Syria could have major implications for Russia, whose naval base in Tartus on the Mediterranean Sea coast provided logistical support... READ FOR FREE
DISPATCHES Vol 65 No 25 | UNITED STATESAFRICA Biden leaves behind a Lobito Corridor of uncertainty 10th December 2024 The president’s visit to Africa shows Washington’s geopolitical rivals – the railway project will be using Chinese-made locomotives and moving Chinese-mined minerals The big announcement of Joe Biden’s first and last United States presidential visit to Africa instead underscored Washington’s severely diminished influence on the continent. READ FOR FREE
Vol 65 No 25 | EUROPEAN UNIONAFRICA Brussels gets a new Africa corps 12th December 2024 The European Commission has used one problem to solve another after strategically appointing Portuguese diplomat Salvador Pinto da França as the Africa advisor to Kaja Kallas, the EU’s...
Vol 65 No 24 | EUROPEAN UNIONAFRICA Africa could lose out from bid to rewrite Europe’s deforestation rules 20th November 2024 EU lawmakers have brought in wide-ranging exemptions to the forestry laws but few African states will benefit The European Parliament’s vote on 14 November to take apart the EU’s deforestation rules is another step in the weakening of the bloc’s Green Deal laws. It has...
DISPATCHES Vol 65 No 24 | UNITED STATESAFRICA Expanding the Lobito corridor 27th November 2024 US President Biden wants to make the Lobito Corridor project a legacy of his administration’s Africa policy on his visit to Angola next week After repeated delays, United States President Joe Biden’s valedictory visit to Angola has been rescheduled for 2 December. He is to be welcomed at Lobito port by Angolan... READ FOR FREE
DISPATCHES Vol 65 No 24 | AFRICACLIMATE CHANGE Africa counts the costs of the failure of climate diplomacy 27th November 2024 African states are among the biggest losers from the minimalist pledges in the final hours of the UN COP29 climate summit in Baku on 23 November After an underwhelming 10 days in Azerbaijan, with criticism of the host country’s organisation of the talks and of the political commitment from most of the summit’s major... READ FOR FREE
DISPATCHES Vol 65 No 24 | AFRICACLIMATE CHANGE Deep divisions over climate financing heading for stalemate summit 19th November 2024 European and US backtracking on green policies could block cash for countries hardest hit by extreme weather Entering the final days of the COP29 climate summit in Azerbaijan, little significant progress is expected on climate finance with West and Eastern powers stuck in a holding... READ FOR FREE
Vol 65 No 23 | UNITED STATESAFRICA Leaders look for deals in the Trump marketplace 14th November 2024 States rich in critical minerals could win big investments as Washington jostles for access with Beijing Countries sitting on the minerals to power the energy transition – such as copper, cobalt and lithium – expect a more determined push for access from US mining...
Vol 65 No 23 | FRANCEAFRICA It’s the economy, Macron! 8th November 2024 Paris has lost power in its old chasse gardée but French companies are spreading their wings across the continent President Emmanuel Macron’s government is wheeling out the ministers of finance, trade and foreign affairs on 19-20 November to meet African businesses and official delegates to cut deals... READ FOR FREE