Vol 65 No 18 | CHINAAFRICA Beijing’s green new deal pledges factories in Africa 4th September 2024 With its domestic market almost saturated and western tariffs biting, China is planning to make more electric vehicles in Africa A string of investment announcements for electric vehicle production across Africa are expected at the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation summit in Beijing from 4-6 September. Previ... READ FOR FREE
Vol 65 No 18 | RUSSIAAFRICA Vladimir Putin’s Kremlin builds on Wagner’s propaganda legacy 3rd September 2024 Prigozhin’s African network survives him as Moscow’s outreach expands disinformation about the west and support for military juntas One year after Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin’s dramatic demise, the legacy of his efforts to frame Russia as a liberator of Africa from western neocolonialism lives o...
Vol 65 No 18 | AFRICAUNITED NATIONSTAX After African lobbying, the UN wins battle over tax rules 2nd September 2024 Global south countries voted as a bloc for the UN to set rules on taxing revenues and cutting illicit financial flows Leaders are set to back a UN tax convention with a mandate to agree global tax policy on wealth, environmental levies and illicit financial flows at the UN General Assembly in Sept...
Vol 65 No 18 | AFRICAMINING Value for metals 5th September 2024 Only 2% of Africa’s exports of energy transition minerals are destined for other African countries, according to a new report by the Publish What You Pay (PWYP) lobby. That l...
DISPATCHES Vol 65 No 17 | AFRICATAX UN tax convention moves closer but African diplomats fail to win new support 20th August 2024 The African Group has been the driving force behind the agreement but it is a fragile triumph African diplomats have moved closer to setting up a new United Nations tax authority focused on illicit financial flows and tax evasion. But the triumph is far more fragile than ex... READ FOR FREE
Vol 65 No 16 | RUSSIAAFRICA Moscow sees a year of transition 1st August 2024 African governments are evaluating more closely what President Putin’s government has to offer beyond security services The ambush of a patrol convoy of Russian mercenaries and Malian soldiers, killing over 50 Russian Africa Corps members, is the latest and most high profile of a series of recent fo...
DISPATCHES Vol 65 No 16 | AFRICAFINANCE Ratings plan gets serious 23rd July 2024 An AU official says a credit agency catering to the needs of the continent’s sovereign borrowers will be ready by next year An Africa credit rating agency will start work in 2025, a senior African Union official has told reporters. READ FOR FREE
Vol 65 No 15 | UNITED STATESAFRICA The influence brokers take a pay cut 10th July 2024 Governments and activists in Africa are driving harder bargains with Washington DC’s lobby shops The latest slew of lobbying contracts in Washington DC are offering cut price services for African clients. It’s not clear why. Some argue that the clients are pushing prices...
DISPATCHES Vol 65 No 14 | UNITED STATESAFRICA Military chief sets out Washington’s stall to win over new partners on the continent 25th June 2024 President Biden’s government is in talks over potential defence cooperation with Benin, Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana This week’s trip to Botswana by Chair of the United States Joint Chiefs of Staff Charles Brown Jr, is the latest in a series of recent US government efforts to rebuild milita... READ FOR FREE
Vol 65 No 14 | AFRICABRITAIN What price an Africa agenda? 4th July 2024 If, as expected, Labour secures its first stint in office for 14 years following Britain’s general election on 4 July, one of its foreign policy challenges will be to overhau...