DISPATCHES Vol 63 No 16 | UNITED STATESRUSSIAFRANCEAFRICA President Macron and Foreign Minister Lavrov vie for influence in pan-African tours this week 26th July 2022 Russia and its western rivals are ratcheting up the blame game over deepening international financial and production crises On parallel tracks across Africa, this week France and Russia are trying to win the information war over which state or alliance of states is responsible for the... READ FOR FREE
Vol 63 No 15 | INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUNDAFRICA Fund shores up internationalism 21st July 2022 Reacting to diplomatic stalemates at the UN Security Council and the G20, the IMF is becoming the international forum of last resort – on debt, climate finance and...
DISPATCHES Vol 63 No 15 | AFRICAUNCTAD UN urges African economies to prioritise trade diversification efforts and fintech investment 20th July 2022 More local processing and value-added are critical to boost growth and meet jobs demand from the youth After over three decades of trade liberalisation, African economies are among the most open in the world but their export bases remain among the most specialised. This lack... READ FOR FREE
DISPATCHES Vol 63 No 14 | AFRICAG7 Western leaders focus on Ukraine but offer little aid for war's economic damage 30th June 2022 German-hosted G7 summit ramps up sanctions on Moscow and suspends green energy transition timetable A US$600 billion package of infrastructure funding from the European Union and the United States emerged as the headline deal for Africa and other developing regions at the... READ FOR FREE
DISPATCHES Vol 63 No 13 | AFRICACOMMONWEALTH Political intrigue and economic recession haunt Kigali summit 21st June 2022 After a four-year gap Commonwealth leaders meet in Rwanda amid fresh questions about the organisation's purpose and legitimacy Every Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) prompts its own soul-searching, together with confident predictions that its 54 members will agree that this colonial-based organisation has outlived its... READ FOR FREE
DISPATCHES Vol 63 No 13 | RUSSIAEUROPEAN UNIONAFRICA Key Putin ally Prigozhin loses appeal on Wagner mercenary sanctions 14th June 2022 Geopolitical rivalries are driving courtroom fights against Moscow's allies linked to private security and mining operations in conflict zones in Africa The European Court of Justice's rejection of an appeal against sanctions by Kremlin favourite Yevgeny Prigozhin, who controls private military contractor the Wagner Group, will complicate the group's... READ FOR FREE
Vol 63 No 13 | AFRICABRITAIN Gaps in Glencore's guilty plea 23rd June 2022 By pleading guilty in Britain and the United States to grand corruption and paying out some US$1.5 billion in penalties, commodity giant Glencore has been trying to draw...
Vol 63 No 12 | EUROPEAN UNIONAFRICA Sall cuts deal on food crisis 9th June 2022 Their visit to Russia causes frustration in Brussels, but AU leaders are winning arguments over the damage caused by Moscow's war on Ukraine At last week's European Union summit in Brussels, Senegal's President Macky Sall, who also chairs the African Union (AU), appeared to have secured public support from the EU...
DISPATCHES Vol 63 No 12 | ECONOMYAFRICA Elections, Russia's wars and rocketing food prices drive up rates 1st June 2022 Central banks raise interest rates in three of Africa's biggest economies as fears of inflation outweigh plans for growth When Kenya's central bank raised interest rates on 30 May for the first time in seven years, it was the latest African economy to follow the lead of... READ FOR FREE
Vol 63 No 11 | FRANCEAFRICA Sensitive dossiers 26th May 2022 Jean-Yves Le Drian and Florence Parly, so familiar to West African capitals for the past five years as the ministers of foreign affairs and the armed forces, have...