Vol 62 No 25 | AFRICACLIMATE CHANGE Adding up the real costs of the energy transition 16th December 2021 To achieve net zero emissions by 2050 will mean clean energy investments of $1-2 trillion a year in developing economies After a frustrating lack of progress on finance and mapping out a 'just transition' to renewable energy at the COP26 climate summit last month, African officials are preparing... READ FOR FREE
DISPATCHES Vol 62 No 25 | RUSSIAEUROPEAN UNIONAFRICA US and Brussels sanctions on Moscow's mercenaries will be tested in Africa 17th December 2021 European Union will block co-operation with Russian mercenaries in Mali, CAR and Libya United States diplomats have welcomed the European Union's imposition of sanctions on the Russian mercenary Wagner Group, and eight of its senior commanders, under its Magnitsky human rights... READ FOR FREE
DISPATCHES Vol 62 No 25 | AFRICAHEALTHCOVID-19 South Africa pushes on vaccine patents and donates shots to the region 17th December 2021 WTO chief complains of 'sabotage' in talks on technology transfer by pharma companies to developing countries A pledge by South Africa to give away two million doses of Johnson & Johnson's Covid-19 vaccine to low-income countries in the region adds to the substance of... READ FOR FREE
DISPATCHES Vol 62 No 25 | UNITED STATESAFRICA As authoritarians gain ground, President Biden hosts his democracy summit 14th December 2021 The virtual meeting was stronger on symbolism than practical policies with 16 African countries participating and counted as US allies The most tangible development to come out of the United States' summit for democracy on 9-10 December was its pledge of $424 million to fight corruption and promote... READ FOR FREE
DISPATCHES Vol 62 No 25 | AFRICAWORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATIONHEALTH Continent ramps up vaccine production as G20 countries fail to join international distribution plan 14th December 2021 Vaccine nationalism, supercharged by fears of the Omicron variant, pushes African countries towards local manufacturing The indefinite postponement of the World Trade Organization's meeting on a temporary waiver of the intellectual property rights on Covid vaccines, and the emergence of the Omicron variant... READ FOR FREE
Vol 62 No 24 | AFRICAHEALTHCOVID-19 Jab race hits new snag 2nd December 2021 Slow and unpredictable supplies and donations continue to disrupt the roll-out of Covid-19 vaccines in Africa. According to the World Health Organization, most vaccine donations have been 'ad...
DISPATCHES Vol 62 No 24 | UNITED STATESAFRICA After a four-year near absence, Washington's officials get serious about Africa again 23rd November 2021 The US's top diplomats return to the continent with shuttle diplomacy, infrastructure funding and a democracy campaign Secretary of State Antony Blinken, the United States' top diplomat, spent much of his three-stop tour of Africa last week fighting the headlines. That diluted the bold aims... READ FOR FREE
Vol 62 No 23 | UNITED STATESAFRICA In on the Actum 18th November 2021 Actum International UK is the new big player in African political lobbying, taking over K–Street lobby shop Mercury Public Affairs' foreign lobbying contracts after absorbing Mercury's London affiliate,...
Vol 62 No 23 | UNITED STATESAFRICA Focused on the crises 18th November 2021 Boosting democracies and resolving conflicts were being pushed as the main themes of US Secretary of State Antony Blinken's Africa tour when he spoke in Nairobi on 17...
DISPATCHES Vol 62 No 23 | AFRICAUNITED NATIONSCLIMATE CHANGE African delegations frustrated by summit's weakness on climate finance and Europe's levies on fossil-fuel exports 11th November 2021 Hardest hit by climate change but producing the lowest emissions, the continent is losing out in the deal-making in Scotland Negotiators at the UN COP26 climate summit, which is due to close on 12 November, are racing to avert failure on its two main aims: to limit global... READ FOR FREE