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Vol 62 No 14 |

AFRICA
BRITAIN

Multi-party rebellion against Johnson government's aid cuts

13th July 2021

British government plans to cut £4 billion (US$5.5bn) from aid budget sparks protests from philanthropists and politicians

Civil society activists who joined forces with opposition MPs and Conservative rebels to force a parliamentary vote on 13 July on the British government's plan to cut its...

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Vol 62 No 13 |

FRANCE
AFRICA

President Macron ends Opération Barkhane and dispels a few illusions

16th June 2021

Rethinking its Africa policy, Paris is cutting military operations in the Sahel and stepping up economic diplomacy

When he announced the end of Opération Barkhane, France's 5,100-strong military force deployed across the Sahel for the past eight years, President Emmanuel Macron said he owed 'consistency'...

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Vol 62 No 11 |

AFRICA
BRITAIN
G7

Whitehall's planned foreign aid cuts condemned as immoral

7th June 2021

Parliamentary rebels in London organise to stop government's reneging on funding pledges just days ahead of G7 summit

When the heads of state and government of the Group of 7 biggest economies meet in Cornwall on 11-13 June, their host, Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson, says...

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Vol 62 No 11 |

Parting on patents

27th May 2021

United States President Joe Biden's backing for an unlikely patent-waiver for Covid-19 vaccines is deft political manoeuvring. It announced the USA's return as lead player international development issues...

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Vol 62 No 11 |

FRANCE
AFRICA

Promised 'new dynamic' at summit meets entrenched caution on debt and finance

21st May 2021

European leaders and international officials ensured the discussions were more about recycling prior pledges

Talk of a 'New Deal' with 'urgency' and 'ambition' for Africa ahead of the grand summit in Paris on 17-18 May ultimately produced no new continent-wide commitments on...

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Vol 62 No 11 |

AFRICA
HEALTH
COVID-19

Pressure mounts on rich countries and big pharma to act on global vaccine inequity

21st May 2021

Differences between Western states on patents and exports are likely to persist after Rome summit

Accusations of 'vaccine apartheid', voiced by South Africa and Kenya in recent months, and repeated again earlier this week by World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus,...

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Vol 62 No 10 |

Hopes for new initiatives on debt and finance at Africa summit hosted by Paris

18th May 2021

First in-person conference on the pandemic's economic effects on the continent draws wide turnout

By bringing together 20 African presidents with IMF, World Bank and EU chiefs in Paris on 17-18 May, France's President Emmanuel Macron's declared aim was to launch a...

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Vol 62 No 10 |

AFRICA
HEALTH
COVID-19

Fatigue may be fatal

13th May 2021

Africa's health ministers watch with alarm the disastrous fatality rate as the second wave of the virus rips across India

The Covid-19 experience in Africa has been something of a rollercoaster ride. Early predictions were calamitous, then it seemed to pass ominously mildly (unless you were in South...

Vol 62 No 10 |

FRANCE
AFRICA

Emmanuel l'Africain II

13th May 2021

With two upcoming summits, President Macron is trying once more to reset his country’s relationship with Africa

If President Emmanuel Macron needed a reminder of his country's reputation in Africa it came with the fury on the streets of Ndjamena to his ill-phrased remarks at...

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Vol 62 No 10 |

AFRICA
HEALTH

Health chiefs salute progress in lifting patents on Covid-19 vaccines but say India's crisis shows risks to Africa

10th May 2021

US backing for intellectual property waivers on vaccines triggers spat with European Union over distribution and equity

The United States support for a lifting of patents on Covid-19 vaccines in coming negotiations at the World Trade Organization is a big win for African campaigners and...

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