DISPATCHES Vol 65 No 20 | AFRICAFINANCE Financing a debt to nature 1st October 2024 A group of countries is working on a joint conservation plan to raise $2 billion to protect coral reefs, mangroves and fish stocks in the Indian Ocean A group of African nations is working on what could become the world’s first joint ‘debt-for-nature’ swap and the latest innovative solution on debt reduction and climate financing.... READ FOR FREE
Vol 65 No 20 | RUSSIAAFRICA A web of disinformation 3rd October 2024 A nascent effort to set up a ‘Pan African Intelligence Agency’, led by the same group linked to the creation of the ‘Russosphere’ French-language disinformation campaign targeting Africa,...
Vol 65 No 20 | EUROPEAN UNIONAFRICA Faulty funding 3rd October 2024 Wasteful, inefficient and paying scant attention to human rights abuses was the verdict on the €5 billion EU Emergency Trust Fund for Africa (EUTF), in a report by...
Vol 65 No 19 | FRANCEAFRICA President Macron plans military cuts 19th September 2024 Phasing down security operations in West and Central Africa, Paris keeps its diplomatic and economic ambitions Plans for a drastic pruning back of France’s military deployments in Africa could be confirmed within weeks as Paris adapts to the reality of widespread resentment of its...
Vol 65 No 19 | AFRICAHEALTH Vaccine shortfall risks spread of deadly new mpox strain 13th September 2024 Disputes over pricing between Big Pharma and African states delayed response as did poor testing and surveillance It took less than a year for the virus to resurface in Congo-Kinshasa after the World Health Organization (WHO) had announced in May 2023 that the global mpox...
Vol 65 No 19 | EUROPEAN UNIONAFRICA Gas or hot air? 19th September 2024 Brussels continues to push green hydrogen investment as a foreign policy and energy tool, with European Commissioner for Energy, Kadri Simson, unveiling a series of new programmes during...
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. Previous FOCACs have... 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 on.
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...
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....