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... 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...
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...
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... 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...
Vol 65 No 13 | AFRICACLIMATE CHANGE Stalemate on climate finance talks irks African negotiators 19th June 2024 After technical negotiations over green transition funds in Bonn hit a deadlock, talks are to resume at the UN General Assembly in September Despite hopes of progress on climate finance for Africa at recent UN negotiations, an impasse emerged at the interim SB60 meeting held in Bonn, Germany from 3 to...
Vol 65 No 13 | ITALYAFRICAG7 Summit host Meloni fails to back promises with cash 18th June 2024 G7 leaders announced new initiatives on food and energy in Africa but delayed talk on the details and price tags Africa was the focus of a three-day G7 summit in Apulia in southern Italy, hosted by a buoyant Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, four days after emerging as...
DISPATCHES Vol 65 No 13 | UNITED STATESAFRICA Terrorism and cyber fraud targeted as FBI chief lands in Africa 19th June 2024 Visit to Kenya and Nairobi by the agency’s director is the latest effort by Washington to rebuild its intelligence relationships and influence on the continent Last week’s visit of Christopher Wray, Director of the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), to Kenya and Nigeria to discuss the US government’s counter-terrorism strategies is... READ FOR FREE
DISPATCHES Vol 65 No 13 | SOUTH KOREAAFRICA At its summit, Seoul gets critical mineral deal but no debt accord 11th June 2024 South Korea has refused to accept many key demands from African leaders at summit that marked its first real attempt at building ties with the continent South Korea became the latest Asian state to make a pitch for African influence at a summit attended by 25 other heads of state and government from Africa... READ FOR FREE