DISPATCHES Vol 63 No 14 | COMMONWEALTHBRITAIN Scotland wins leadership battle despite Whitehall opposition 30th June 2022 Battle for control of the organisation raises questions about its future and relevance in changing geopolitics Baroness Patricia Scotland won re-election as the Secretary General of the Commonwealth in a tight contest and bad-tempered finale to its summit in Kigali between 20 and 26... READ FOR FREE
Vol 63 No 14 | CONGO-KINSHASABRITAIN ENRC tests Serious Fraud Office 7th July 2022 A slew of court cases by Kazakh-owned Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation, aimed at stymying a bribery investigation, may be running out of steam. Now the critical question is...
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...
DISPATCHES Vol 63 No 11 | AFRICABRITAIN Whitehall focuses on business and aid for trade as it cuts budgets 19th May 2022 Britain's new development plan links aid to market access but cuts funding to UN, IMF and World Bank programmes Launching Britain's international development strategy paper this week, Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said the policies aimed to challenge 'malign actors' and bring more countries into the orbit of... READ FOR FREE
Vol 63 No 9 | RWANDABRITAIN Refugee deal faces delays as legal and political challenges grow 19th April 2022 The arrangement under which London could send asylum-seekers to Kigali would be politically useful for both countries' leaders Britain's plan to send asylum-seekers who cross the English Channel to Rwanda was due to start next month but faces serious legal challenges which could delay its introduction...
DISPATCHES Vol 62 No 22 | KENYABRITAIN Policy shifts on trade and public health 29th October 2021 Confusion over eligible vaccines and questions about a health-workers deal cast a shadow over Britain's trade campaign Although President Uhuru Kenyatta returned to Nairobi with £132 million (US$181m) in trade and investment deals after co-hosting the Global Education Summit with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson... READ FOR FREE
DISPATCHES Vol 62 No 22 | UNITED NATIONSBRITAINCLIMATE CHANGE Equity for developing nations will be key target of conference 27th October 2021 Rich countries are under pressure to step up pledges on climate finance and flexibility on energy policy African governments say there is growing unease about the weight given to environmental conditions on the continent in preparatory talks for the COP26 climate summit opening on 31... READ FOR FREE
DISPATCHES Vol 62 No 22 | MOROCCOBRITAIN New travel bans introduced as disputes break out over vaccine certificates 27th October 2021 Rabat bars some European visitors amid rising Covid infections and vaccine rules come under scrutiny After over a year of tight travel restrictions by European states on their Africa counterparts, the boot is on the other foot. Morocco has banned incoming and outbound... READ FOR FREE
Vol 62 No 21 | AFRICABRITAIN More on Air Blair 21st October 2021 Tony Blair's secretive lightning tour of Africa in September and October included meetings with five presidents in four days, Africa Confidential has now been able to confirm, mostly...
DISPATCHES Vol 62 No 14 | AFRICABRITAIN 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... READ FOR FREE