DISPATCHES Vol 63 No 16 | UNITED STATESRUSSIAFRANCEAFRICA President Macron and Foreign Minister Lavrov vie for influence in pan-African tours this week 26th July 2022 Russia and its western rivals are ratcheting up the blame game over deepening international financial and production crises On parallel tracks across Africa, this week France and Russia are trying to win the information war over which state or alliance of states is responsible for the... READ FOR FREE
Vol 63 No 15 | KENYAUNITED STATES Washington raises its trade offer 21st July 2022 The confirmation by the United States Senate that Hewlett Packard chief executive Margaret Whitman will take over as Washington's Ambassador to Kenya, as the US Commerce department announced...
DISPATCHES Vol 63 No 9 | MOROCCOUNITED STATESSPAINWESTERN SAHARA Washington and Brussels edge back on Western Sahara 21st April 2022 Recognising Algeria's power on gas supply, the US and the EU are rowing back on support for Morocco's plan for the disputed region After tilting strongly in favour of Rabat's offer of 'limited autonomy' to the Western Sahara as an alternative to a UN-organised referendum, the United States and the European... READ FOR FREE
Vol 63 No 7 | TUNISIAUNITED STATES Washington toughens stance on aid amid galloping fuel and food prices 23rd March 2022 The US Congress wants conditions on aid to President Saïed's autocratic regime as it tries to negotiate an IMF bail-out Prompted by rights activists, business interests and opposition politicians in Tunisia, the United States's Congress is linking official aid budgets to a reversing of President Kaïs Saïed's crackdown...
Vol 63 No 7 | KENYAUNITED STATES Al Qaida bomb compensation 31st March 2022 A new front has opened in the long-running battle for compensation for the non-American victims of the 1998 bombings of the United States embassies in Kenya and Tanzania....
Vol 63 No 7 | MOROCCOUNITED STATESISRAEL Rabat strengthens Sahara grip 31st March 2022 Morocco is exerting an ever-tighter grip on the diplomacy over the disputed territory of Western Sahara, after Israel's Foreign Minister Yair Lapid became the latest to endorse its...
DISPATCHES Vol 63 No 6 | MOROCCOUNITED STATES Rabat's lobbying of Washington on Western Sahara has paid off 14th March 2022 Biden's nod towards King Mohammed VI fits with widening links with authoritarians as Russia-Ukraine war sharpens geopolitical alignments Rabat has stepped up its lobbying efforts in the United States in recent months to persuade President Joe Biden's administration that it should not unpick the Trump administration's... 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 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,...