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Vol 64 No 17 |

ETHIOPIA
UNITED STATES

Abiy looks west

24th August 2023

Pushing ahead with a pro-market reform programme as it tries to restructure its foreign debts and secure a loan from the IMF, Abiy Ahmed's government is fighting on...

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Vol 64 No 14 |

MOZAMBIQUE
UNITED STATES

Maputo's ex-finance chief to face New York trial in hidden loan scandal

28th June 2023

Manuel Chang and director of Privinvest due in US court on charges of securities fraud and money laundering

A decade after details emerged of US$2 billion hidden loans to finance a bogus maritime security project embroiled Credit Suisse and Russia's VTB bank, the former finance minister...

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Vol 64 No 12 |

SOUTH AFRICA
UNITED STATES

Arms in the night

8th June 2023

Accusations of secret arms shipments to Moscow raise questions about Pretoria's non-alignment and its competence on security

Long-simmering tensions exploded when United States ambassador Reuben Brigety broke with diplomatic discretion last month and accused South Africa of secretly uploading weapons and ammunition for Russia's war...

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Vol 64 No 9 |

Careless talk about 'ruthless' Ruto

18th April 2023

The leak of a caustic aside by the deputy head of the UN triggers a diplomatic furore

Of the over 500-gigabyte cache of classified defence documents in the so-called Pentagon leaks, a conversation between UN Secretary-General António Guterres and his deputy Amina Mohamed, a former...

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Vol 64 No 8 |

TANZANIA
UNITED STATES

Vice-President Harris salutes a 'democracy champion'

5th April 2023

The gradualist reforms pursued by President Samia Suluhu have won a ringing endorsement from Washington

Tanzania's President Samia Suluhu Hassan was a main beneficiary of US Vice-President Kamala Harris's three-country diplomatic trip to Africa last week – she was hailed as a 'champion'...

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Vol 64 No 8 |

KENYA
UNITED STATES

The art of a deal

13th April 2023

Kenya expects to complete a trade deal with the United States by the end of this year, the first bilateral pact inked by President Joe Biden's administration, say...

Vol 64 No 7 |

RWANDA
UNITED STATES

Kigali frees 'Hotel Rwanda' hero to assuage Washington

29th March 2023

Paul Rusesabagina's 25-year sentence has been commuted and legal action against President Kagame's government has been dropped

Qatar won a chorus of grateful thanks from the governments of Rwanda and the United States for its role in bringing about the release of political activist Paul...

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Vol 64 No 7 |

UNITED STATES
AFRICA

Blinken's 'war crimes' determination following his meeting with Abiy

21st March 2023

Washington statement tries to appease human rights critics as it rebuilds ties with Addis Ababa

A week after his meeting with Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed in Addis Ababa when he offered US$330 million in humanitarian aid to the government, United States Secretary...

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Vol 64 No 6 |

RWANDA
UNITED STATES

Kagame's bargaining chip

16th March 2023

Ever since the rendition, trial and conviction of Paul Rusesabagina, hero of the Hollywood film 'Hotel Rwanda', there has been diplomatic speculation that President Paul Kagame might use...

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Vol 64 No 4 |

UNITED STATES
AFRICA

Super-charged partisanship in Congress could swing Africa policy

7th February 2023

Bi-partisanship between Democrats and Republicans on Africa is starting to fray

The plan by Democrat Congresswoman Ilhan Omar to lead a 'United States-Africa Policy Working Group' could trigger a new divide with the Republican party in the US's...

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