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Vol 66 No 22 |

NIGERIA
UNITED STATES

Tinubu pushes back as Trump threatens military action over ‘killing of Christians’

3rd November 2025

US President says any attack would be ‘fast, vicious and sweet’ after Abuja officials claim separatist lobbyists are misleading Washington

Rejecting Washington’s 31 October designation of Nigeria as a country which violates religious freedom, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu said it did ‘not reflect our national reality’. He added...

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Vol 66 No 20 |

Peace talks falter as M23 tightens its grip on the Kivus

10th October 2025

Kinshasa balks at signing economic framework as Kigali-backed rebels consolidate territorial gains and set up proto-state

The pressure is mounting on Massad Boulos, senior Africa advisor to United States President Donald Trump, after the latest setback to his efforts to corral Congo-Kinshasa and Rwanda...

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Vol 66 No 20 |

CONGO-KINSHASA
UNITED STATES

First family politics and foreign suitors cast shadow over mining industry

9th October 2025

Kinshasa gets tough on cobalt quotas and mining leases under industry veteran and new mines minister Watum Kabamba

Congo-Kinshasa’s new Minister of Mines of Louis Watum Kabamba has inherited an ever more complex web of mining and trading relationships in a country that produces over 70%...

Vol 66 No 20 |

CIA veteran and Trump-linked lobbyists tried to sway US$5 billion corruption probes in Maputo and Luanda

1st October 2025

Washington-based BGR Group hired ex-Paris CIA station chief to aid defendants in sovereign wealth fund and hidden loans scandals

More questions are being raised about the accountability of lobbying companies after it has emerged in filings lodged with the United States government that veteran CIA agent Dale...

Vol 66 No 19 |

Khartoum rebuffs US-Arab peace roadmap

24th September 2025

Calling for a three-month humanitarian truce and banning Islamists, the Quad plan brings civilian politicians into talks for a post-war transition

After multiple failed attempts to chart a route out of Sudan’s devastating civil war, the statement by the Quad – Egypt, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates and the...

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Vol 66 No 19 |

SOUTH AFRICA
UNITED STATES

Ramaphosa faces crunch time on Trump tariff talks

22nd September 2025

EU seeks to deepen trade relationship with South Africa in response to US protectionism

President Cyril Ramaphosa faces crunch trade talks with United States President Donald Trump’s administration next week, with talks expected on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly...

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Vol 66 No 19 |

SOUTH SUDAN
UNITED STATES

Warlords to Washington

22nd September 2025

With the country on the brink of a new war, dissident former deputy chief of staff Thomas Cirillo is planning a visit to Washington

With South Sudan on the brink of return to war, one of the main holdouts to the 2018 peace agreement is returning to the political fray.

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Vol 66 No 18 |

LESOTHO
UNITED STATES

Tariff shock, aid cuts and graft scandals are wrecking Matekane’s plan

4th September 2025

President Trump’s threat of 50% tariffs decimated textile factories, exposing the government’s limited choices

Almost three years after Sam Matekane’s Revolution for Prosperity (RFP) stormed to power on an anti-corruption and pro-business platform, Lesotho is reeling from tariff whiplash, a suspended United...

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Vol 66 No 18 |

RWANDA
UNITED STATES

Rwanda takes first US deportees, but terms of deal remain secret

1st September 2025

Denmark among European countries considering follow UK and US lead

Rwanda has become the latest African state to accept foreign deportees from United States after confirming that it had received seven people expelled by Washington.

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Vol 66 No 17 |

SUDAN
UNITED STATES

Washington revives peace push after a year of drift

27th August 2025

A secret meeting in Zurich between US President Donald Trump’s envoy and SAF Commander Burhan may cut across the regional rivalries blocking negotiations

A three-hour meeting in Zurich between Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) commander General Abdel Fattah al Burhan and United States President Donald Trump’s Senior Africa Advisor Massad Boulos on...

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