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Vol 63 No 10 |

AFRICA
UNITED NATIONS

The UN reports that food and energy crises are deepening due to Russia's war on Ukraine

10th May 2022

Spiralling costs of fertiliser and debt service are damaging agriculture and forcing cuts in health and education budgets

African states are facing 'a Catch-22 situation' as the war in Europe is driving up the cost of food and the cost of growing it locally, according to...

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EUROPEAN UNION
AFRICA

European states seeking Africa's gas hit geopolitical and production problems

4th May 2022

As the EU tries ends its reliance on Russia's gas, it's finalising a plan to buy much more from Algeria, Nigeria, Senegal and Angola

Plans by European Union states to buy billions of cubic metres of gas from Africa have been spelt out in a leaked document detailing the strategy due to...

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Vol 63 No 9 |

AFRICA
ENERGY

King coal makes its grand return

27th April 2022

The energy transition plans agreed in Africa at last year's UN COP26 climate summit are on hold due to Russia's war

South Africa's coal exports to the European Union have increased tenfold so far this month compared to last year as European utilities ramp up purchases amid efforts to...

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Vol 63 No 9 |

AFRICA
COMMODITIES

Russia opens diplomatic front against the West for global food crisis

21st April 2022

Moscow may block food exports to states opposing its war, blaming Western sanctions for rocketing wheat and grain prices

As the finance ministers and bank chiefs meet top officials from the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank over the food and fuel crisis sweeping developing economies,...

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Vol 63 No 8 |

ECONOMY
AFRICA

Looking for funds as war disrupts trade

14th April 2022

Food and fuel prices are undermining the region’s slow recovery from the pandemic, but commercial investment in farms and fin-tech is growing

Hit by surging food and fuel prices together with mounting debt service obligations, African finance ministers and central bankers will be pressing international financial institutions to step up...

Vol 63 No 8 |

FRANCE
AFRICA

Macronisme on trial – at home and abroad

8th April 2022

African activists and politicians offer mixed reviews of President Macron's record but agree that his closest rival would be disastrous for them

Emmanuel Macron, who has been called France's 'first post-colonial president', is bidding for re-election after a first term in which colonial history cast a long shadow on policies...

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Vol 63 No 8 |

EUROPEAN UNION
AFRICA

Europe looks to African energy as sanctions on Russia deepen

11th April 2022

Historic opportunity for African producers to capitalise on the restructuring of oil and gas markets

The trip to Algiers by Italy's Prime Minister Mario Draghi on 11 April is the latest of bids by European Union states to step up supplies of oil...

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Coal and oil producers want more flexibility on climate targets as energy crisis deepens

4th April 2022

Faced with rising food and fuel prices, developing economies call for more climate aid to help them adjust to the green transition

Africa, specifically Egypt's Sharm el Sheikh conference centre, is hosting the next UN Climate summit COP27 in November but the set piece arguments over finance and burden-sharing have...

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Vol 63 No 8 |

UKRAINE
AFRICA

Zelensky wants African audience

14th April 2022

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has asked to address the African Union as part of his relentless campaign for international support. Current AU chair, Senegalese President Macky Sall said...

Vol 63 No 7 |

AFRICA
EUROPE

Continental ties tested in a zero-sum game

31st March 2022

Western diplomats in Africa are grappling with how to respond to the return of geopolitics after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

The rumbling crisis over Moscow's invasion of Ukraine has shown diplomats just how far Europe's relations with African states have deteriorated and how quickly both continents have snapped...

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