Vol 65 No 3 | AFRICATAX The next stage in the battle over global tax rules 25th January 2024 Plans for a UN authority on tax policy backed by African states are gaining ground in spite of western resistance How are western states going to respond after losing a battle at the UN General Assembly last November over how global tax rules are negotiated? The European Union...
DISPATCHES Vol 65 No 3 | ITALYAFRICA Meloni joins the race for influence in Africa 30th January 2024 Italy's Prime Minister has outlined a series of initiatives to curb mass migration at a one-day summit in Rome in exchange for promises of investment Italy's far right Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni says she understands that blocks on development in Africa are at the heart of the migration story. READ FOR FREE
DISPATCHES Vol 65 No 3 | UNITED STATESAFRICA US Secretary of State Blinken tours West Africa amid rising security worries 23rd January 2024 Trip will focus on building relations, trade and democracy promotion after spate of coups African states in the Sahel and the Horn are facing their worst security crises for decades but United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken will skate around those... READ FOR FREE
Vol 65 No 3 | UNITED STATESAFRICA Biden's man moves on 1st February 2024 United States President Joe Biden will lose his main Africa policy advisor, as Judd Devermont quits his position as Biden's special assistant on African affairs. Devermont, who was...
Vol 65 No 2 | ECONOMYAFRICA Biggest economies turn laggards 18th January 2024 Smaller countries will grow faster this year but will be held back by a lacklustre outturn in the continent's biggest economies Forecasts by the World Bank, IMF, the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the UN that the continent's economies should grow faster this year should be set against its...
Vol 64 No 25 | RUSSIAAFRICA Gold to Moscow 14th December 2023 Central African Republic, Sudan and Mali are the most lucrative African states for Russia's Wagner Group, according to the 'Blood Gold' report published this week by a consortium...
Vol 64 No 25 | EUROPEAN UNIONAFRICA The case for reparations 14th December 2023 The debate over reparations for colonialism and slavery has arrived in the European Parliament. Pierrette Herzberger-Fofana, a Malian-born German MEP for Alliance90/The Greens, is preparing a text on...
Vol 64 No 24 | AFRICAFINANCE Tracking the missing billions 30th November 2023 African, Asian and Latin American states have won a vote on tax reform at the UN – it could boost revenues and help them catch stolen cash Ahead of the annual meeting of the UN General Assembly, African states were focusing on the need to claw back the billions of dollars lost in illicit financial... READ FOR FREE
Vol 64 No 24 | AFRICAFINANCE The global south wins a big money battle 30th November 2023 A decade-long campaign for global tax rules to be set by a UN authority could finally come to fruition Years of campaigning to coordinate support from middle-income and developing countries saw the UN General Assembly vote decisively on 22 November to establish a UN tax authority, easily...
Vol 64 No 24 | ECONOMYAFRICA Central bankers hunt for foreign exchange 30th November 2023 From negative-equity Ghana to South Africa with its sizeable gold holdings, emerging markets are scrambling for liquidity What happens when your central bank starts losing money? Less than you might think, in practical term at least. Ghanaians were horrified to hear their central bank –...