France's TotalEnergies is making a final push to win United States funding for its liquefied natural gas project in northern Mozambique before Donald J Trump is inaugurated US President on 20 January...
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The Lobito Corridor project is one of few foreign policy items that has bipartisan support in Washington and is likely to be pursued by Biden's successor Donald Trump...
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Donald Trump's election as United States president has also been welcomed in Hargeisa where senior officials point to J...
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Given the pre-occupation of Biden's successor Donald Trump with the US's international rivalry with China the Lobito Corridor could be one of the few US foreign policy objectives to be kept on...
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Countries sitting on the minerals to power the energy transition – such as copper cobalt and lithium – expect a more determined push for access from US mining companies under a second Donald Trump administration following his victory in the 5 November election...
Vol 65 No 23 |
- CLIMATE CHANGE
The absence of heavyweight leaders will not diminish the geopolitical shading around the negotiations; above all the US's probable exit from the Paris Climate accord under a President Donald J Trump administration...
As shockwaves reverberate with the prospect of a second presidential term for Donald J Trump after the 5 November elections African banks and businesses are regrouping to cope with a more protectionist trading system and less funding from the US for Multilateral Development Banks...
SUDAN'S GENERAL BURHAN SIGNS UP WITH TRUMP LOBBYISTS The Sudanese embassy in Washington DC loyal to General Abdel Fattah al Burhan's regime in Port Sudan has signed up with Ballard Partners the lobbying firm run by Brian Ballard a leading fundraiser for President-elect Donald Trump's political campaign...
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Vol 65 No 23 |
- ETHIOPIA
- SOMALIA
They are also hopeful that the new Donald Trump administration in the United States will be much more sympathetic to their cause...
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And a second presidency for Donald Trump in the US is likely to put a squeeze on both climate finance and progress on reforming the multilateral financial institutions...
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It managed to use its advocates in the US Senate to block the appointment of Africa specialist Peter Pham as Assistant Secretary for African Affairs in Presidential Donald Trump's administration arguing that he was too pro-Moroccan...
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