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...
DISPATCHES
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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Sisi was Donald Trump's ‘favourite dictator' in the words of the former US President...
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The interim French government's decision on 29 July to in effect recognise Moroccan sovereignty over the disputed Western Sahara is another victory for Rabat – following a similar decision by Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez in 2022 and then United States President Donald Trump's tying of a Moroccan Sahara to his Abraham Accords normalising Arab relations with Israel (Dispatches 24/3/22 Dropping the Polisario Front Madrid backs Rabat AC Vol 63 No 7 Rabat strengthens Sahara grip & AC Vol 61 No 25 King reaps Saharan dividend)...
Vol 65 No 15 |
- SOUTH AFRICA
Even the prospect of another US presidential term for Donald Trump who is strongly sceptical about supporting Ukraine against Moscow would not be wholly negative for South Africa...
Should Donald Trump be elected President again several of the pro-Democratic Party DC lobby shops currently riding high may struggle to service their accounts...
DISPATCHES
The defence deal lies at the heart of Morocco's attempt to normalise relations with Israel an agenda which was launched in 2020 and boosted relations between Rabat and the United States government of former President Donald Trump (AC Vol 61 No 25 King reaps Saharan dividend)...
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Talks on a bilateral trade pact between Kenya and the US started under Biden's predecessor Donald Trump...
Vol 65 No 11 |
- CONGO-KINSHASA
Those arrested by the military included Malanga's son Marcel 21 whose social media clips show him posing with bundles of cash and wearing a cap supporting US presidential candidate Donald Trump...
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However in the dying days of the Donald Trump administration the Treasury issued licences to Gertler that allowed him once again to access the US financial system (AC Vol 62 No 7 In Washington's sights)...