United States President Donald Trump's three-country trip to the Gulf from 16 to 19 May did not clarify US policy towards the region's crises or its attitude towards possible mediation...
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Vol 66 No 11 |
- FRANCE
- AFRICA
During Mashatile's visit it emerged that France is offering full backing for South Africa's chairing of the G20 just as United States President Donald Trump is threatening to boycott the summit in November...
US President Donald J Trump's administration's proposed $555m cut to the bank's soft-loan affiliate leaves a widening funding gap (Dispatches 12/5/25 US President Trump's block on funding upends elections for bank leader)...
Maimbo was chief of staff to David Malpass who was appointed by US President Donald J Trump to run the World Bank in 2019 but was forced into early retirement in 2023 under Joe Biden's presidency...
Until a month ago the chances of President Cyril Ramaphosa getting a constructive meeting with his United States counterpart Donald J Trump appeared vanishingly small...
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Her remarks proved prescient hours later when United States President Donald Trump ambushed South Africa's Cyril Ramaphosa in the Oval Office...
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- SOUTH SUDAN
Szlavik told Africa Confidential that Juba risks the prospect of President Donald Trump closing the US embassy and ending all economic support unless it undergoes a radical policy shift...
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This follows regional consultations last month led by Massad Fares Boulos who has been named as US President Donald Trump's special envoy for Africa...
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Goldman Sachs has positioned itself as the trade whisperer to United States President Donald Trump holding talks with several African leaders including South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa about trade and improving relations with the US...
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Already one of the president's most powerful appointees due to the vast funds he oversees Adedeji's role becomes even more critical as dwindling oil prices exacerbated by Donald Trump's trade war force Nigeria to rely on stricter tax enforcement...
This shift is part of the fallout from the US tariff hikes which have been more severe than expected before President Donald Trump's inauguration on 20 January (Dispatches 28/1/25 Rubio deals hammer blow to US aid & 22/4/25 Western aid spending heads towards the cliff-edge as US cuts bite)...