Vol 55 No 15 |
- FRANCE
- AFRICA
The drama of French military operations in Africa eclipses the fact that the continent is the target of almost all its admittedly tiny bilateral aid
Following President François Hollande's brief African tour this month came questions about France's development aid policy. After all, critics say, it is economic developmen...
Vol 55 No 14 |
- FRANCE
- AFRICA
To the surprise of many, Franco-African relations have emerged as a priority of French President François Hollande’s approach to international affairs. This stems from wider reasons than the security threat posed by Islamist terrorism in the Sahara and Sahel as Paris strengthens relations and investment with key allies and expands economic opportunities
In December next year, France will host the next global climate summit, the Conference of the Global Parties (COP21) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (U...
Vol 55 No 14 |
- FRANCE
- AFRICA
Responsibility for foreign policy is primarily shared between the President François Hollande and the Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius. The President’s Africa Advisor i...
Vol 55 No 14 |
- FRANCE
- AFRICA
France sees itself as a participant in the struggle against jihadism across the Sahel and Sahara but insists it will not take sides in internal conflicts between governments and lo...
Vol 55 No 14 |
- FOOTBALL
- AFRICA
The players are good but big problems lie at the organisational level
It took Germany's historic 7-1 defeat of Brazil on 8 July to put the disappointing performance of African teams at the Fédération Internationale de Football Associati...
Vol 55 No 10 |
- CHINA
- AFRICA
'Unbreakable friendship’ was the slogan for the tour by China’s Premier. ‘Unending salesmanship’ would have served just as well
Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang’s African tour was a week-long, effective sales pitch for Chinese technology and infrastructural expertise. He also announced several major ...
Richard Kershaw, Editor of Africa Confidential from 1963 to 1968, has died aged 80. In 2000, he wrote this article for a booklet we produced on AC's history, Africa 2000 – 40 years of Africa Confidential. He also selected four of his favourite articles from his time as Editor. There are links to them at the end of this piece
The end of 1963 was an interesting, and lucky, time to be asked to become Editor of Africa Confidential. There is no doubt that Africa as a whole (which then, as now, we defined as...
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The Brussels summit confounds low expectations to produce agreements on security and migration but fails again on trade
Evoking 'a partnership between equals', José Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission, celebrated progress on security, migration, trade and development at the e...
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Europe is hosting African leaders in Brussels before they head off for summits in Delhi, Beijing and Washington
Tough negotiations on trade, and peacekeeping missions for Mali and Central African Republic, will dominate the fourth EU-Africa summit in Brussels on 2-3 April. Recognising that E...
Vol 55 No 6 |
- AFRICA
- BANKS
Albert Essien, the new Chief Executive of Ecobank, told delegates at the Africa CEO Forum in Geneva on 18 March that the bank would relentlessly focus on the future after its recen...