Vol 65 No 14 | AFRICABRITAIN What price an Africa agenda? 4th July 2024 If, as expected, Labour secures its first stint in office for 14 years following Britain’s general election on 4 July, one of its foreign policy challenges will be to overhau...
DISPATCHES Vol 65 No 12 | RWANDABRITAIN Whitehall's migrant deal with Kigali set to collapse 29th May 2024 The Labour Party, currently 12 points ahead in opinion polls, has promised to scrap the Rwanda asylum plan if it wins the general election The British government's migration deal with Rwanda is now highly likely to collapse without a single asylum-seeker being deported, after Prime Minister Rishi Sunak confirmed that ... READ FOR FREE
DISPATCHES Vol 65 No 12 | KENYABRITAIN Inquiry into claims of British army abuses goes public 29th May 2024 The National Human Rights Commission says 43 complaints of human rights abuses have been filed against British troops in Nanyuki The parliamentary inquiry into human rights abuses committed by British soldiers is set to intensify this week. The National Assembly will hold a series of four public hearings bet... READ FOR FREE
Vol 65 No 10 | UGANDABRITAIN Parliamentary speaker flounders in corruption saga 8th May 2024 Facing British travel bans and asset freezes over state theft scandal, Speaker Anita Among claims she is being targeted for her anti-LGBTQ+ stance When asked about her involvement in corrupt schemes, Anita Among, Speaker of the parliament in Kampala, usually argues she is being singled out by foreigners for her energetic prom...
DISPATCHES Vol 64 No 25 | RWANDABRITAIN London moves to salvage 'cash for asylum seekers' deal 6th December 2023 British ministers divided over whether new treaty with Kigali will clash with international obligations Britain's Home Secretary James Cleverly signed a revised treaty with Rwanda's Foreign Minister Vincent Biruta on 5 December in a bid to rescue the cash-for-asylum-seekers agreement... READ FOR FREE
Vol 64 No 20 | EUROPEAN UNIONAFRICABRITAIN Western governments send mixed signals on aid and trade 28th September 2023 Brussels, London and Washington are jostling for Africa's green minerals with China but cutting funding Wrongfooted by a spate of military putsches in Africa amid deepening financial woes in the region, western policymakers had promised a policy reset. Instead, new rows have blown up...
Vol 64 No 17 | NIGERIABRITAIN Courting Diezani 24th August 2023 Under investigation by Britain's National Crime Agency (NCA) for a decade, Nigeria's former oil minister Diezani Alison-Madueke was charged on 22 August with several bribery offenc...
DISPATCHES Vol 64 No 10 | RWANDABRITAIN London courts to rule again on legality of London-Kigali asylum plan 2nd May 2023 British Home Secretary Suella Braverman pushes ahead with scheme, winning backing from Italy's far right leader The battle over the £120 million (US$150m) 'cash for asylum seekers' agreement between the UK and Rwanda reached the Court of Appeal in London last week, as both governments ... READ FOR FREE
Vol 64 No 8 | EUROPEAN UNIONBRITAIN The great aid exodus 13th April 2023 The heavy cuts to Britain's aid spending in Africa over the past five years are symptomatic of a falling commitment to development strategies and spiralling refugee costs across Eu...
DISPATCHES Vol 64 No 7 | RWANDABRITAINMIGRATION After meeting with Kagame, Braverman ploughs on with cash for asylum-seekers scheme 21st March 2023 Several European governments are dropping plans to outsource the processing of refugee claims British Home Secretary Suella Braverman used her tightly choreographed weekend trip to Rwanda, accompanied only by reporters from right-wing newspapers and broadcasters, to re-emph... READ FOR FREE