Vol 62 No 4 | EUROPEAN UNIONAFRICACLIMATE CHANGE Green tax blow to Africa 18th February 2021 The EU's €1 trillion Green Deal project sits at the heart of Ursula von der Leyen's European Commission Presidency, but the bloc wants to export its climate change policy, and...
Vol 62 No 4 | AFRICACOVID-19 A question of control 18th February 2021 The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention and its director, John Nkengasong, are in a turf war after winning praise for their leadership combatting the pandemic through...
DISPATCHES Vol 62 No 4 | EUROPEAN UNIONAFRICA Lisbon looks south 19th February 2021 As President of the European Council this year, Portugal is prioritising commercial and security ties with Africa João Gomes Cravinho, Portugal's defence minister, wants to strengthen political dialogue between the European Union and African decision-makers. Most European countries have milit... READ FOR FREE
Vol 62 No 3 | ECONOMYAFRICA Governments face a multi-speed rebound 4th February 2021 Hit by capital flight and an investment drought, the continent's more diversified economies will bounce back faster from the pandemic Struggling with the first continent-wide recession for 25 years, Africa's economies will barely keep pace on average with the tempo of the global growth recovery this year as the i...
DISPATCHES Vol 62 No 3 | UNITED KINGDOMAFRICA Heavy lifting ahead after London's low-profile trade conference 2nd February 2021 The pandemic's economic effects and Brexit disruptions have diverted focus on business deals with Africa A year ago at its inaugural Africa Investment conference, the United Kingdom's prime minister Boris Johnson hosted 16 African heads of state, resulting in commercial deals across t... READ FOR FREE
Vol 62 No 2 | AFRICACOVID-19 A scramble for vaccines 21st January 2021 Despite pious pledges of equal access to the shots, Africa is losing out. Fixing that will take more cooperation and bold policy While the outgoing chair of the African Union, South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa, was able to make a triumphant announcement on 13 January that the AU had 'secured' 230 mill...
Vol 61 No 25 | AFRICABRITAIN Out of the shadows 17th December 2020 Although he wrote only two novels specifically on Africa, David Cornwell, pen name John Le Carré, who died on 12 December, was a colleague of and friend to many of those in ...
Vol 61 No 24 | EUROPEAN UNIONAFRICA An uncivil union 3rd December 2020 The EU and the AU are pressing ahead with plans for a 'strategic partnership' but the rhetoric masks serious disagreements Closer agreement on development assistance and its goals between the European Union and Africa was one of the first foreign policy initiatives to come out of President Ursula von d...
Vol 61 No 23 | AFRICAGOVERNANCE Too low, says Mo 19th November 2020 African governance is in decline and Covid-19 is likely to make it worse, according to The Mo Ibrahim Foundation's 2020 Index of African Governance published on 17 November.* The '... READ FOR FREE
Vol 61 No 22 | ECONOMYAFRICA Pandemics stunt your growth 5th November 2020 Africa may have dodged a bullet on the Covid-19 health front but most of the economies are in intensive care One year after the International Monetary Fund predicted that sub-Saharan Africa's economies could expand on average by over 3% this year, the economic outlook is far worse. At las...