DISPATCHES Vol 65 No 10 | BOTSWANARWANDAUNITED KINGDOM Gaborone turns down London after Rwanda law comes into force 30th April 2024 Botswana has rejected another 'cash-for-asylum-seekers' deal saying it cannot commit to hosting people not knowing what the end game will be Days after the UK Parliament finally passed a law that will allow asylum seekers to be sent to Rwanda where their claims will be considered, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak appears dete... READ FOR FREE
Vol 64 No 10 | UNITED KINGDOMAFRICA Colonial spotlight 11th May 2023 Britain's colonial past cast an awkward shadow over the Coronation of King Charles III of England on 6 May despite his efforts to deliver an inclusive multi-faith and multi-racial ...
Vol 62 No 14 | UNITED KINGDOMDENMARKMIGRATION Imitation on asylum 8th July 2021 Denmark has faced harsh criticism from the European Commission, the UN Refugee Agency and civil society after passing a law last month that allows for refugees to be sent to a thir...
Vol 62 No 5 | GHANAKENYAUNITED KINGDOMEAST AFRICAN COMMUNITY In on the act 4th March 2021 Kenya's trade agreement with the United Kingdom finalised in November was sold as a diplomatic triumph in Nairobi but met with consternation in East Africa's other capitals. The Ea...
Vol 62 No 4 | UNITED KINGDOMAFRICA Far from obvious 18th February 2021 A year after promising to be Africa's 'partner of choice', the UK is offering little beyond more of the same In ordinary times, January's UK-Africa investment summit – the second such event ever and the first international investment event Britain has hosted since leaving the Europe...
Vol 62 No 3 | UGANDAUNITED KINGDOM African concerns 4th February 2021 Britain's Minister for Africa, James Duddridge MP, has come in for criticism from the Labour opposition in Parliament for not expressing more concern about the conduct of the Ugand...
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 61 No 13 | UNITED KINGDOMAFRICA Retreating from the stage 25th June 2020 Merging the Department for International Development with the Foreign Office is more about opinion polls than policy substance Prime Minister Boris Johnson's announcement that the Department for International Development (DFID) will be subsumed into the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) in September pr...
Vol 60 No 9 | UNITED KINGDOMAFRICA Move over darling 3rd May 2019 The UK's Conservative government is taking a leaf out of France's book by promoting the English language in sub-Saharan Africa, including those countries normally considered exclus...
Vol 58 No 20 | NIGERIAUNITED KINGDOM Game of mansions 22nd September 2017 The fondness of the Nigerian oil elite for palatial homes in London’s exclusive St. John's Wood emerges from our latest investigation Igho Sanomi, the Nigerian oil trader who became a billionaire from contracts obtained while Diezani Allison-Madueke was oil minister, bought a £28.5 million (US$39 mn.) British Vir...