Vol 58 No 19 | ISRAELAFRICA Bibi rebuffed 22nd September 2017 A five-day Africa-Israel summit scheduled for 23 October in Lomé, Togo, has been postponed indefinitely after pressure from African governments and fears of a boycott. South Africa...
Vol 58 No 13 | ISRAELAFRICA Friends in African places 23rd June 2017 Israel is working harder on improving relations in Africa than at any time since its 1970s' diplomatic push which was designed to isolate its Arab enemies. Prime Minister Benjamin ...
Vol 58 No 7 | ISRAELAFRICA Plan Bibi for AU 31st March 2017 Israel's latest African charm offensive will peak with an Israel-Africa summit on security and development in Lomé, Togo, in October. The organisers hope to have 25 sub-Saharan gov...
Vol 55 No 15 | SUDANISRAEL Proxy battles, real war 25th July 2014 The explosions that destroyed an arms depot at El Geili north of Khartoum on 18 July prompted a welter of speculation on news sites and social media. Many thought that Israel had t...
Vol 53 No 22 | SUDANISRAEL Target Khartoum 2nd November 2012 Israel’s attack on a Khartoum arms factory highlights its tougher line in Africa and Sudan’s growing ties with Iran Taken by surprise, Khartoum officials at first offered contradictory explanations for the devastating attack on the El Yarmouk arms factory in Khartoum at around midnight on 23-24 ...
Vol 52 No 8 | SUDANISRAEL Hosting Hamas 15th April 2011 Khartoum’s hopes of removal from the United States’ state sponsors of terrorism list took a knock on 5 April when Israel bombed a vehicle near Port Sudan, killing two. Independent ...
Vol 50 No 19 | ISRAELAFRICA A business and strategic foray 25th September 2009 As Iran spreads its influence in Africa, Israel tries to return to a continent where it once had many friends Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman’s five-country trip to Africa on 2-9 September showed the extent of diplomatic ground which Israel has lost over the past three decades, since th...
Vol 48 No 10 | ANGOLAISRAEL Exit Arkady 11th May 2007 A quarrel over business spoils seems to lie behind the hasty departure of Russo-Israeli businessman Arkady Gaydamak from Luanda late last month.
Vol 48 No 2 | SUDANISRAEL Promised land 19th January 2007 Egypt's arrest of a Sudanese attempting to cross into Israel on 17 January points to a new problem for Darfur refugees. Nearly 300 Sudanese have crossed the border from Sinai in th...
Vol 47 No 12 | NIGERIAISRAEL Aliyu and the drones 9th June 2006 The row over a US$200 million contract won by Israel's Aeronautics Ventures to supply aerial drones for use in the Niger Delta coincides with last week's sacking of National Securi...