Vol 66 No 24 | AFRICAUNITED NATIONSCLIMATE CHANGEG20 Johannesburg and Belém summits send defiant message to Trump 26th November 2025 Multilateralism survived and African leaders got some progress on debt, minerals and climate change at the G20 and the COP30 Winning a sort of victory in the teeth of United States opposition, South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa rescued Africa’s first G20 on 22-23 November, pushing through a leaders’...
DISPATCHES Vol 66 No 20 | SOMALIAUNITED NATIONSAFRICAN UNION Slim pickings for Somalia security fund 29th September 2025 African leaders are warning that Somalia’s security is at risk due to a funding shortfall African leaders have warned international partners that Somalia’s security situation in its battle with the Al Shabaab terror group could regress if they don’t cough up extra cash... READ FOR FREE
Vol 66 No 19 | ECONOMYAFRICAUNITED NATIONSTAX After US walkout, African officials push ahead with global tax treaty 16th September 2025 EU states in talks as Egypt’s Youssef aims for legally binding framework after Nairobi meeting in November Against an unpromising diplomatic backdrop, the African-led push for a UN tax convention to boost public revenues by countering illicit financial flows is making progress through the labyrinthine...
Vol 66 No 18 | KENYAUNITED NATIONS Relocation and dislocation 12th September 2025 The relocation of several United Nations agencies – including UN Women, the UN Children’s Fund and the UN Population Fund – to Nairobi, as part of the UN80...
Vol 66 No 17 | AFRICAUNITED NATIONSCLIMATE CHANGE ICJ climate ruling opens floodgates for billions in pollution payouts 22nd August 2025 The UN court’s opinion defining greenhouse gas emissions as ‘internationally wrongful acts’ argues for climate finance to become a legal obligation for the main polluting countries The ruling by the UN’s top court that countries may be held legally accountable for their greenhouse gas emissions and the environmental damage they cause could help reshape...
Vol 66 No 15 | AFRICAUNITED NATIONSDEBT High hopes, little change 25th July 2025 After yet another UN summit, African governments see sparse progress on debt relief or global financial reform The familiar sound of empty promises rang around Seville at the close of the latest UN summit on international financial reforms. Few delegates from developing nations trusted commitments...
Vol 66 No 14 | AFRICAUNITED NATIONSCLIMATE CHANGE Bonn summit exposes rifts and inertia on climate action 8th July 2025 Geopolitical rivalries are sinking the UN treaty to cut carbon emissions and protect developing economies ahead of the Brazil summit in November The UN’s preparatory climate summit in Bonn from 16-26 June offered a grim portent of what may happen in the main event – the UN COP30 climate summit...
DISPATCHES Vol 66 No 14 | AFRICAUNITED NATIONSHEALTH Summit delivers vaccine cash but US sits out 30th June 2025 US health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jnr has criticised a key Gavi vaccine Gavi, the global vaccine alliance, secured most of the funding it needs for its next five years of operations at a pledging summit in Brussels on 25 June,... READ FOR FREE
Vol 66 No 13 | EUROPEAN UNIONUNITED NATIONSAFRICAN UNION Development finance implodes with rich countries shifting to military budgets 24th June 2025 Ahead of the UN summit in Seville, delegates are preparing to battle over radical reforms to aid as western states cut funds and cooperation plans The civic activists, businesspeople, former and serving top UN and government officials agreed on one headline at the Mo Ibrahim Foundation conference in Marrakech at the beginning of...
Vol 66 No 13 | UNITED NATIONSAFRICAN UNIONHEALTH Gavi vaccine summit seeks a shot in the arm 20th June 2025 A pledging conference in Brussels will test rich countries’ willingness to plug the gaps left after the USAID shut down Public health systems in Africa and Asia could face more pressure on their budgets on 25 June when Gavi, the global vaccine alliance, holds its five-year donor pledging...