Vol 63 No 19 | AFRICABRITAIN Calls for a reset get louder with the death of the Queen 12th September 2022 Nearly simultaneous change at both Buckingham Palace and Downing Street offers a chance for a policy rethink on Africa With the passing of Queen Elizabeth II, an umbilical link with the generation of independence leaders has been broken. She knew them all, and almost every Commonwealth African lead...
Vol 63 No 18 | AFRICABRITAIN What will Truss mean for Africa? 4th August 2022 Although she heads the most diverse cabinet in Britain's history, new prime minister Liz Truss has shown little interest in engaging with African states When it emerged on 5 September that Britain's new Prime Minister Liz Truss was likely to appoint politicians of African descent to four of the most senior positions in her cabinet ... READ FOR FREE
Vol 63 No 18 | SOUTH AFRICABRITAIN Win for Hain's Bain campaign 31st August 2022 The Guptas and their allies enlisted big-name multinational firms in state capture and some are losing global business over their role Britain's three-year ban on public sector contracts with Bain & Co, the world's biggest management consultancy, for its 'grave professional misconduct' in South Africa may be p...
DISPATCHES Vol 63 No 14 | COMMONWEALTHBRITAIN Scotland wins leadership battle despite Whitehall opposition 30th June 2022 Battle for control of the organisation raises questions about its future and relevance in changing geopolitics Baroness Patricia Scotland won re-election as the Secretary General of the Commonwealth in a tight contest and bad-tempered finale to its summit in Kigali between 20 and 26 June, t... READ FOR FREE
Vol 63 No 14 | CONGO-KINSHASABRITAIN ENRC tests Serious Fraud Office 7th July 2022 A slew of court cases by Kazakh-owned Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation, aimed at stymying a bribery investigation, may be running out of steam. Now the critical question is w...
Vol 63 No 13 | AFRICABRITAIN Gaps in Glencore's guilty plea 23rd June 2022 By pleading guilty in Britain and the United States to grand corruption and paying out some US$1.5 billion in penalties, commodity giant Glencore has been trying to draw a line und...
DISPATCHES Vol 63 No 11 | AFRICABRITAIN Whitehall focuses on business and aid for trade as it cuts budgets 19th May 2022 Britain's new development plan links aid to market access but cuts funding to UN, IMF and World Bank programmes Launching Britain's international development strategy paper this week, Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said the policies aimed to challenge 'malign actors' and bring more countries in... READ FOR FREE
Vol 63 No 9 | RWANDABRITAIN Refugee deal faces delays as legal and political challenges grow 19th April 2022 The arrangement under which London could send asylum-seekers to Kigali would be politically useful for both countries' leaders Britain's plan to send asylum-seekers who cross the English Channel to Rwanda was due to start next month but faces serious legal challenges which could delay its introduction for ...
DISPATCHES Vol 62 No 22 | KENYABRITAIN Policy shifts on trade and public health 29th October 2021 Confusion over eligible vaccines and questions about a health-workers deal cast a shadow over Britain's trade campaign Although President Uhuru Kenyatta returned to Nairobi with £132 million (US$181m) in trade and investment deals after co-hosting the Global Education Summit with British Prim... READ FOR FREE
DISPATCHES Vol 62 No 22 | UNITED NATIONSBRITAINCLIMATE CHANGE Equity for developing nations will be key target of conference 27th October 2021 Rich countries are under pressure to step up pledges on climate finance and flexibility on energy policy African governments say there is growing unease about the weight given to environmental conditions on the continent in preparatory talks for the COP26 climate summit opening on 31 ... READ FOR FREE
