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Vol 66 No 25 |

Taking revenge, Trump excludes South Africa from next G20 summit in Miami

8th December 2025

Move comes after US President boycotted Johannesburg meeting

United States President Donald Trump’s administration is intensifying its diplomatic feud with South Africa, inviting Poland to next year’s G20 summit in Miami and excluding South Africa. President...

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Vol 66 No 25 |

KENYA
UNITED STATES

Ruto moves adeptly to shore up ties with Washington

8th December 2025

$1.7 billion of health assistance announced as replacement for USAID funding

Kenya will get US$1.7 billion of United States funding in the first of a series of bilateral health spending pacts that will replace assistance from the United States...

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Vol 66 No 24 |

NIGERIA
UNITED STATES

Deepening security crisis threatens Tinubu’s re-election plans

5th December 2025

Presidential allies blame political agendas and sabotage within the military for failure to protect citizens

In early November, officers in the Department of State Services received intelligence about a planned abduction at Government Girls’ Comprehensive Secondary School (GGCSS) in Maga, Kebbi State. They...

Vol 66 No 24 |

Funding woes dog anti-Islamic State war as Washington joins in

2nd December 2025

Puntland’s war on Da’ish drags on and piracy revives as President Said Deni prioritises electioneering above paying for troops

Puntland’s bitter campaign against Islamic State (IS or Da’ish), backed by United States special forces, shows no sign of let-up despite 11 months of fighting and the capture...

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Vol 66 No 24 |

Kagame accuses Kinshasa of brinkmanship ahead of White House deal signing due on 4 December

1st December 2025

There are also still no plans for withdrawal of Rwandan troops or M23’s disarmament at the heart of the fighting in the Kivu provinces

Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame has hedged on the prospect of a peace deal with Congo-Kinshasa being signed in Washington DC next week, accusing the Kinshasa government of having...

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Vol 66 No 23 |

President Chapo returns empty-handed from Houston

12th November 2025

ExxonMobil won’t recommit to its gas export scheme until Maputo agrees resumption terms with TotalEnergies

Over US$50 billion of gas investments are riding on the outcome of a financial fight between President Daniel Chapo’s government and France’s TotalEnergies Chief Executive Patrick Pouyanné. The...

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Vol 66 No 22 |

NIGERIA
UNITED STATES

Tinubu pushes back as Trump threatens military action over ‘killing of Christians’

3rd November 2025

US President says any attack would be ‘fast, vicious and sweet’ after Abuja officials claim separatist lobbyists are misleading Washington

Rejecting Washington’s 31 October designation of Nigeria as a country which violates religious freedom, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu said it did ‘not reflect our national reality’. He added...

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Vol 66 No 20 |

Peace talks falter as M23 tightens its grip on the Kivus

10th October 2025

Kinshasa balks at signing economic framework as Kigali-backed rebels consolidate territorial gains and set up proto-state

The pressure is mounting on Massad Boulos, senior Africa advisor to United States President Donald Trump, after the latest setback to his efforts to corral Congo-Kinshasa and Rwanda...

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Vol 66 No 20 |

CONGO-KINSHASA
UNITED STATES

First family politics and foreign suitors cast shadow over mining industry

9th October 2025

Kinshasa gets tough on cobalt quotas and mining leases under industry veteran and new mines minister Watum Kabamba

Congo-Kinshasa’s new Minister of Mines of Louis Watum Kabamba has inherited an ever more complex web of mining and trading relationships in a country that produces over 70%...

Vol 66 No 20 |

CIA veteran and Trump-linked lobbyists tried to sway US$5 billion corruption probes in Maputo and Luanda

1st October 2025

Washington-based BGR Group hired ex-Paris CIA station chief to aid defendants in sovereign wealth fund and hidden loans scandals

More questions are being raised about the accountability of lobbying companies after it has emerged in filings lodged with the United States government that veteran CIA agent Dale...

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