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Vol 63 No 19 |

EGYPT
UNITED STATES

Washington makes symbolic cuts to Cairo's military aid

21st September 2022

Despite unease about his authoritarian rule, General El Sisi has got most of his requested military aid and diplomatic access

As the second biggest recipient of United States' military aid after Israel, Egypt remains a strategic priority for Washington despite growing calls from human rights campaigners f...

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Vol 63 No 17 |

LIBERIA
UNITED STATES

George Weah signs up more Washington spin doctors

9th August 2022

As the president’s popularity dips in Monrovia with elections due next year he is seeking help from consultants across the Atlantic

Few African politicians have been keener to work with United States political consultancies than President George Weah in his four years in office.

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Vol 63 No 16 |

BURKINA FASO
UNITED STATES

Veteran Israeli lobbyist helps Damiba's junta

28th July 2022

As US officials fret over Ouagadougou falling into Moscow's orbit, Ari Ben-Menashe offers arms and public relations services to the regime

The junta under Lt Col Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba has run out of ideas as Islamist insurgents step up attacks against towns and villages, as well as mines and other economic target...

Vol 63 No 16 |

UNITED STATES
AFRICA

Washington in summit race with Moscow

27th July 2022

President Biden organises his African leaders' meeting for mid-December while President Putin delays his grand conference until mid-2023

As geopolitical tensions rise, the tally of Africa summits is mounting – with grand conferences with the continent's leaders being organised this year by the European Union, ...

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Vol 63 No 16 |

President Macron and Foreign Minister Lavrov vie for influence in pan-African tours this week

26th July 2022

Russia and its western rivals are ratcheting up the blame game over deepening international financial and production crises

On parallel tracks across Africa, this week France and Russia are trying to win the information war over which state or alliance of states is responsible for the galloping food, fe...

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Vol 63 No 15 |

KENYA
UNITED STATES

Washington raises its trade offer

21st July 2022

The confirmation by the United States Senate that Hewlett Packard chief executive Margaret Whitman will take over as Washington's Ambassador to Kenya, as the US Commerce department...

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Vol 63 No 9 |

Washington and Brussels edge back on Western Sahara

21st April 2022

Recognising Algeria's power on gas supply, the US and the EU are rowing back on support for Morocco's plan for the disputed region

After tilting strongly in favour of Rabat's offer of 'limited autonomy' to the Western Sahara as an alternative to a UN-organised referendum, the United States and the European Uni...

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Vol 63 No 7 |

TUNISIA
UNITED STATES

Washington toughens stance on aid amid galloping fuel and food prices

23rd March 2022

The US Congress wants conditions on aid to President Saïed's autocratic regime as it tries to negotiate an IMF bail-out

Prompted by rights activists, business interests and opposition politicians in Tunisia, the United States's Congress is linking official aid budgets to a reversing of President Ka&...

Vol 63 No 7 |

KENYA
UNITED STATES

Al Qaida bomb compensation

31st March 2022

A new front has opened in the long-running battle for compensation for the non-American victims of the 1998 bombings of the United States embassies in Kenya and Tanzania. A group o...

Vol 63 No 7 |

Rabat strengthens Sahara grip

31st March 2022

Morocco is exerting an ever-tighter grip on the diplomacy over the disputed territory of Western Sahara, after Israel's Foreign Minister Yair Lapid became the latest to endorse its...

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