Vol 64 No 3 | RUSSIAAFRICA President Putin's Africa summit in July will be key diplomatic test 26th January 2023 Foreign Minister Lavrov tours Southern Africa as Moscow wins more battles in information war with Europe and the US Russian officials are confident that South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa will attend President Vladimir Putin's Russia-Africa summit due to be held in late July in St Petersburg. The...
Vol 64 No 22 | CLIMATE CHANGESPECIAL REPORT Fight over control of loss and damage fund dominates pre-summit talks 31st October 2023 Key questions are whether the World Bank or the UN will control the new fund – and the cost of its loans | Special Report by Tim Concannon The schism between the west and developing economies over compensation for the damage caused by climate change is dominating preparatory talks ahead of the UN COP28 Climate summit... READ FOR FREE
Vol 2 (AAC) No 1 | BURKINA FASOGAMBIATAIWAN Diplomacy still has dollars for some 27th November 2008 Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou’s desire to put an end to ‘dollar diplomacy’ has been put to the test by his counterparts in Burkina Faso and Gambia. Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou’s desire to put an end to ‘dollar diplomacy’ (AAC Vol 1 No 11) has been put to the test by his counterparts in Burkina...
Vol 51 No 24 | GAMBIAIRAN Iranian guns and a king in Banjul 3rd December 2010 As he plans to install himself as monarch, President Jammeh has cut ties with Tehran over a mysterious arms shipment None of the official explanations - from either Tehran or Banjul - of why Iran was sending arms to Gambia via Nigeria make any sense. Gambia's President Yahya...
Vol 67 No 4 | KENYARUSSIA Cannon fodder on the front line 20th February 2026 A report by the All Eyes on Wagner (AEOW) investigative group, published on 11 February, lists 1,417 fighters from 35 African countries who joined the Russian army between...