Africa

The official theme of the fifth European Union-African Union joint summit in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, which ended yesterday (30 November), was 'Investing in Youth'. Instead, footage of...

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seems determined to revive his planned Africa-Israel Summit. The event, due to take place in Togo in September, had to be abandoned in...

The speech by France's head of state in Ouagadougou on the eve of the 29 November Abidjan summit will be a cornerstone of his international strategy, and advisors...

The latest leg of British Secretary of State for International Trade Liam Fox's African charm offensive found itself overshadowed when his colleague International Development Secretary Priti Patel was...

Hopes that the African Development Bank (AfDB) might maintain its recent 'Afro-optimism' were temporarily subdued on 12 October when the bank reduced its 2017 growth forecast for African...

A five-day Africa-Israel summit scheduled for 23 October in Lomé, Togo, has been postponed indefinitely after pressure from African governments and fears of a boycott. South Africa led...

A ban on used jeans makes for an unlikely trade war. However, there are growing concerns that Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda will be among the first to feel...

African governments hoping for an easy ride from President Donald Trump's government got a reality check when, on 13 July, the Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR)...

Few expect Africa to be a priority for President Donald Trump in view of his determination to put 'America First'. Though he has not yet unpicked any of...

The United Kingdom's shock election result on 8 June, which deprived Prime Minister Theresa May of her governing majority, is likely to alter radically her Conservative government's negotiating...

Israel is working harder on improving relations in Africa than at any time since its 1970s' diplomatic push which was designed to isolate its Arab enemies. Prime Minister...

The sharp division that has opened between Africa's mega-economies, such as Nigeria, South Africa and Egypt, and the much smaller but more dynamic ones, such as Côte d'Ivoire,...

Few would have expected Africa to be the focus of Chancellor Angela Merkel's leadership of the Group of Twenty, whose presidency rotates annually. Nevertheless, she will host a...

Located within walking distance of the European Union institutions, Rue Belliard is the Brussels equivalent of Washington DC's K Street and the centre of the lobbying industry in...

The cost of political lobbying by American consultants on behalf of African governments and politicians is a tiny proportion of the billions of dollars spent by corporations, governments...

Never known for keeping a low profile, British former Prime Minister Tony Blair has been in the news again with the launch of his Tony Blair Institute for...

With the United Kingdom's divorce from the European Union now under way, government and business have launched a charm offensive in a bid to strengthen trade partnerships with...

Israel's latest African charm offensive will peak with an Israel-Africa summit on security and development in Lomé, Togo, in October. The organisers hope to have 25 sub-Saharan governments...

The forced exit of National Security Advisor General Michael Flynn and his Africa advisor, Marine Sergeant Robin Townley, from United States President Donald Trump's government this week are...

Until the outgoing Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, told the organisation's summit in Addis Ababa on 30 January that the United States' travel ban on...

Economic conditions in Africa this year might best be symbolised by the new railway boom, over a century after the failure of a colonial plan for a route...

More than 30 African leaders meet today (13 January) in Bamako, marking President François Hollande's farewell to the continent and a restatement of France's commitment to fight...