Vol 62 No 24 | AFRICAHEALTHCOVID-19 Jab race hits new snag 2nd December 2021 Slow and unpredictable supplies and donations continue to disrupt the roll-out of Covid-19 vaccines in Africa. According to the World Health Organization, most vaccine donations have been 'ad...
DISPATCHES Vol 62 No 24 | UNITED STATESAFRICA After a four-year near absence, Washington's officials get serious about Africa again 23rd November 2021 The US's top diplomats return to the continent with shuttle diplomacy, infrastructure funding and a democracy campaign Secretary of State Antony Blinken, the United States' top diplomat, spent much of his three-stop tour of Africa last week fighting the headlines. That diluted the bold aims... READ FOR FREE
Vol 62 No 23 | UNITED STATESAFRICA In on the Actum 18th November 2021 Actum International UK is the new big player in African political lobbying, taking over K–Street lobby shop Mercury Public Affairs' foreign lobbying contracts after absorbing Mercury's London affiliate,...
Vol 62 No 23 | UNITED STATESAFRICA Focused on the crises 18th November 2021 Boosting democracies and resolving conflicts were being pushed as the main themes of US Secretary of State Antony Blinken's Africa tour when he spoke in Nairobi on 17...
DISPATCHES Vol 62 No 23 | AFRICAUNITED NATIONSCLIMATE CHANGE African delegations frustrated by summit's weakness on climate finance and Europe's levies on fossil-fuel exports 11th November 2021 Hardest hit by climate change but producing the lowest emissions, the continent is losing out in the deal-making in Scotland Negotiators at the UN COP26 climate summit, which is due to close on 12 November, are racing to avert failure on its two main aims: to limit global... READ FOR FREE
Vol 62 No 22 | ECONOMYAFRICA A slow road to recovery 4th November 2021 The region’s economies on average will lose over 5% of output by 2024 relative to pre-pandemic trends, according to the IMF Twenty months since Covid-19 first disrupted the global economy, the outlook for Africa's economies remains subdued. The upgrades by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank at...
DISPATCHES Vol 62 No 22 | AFRICAHEALTHCOVID-19 Big pharma offers flurry of deals on vaccine plants in Africa ahead of critical talks on patents 29th October 2021 Continuing shortages of vaccines and medical equipment undermine the continent's fight against the pandemic Alongside climate change, uneven economic recovery from the pandemic, the deep inequities in vaccine distribution will be on the agenda again at the G20 talks in Rome on... READ FOR FREE
Vol 62 No 21 | FRANCEAFRICA Elysée tries to reset history 21st October 2021 Facing a tough election next year, President Macron is fighting off attacks from the far right and recasting Africa policy Despite hosting a new-style dialogue with activists and artists and attending a commemoration in Paris for a long hushed-up 1961 massacre of Algerian demonstrators, Emmanuel Macron's overhauling of...
Vol 62 No 21 | UNITED STATESAFRICA Phee's first footings 21st October 2021 Ghana and Burkina Faso are the first destinations for Mary Catherine 'Molly' Phee, newly confirmed as the Biden administration's top Africa official.
Vol 62 No 21 | TURKEYAFRICA Erdogan's Africa road-show 21st October 2021 After several years of gradually increasing its political role in Africa, Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has his eyes on trade.