Vol 60 No 16 | UNITED ARAB EMIRATESAFRICA The Crown Prince’s power play 9th August 2019 From Benghazi to Assab and Khartoum, the UAE’s strongman has emerged as a key player in regional conflicts The world has woken up to the dynamic and ruthless Abu Dhabi Crown Prince and Deputy Supreme Commander of the United Arab Emirates Armed Forces, Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al Nahaya...
Vol 60 No 16 | UNITED STATESAFRICA AGOA no go 9th August 2019 The days of the African Growth and Opportunity Act, which has granted tariff-free access for 6,500 products to the United States from 39 African countries since 2000, may be number...
Vol 60 No 10 | EUROPEAN UNIONAFRICAACP EU-ACP ties in question 17th May 2019 A joint ministerial council on 23-24 May had been earmarked as the moment for formally concluding the successor to the Cotonou Agreement, governing the next 20 years of relations b...
Vol 60 No 9 | ECONOMYAFRICA Slowing down but borrowing more 3rd May 2019 International financial institutions are downgrading their growth prospects for the continent As the International Monetary Fund and World Bank held their spring meetings in Washington DC last month, economists with both institutions presented an Africa growth picture which... READ FOR FREE
Vol 60 No 9 | UNITED KINGDOMAFRICA Move over darling 3rd May 2019 The UK's Conservative government is taking a leaf out of France's book by promoting the English language in sub-Saharan Africa, including those countries normally considered exclus...
Vol 60 No 3 | ECONOMYAFRICA Glitches in the growth 8th February 2019 A pan-African market will boost the region but governments are lagging behind on policies to create jobs and diversify the economies When African Union leaders meet in Addis Ababa to ratify the continent's free trade area on 9-10 February, it will be against a backdrop of gloomy forecasts about global economic t... READ FOR FREE
Vol 60 No 2 | AFRICA Africa in 2019: The youngest continent fights back 25th January 2019 Shakier economies and an accelerating youth revolt dominate our second special issue on the year ahead There are clear parallels between the wave of protests demanding radical change across Africa this month with the early days of the North African revolt in 2011, known as the Arab ... READ FOR FREE
Vol 60 No 1 | AFRICA Disputes, disruptions and a new diplomatic order 11th January 2019 In the first of two special issues our correspondents look at the most critical political and economic developments in the year ahead Campaigners, politicians and plotters have started the year with a flurry of activity: protests about electoral shenanigans in Congo-Kinshasa; demonstrations demanding the exit of ... READ FOR FREE
Vol 60 No 1 | ECONOMYAFRICAOBITUARY Adieu 2018, legacies of a troubled year 31st December 2018 A boost for continental trade and radical change in the Horn Radical political change and peace-making in Ethiopia, together with the signing of the African Continental Free Trade Area agreement, lifted spirits in Africa as other regions bec... READ FOR FREE
Vol 59 No 25 | UNITED STATESAFRICA 'America first' for Africa 21st December 2018 The White House's Africa strategy is more Pentagon than State, but there is much continuity, albeit in stridently Trumpian language When US National Security Advisor John Bolton set out what he called 'The Trump Administration's New Africa Strategy' on 13 December at The Heritage Foundation, the conservative th...