Vol 58 No 7 | ISRAELAFRICA Plan Bibi for AU 31st March 2017 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 gov...
Vol 58 No 4 | UNITED STATESAFRICA Two trumpeteers overboard 17th February 2017 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 thi...
Vol 58 No 3 | UNITED STATESAFRICA Calling Trumpsville 3rd February 2017 Washington's radical changes in policy and alignments are starting to hit African governments and economies 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 b... READ FOR FREE
Vol 58 No 2 | ECONOMYAFRICA Global shocks, local differences 20th January 2017 Smaller countries outpace giants such as Nigeria and South Africa but progress on regional integration and industrialisation is lacking 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 between Cairo and Cape Tow... READ FOR FREE
Vol 58 No 2 | FRANCEAFRICA Paris sends Sahel signal 13th January 2017 With US policy on Africa still a cipher and the UK in retreat from Europe, France reaffirms its security commitments in the region 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 j...
Vol 57 No 19 | EUROPEAN UNIONAFRICA Funds to remain 23rd September 2016 The European Union last week launched a multi-billion euro Africa investment vehicle – with a stronger private investment element – in another bid to improve living sta...
Vol 57 No 13 | EUROPEAN UNIONAFRICA The General's identity crisis 24th June 2016 After a dramatic arrest in Khartoum there are doubts about whether British and Italian police have got the right man The mystery surrounding the identity of the Eritrean 'people-smuggler' arrested in Khartoum and deported to Italy shows the difficulty of unravelling smuggling networks. Is the man...
Vol 57 No 13 | EUROPEAN UNIONAFRICA Tighter rules on war booty 24th June 2016 European Union importers face tougher restrictions on conflict minerals after a deal was finally struck on 15 June. Due diligence checks, conducted according to Organisation for Ec...
Vol 57 No 11 | AFRICA Xenophobia on the rise 27th May 2016 Human rights activists are seeing violence against foreigners turning up in unexpected places Lusaka has long been known for welcoming foreigners and for the enlightened views of its leaders on outsiders and refugees. So, when Rwandan shops and other properties came under v...
Vol 57 No 4 | BURKINA FASOAFRICA The long arm of Al Qaida 8th February 2016 Last month's bombings in Ouagadougou could signal a much bigger campaign of attacks in Africa Al Qaida's military-security chief Seif el Adel is suspected by Western security experts of having played a key role in the bombing of the Splendid Hotel and the Café Cappuc...
