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Brussels gets a new Africa corps

The European Commission has used one problem to solve another after strategically appointing Portuguese diplomat Salvador Pinto da França as the Africa advisor to Kaja Kallas, the EU’s...


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Expanding the Lobito corridor

US President Biden wants to make the Lobito Corridor project a legacy of his administration’s Africa policy on his visit to Angola next week

After repeated delays, United States President Joe Biden’s valedictory visit to Angola has been rescheduled for 2 December. He is to be welcomed at Lobito port by Angolan...

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Africa counts the costs of the failure of climate diplomacy

African states are among the biggest losers from the minimalist pledges in the final hours of the UN COP29 climate summit in Baku on 23 November

After an underwhelming 10 days in Azerbaijan, with criticism of the host country’s organisation of the talks and of the political commitment from most of the summit’s major...

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Leaders look for deals in the Trump marketplace

States rich in critical minerals could win big investments as Washington jostles for access with Beijing

Countries sitting on the minerals to power the energy transition – such as copper, cobalt and lithium – expect a more determined push for access from US mining...


It’s the economy, Macron!

Paris has lost power in its old chasse gardée but French companies are spreading their wings across the continent

President Emmanuel Macron’s government is wheeling out the ministers of finance, trade and foreign affairs on 19-20 November to meet African businesses and official delegates to cut deals...

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Mixed progress on Putin’s agenda

While the BRICS summit made limited headway, the US and EU should not underestimate the strength of antipathy to the multilateral institutions

Hosting last week’s BRICS summit in Kazan was a welcome break from two years of international isolation for President Vladimir Putin and a golden opportunity to increase Russia’s...


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