DISPATCHES Vol 66 No 18 | SOUTH AFRICA Pretoria cancels naval drills with Russia and China due to hosting G20 summit 8th September 2025 President Cyril Ramaphosa appears unwilling to risk any action that may further anger the Trump administration South Africa has scrapped plans to hold a naval exercise with China and Russia in November in a bid to avoid diplomatic embarrassment as it would have coincided... READ FOR FREE
DISPATCHES Vol 66 No 18 | SUDAN RSF intensifies siege of El Fasher by building barrier 8th September 2025 City is strategically important as it is SAF’s final foothold in Darfur The Rapid Support Forces (RSF), led by General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo ‘Hemeti’, have intensified efforts to take control of El Fasher, the capital of North Darfur, by building... READ FOR FREE
DISPATCHES Vol 66 No 18 | CÔTE D'IVOIRE Thiam faces election judgement day 8th September 2025 Should the candidate’s ban be upheld, President Ouattara may face no credible challenger in October vote, raising concerns of violence. Tidjane Thiam faces a judgement by the Constitutional Court this week on his application to be reinstated as a candidate for the presidential elections on 25 October. READ FOR FREE
DISPATCHES Vol 66 No 18 | ETHIOPIA Dangote to build $2.5 billion Ethiopian fertiliser plant 1st September 2025 Nigerian company also signs deal to construct gas pipeline Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s government plans to make Ethiopia a major African fertiliser producer after signing a US$2.5 billion agreement with Nigeria’s Dangote Group to build one of... READ FOR FREE
DISPATCHES Vol 66 No 18 | SOUTH AFRICAEUROPEAN UNION Pretoria demands equal treatment to US on EU carbon border tax 1st September 2025 Concessions to Washington are likely to ramp up opposition to levy South Africa has stepped up its demands for concessions from the EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) after Brussels’ recent deal with Washington. In a letter to the... READ FOR FREE
DISPATCHES Vol 66 No 18 | RWANDAUNITED STATES Rwanda takes first US deportees, but terms of deal remain secret 1st September 2025 Denmark among European countries considering follow UK and US lead Rwanda has become the latest African state to accept foreign deportees from United States after confirming that it had received seven people expelled by Washington. READ FOR FREE
DISPATCHES Vol 66 No 17 | BOTSWANA Qatari cash could help Boko’s De Beers bid 25th August 2025 Investments worth up to $12 billion should help government plug deficit President Duma Boko is hoping that pledged Qatari investments worth up to US$12 billion will help plug a hefty deficit left by his predecessor and boost his bid... READ FOR FREE
DISPATCHES Vol 66 No 17 | LIBYA Haftar’s eastern allies set to approve Turkey oil pact 25th August 2025 Ankara’s support for rival Tripoli-based administration had held up legislature’s backing Having previously rejected it due to Ankara’s support for the rival government based in Tripoli, the Tobruk-based House of Representatives (HoR) aligned with General Khalifa Haftar is set... READ FOR FREE
DISPATCHES Vol 66 No 17 | UGANDA Museveni agrees to take US deportees to win Trump’s favour 25th August 2025 Uganda’s move to accede to Washington’s demands follows those by South Sudan and Congo-Kinshasa Uganda’s agreement to accept deported migrants from the United States as long as they don't have criminal records and are not unaccompanied minors is the latest success in... READ FOR FREE
DISPATCHES Vol 66 No 17 | AFRICAN UNION Mapping Africa’s future 18th August 2025 The African Union is pushing for wholesale rejection of the misleading Mercator map in favour of a new Equal Earth projection The African Union (AU) is urging the international community to ditch the 16th century Mercator map by endorsing the Equal Earth Wall Map which bills itself as ‘showing... READ FOR FREE