DISPATCHES Vol 66 No 17 | GHANA Helicopter crash robs Mahama of two key ministerial allies 11th August 2025 As the nation mourns, no clear evidence has emerged to explain what brought the helicopter down Defence Minister Edward Omane Boamah and Environment Minister Ibrahim Murtala Muhammed were among eight people killed on 6 August when a military helicopter crashed in the central Ashanti... READ FOR FREE
DISPATCHES Vol 66 No 17 | SUDAN Hemeti’s new Darfur-based government faces recognition struggle 11th August 2025 Kenya may come under US pressure for perceived support of RSF administration The Rapid Support Forces’ (RSF) new parallel government faces a tough task in persuading neighbours to recognise it amid a pushback by international organisations including the African Union. READ FOR FREE
DISPATCHES Vol 66 No 17 | RWANDACONGO-KINSHASA Verbal brickbats exchanged as Doha peace talks stutter 11th August 2025 Trump target of progress before 9 September start of UN General Assembly is unlikely to be met Peace talks in Doha are under pressure after the Rwanda-backed M23 rebel group complained that it had not received an invitation to the talks scheduled on Friday 8... READ FOR FREE
DISPATCHES Vol 66 No 16 | CÔTE D'IVOIRE Ruling RHDP backs Ouattara for a fourth term 4th August 2025 Party’s survival strategy risks triggering electoral turmoil as key opposition figures are banned The ruling Rassemblement des houphouëtistes pour la démocratie et la paix (RHDP) is pushing for President Alassane Ouattara in elections on 25 October – without him on the... READ FOR FREE
DISPATCHES Vol 66 No 16 | ANGOLA Fuel subsidy cuts trigger protests and clashes with police 4th August 2025 More than 20 killed in disorder that has spread beyond Luanda President João Lourenço’s administration has been striving to cut fuel subsidies to reduce debt servicing costs while avoiding disorder. But it has failed to strike that balance and... READ FOR FREE
DISPATCHES Vol 66 No 16 | UNITED STATESSOMALILAND Secessionist leader Irro tempts Trump with minerals for recognition 4th August 2025 Hargeisa is also offering the US a Red Sea military base Somaliland’s President Abdirahman Mahamed Abdullahi Irro is the latest African leader to appeal to US President Donald Trump’s transactional instincts by offering Washington a military base on the... READ FOR FREE
DISPATCHES Vol 66 No 16 | UNITED KINGDOMAFRICA Africa faces the brunt of Whitehall’s aid cuts 28th July 2025 Development budget reduced as military spending increases Africa will be the main victim of cuts to the UK’s foreign aid budget, according to a new report and impact assessment by the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development... READ FOR FREE
DISPATCHES Vol 66 No 16 | KENYA Sifuna goes rogue as ODM splits deepen 28th July 2025 Party challenge to Odinga potentially harms Ruto’s 2027 re-election bid Orange Democratic Movement General Secretary Edwin Sifuna has stepped up his attacks on the deal between his party leader Raila Odinga and President William Ruto. Sifuna says that... READ FOR FREE
DISPATCHES Vol 66 No 16 | MALI HRW demands African Union investigation into Wagner executions 28th July 2025 Rights group claims Russian mercenaries worked with Malian army on herder killings Over 80 Fulani herders have disappeared and at least a dozen have been executed by the Malian army and Wagner group, the Russian mercenary outfit, according to a... READ FOR FREE
DISPATCHES Vol 66 No 15 | SOUTH AFRICAG20 Two cheers for multilateralism 21st July 2025 President Cyril Ramaphosa’s G20 agenda was boosted by agreeing a consensus communique at Finance Ministers meeting in Durban on 18 July The text itself is low on substance: its references to the importance of multilateral cooperation, the World Trade Organization and ‘rules based’ trade are hardly radical. Nor are... READ FOR FREE