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
DISPATCHES Vol 66 No 15 | MOROCCOEUROPEAN UNION Morocco to get EU cash under migrant control deal 21st July 2025 Rabat is latest country to formalise arrangements with Brussels European Union and Moroccan officials are working on a ‘cash for migrant control’ deal that would place border management at the heart of their relationship. At a press... READ FOR FREE
DISPATCHES Vol 66 No 15 | ETHIOPIA MSF implies Ethiopian troops killed aid workers, piling pressure on Abiy 21st July 2025 Charity’s probe made public after Addis Ababa failed to investigate Médecins Sans Frontières’ conclusion that in 2021 Ethiopian troops ‘executed’ three of the medical charity’s employees during the fierce fighting in the northern Tigray province is likely to... READ FOR FREE
DISPATCHES Vol 66 No 15 | KENYA Electoral commission gets fresh board after two years of inertia 14th July 2025 New chair with links to President Ruto may face battle over voter registration The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) finally has new leadership following more than two years of inertia after a court in Nairobi ruled against a petition challenging... READ FOR FREE
DISPATCHES Vol 66 No 15 | MOZAMBIQUE Total’s LNG project moves closer to restart 14th July 2025 Plan to resume operations in July has backing of President Chapo TotalEnergies’ US$20 billion liquefied natural gas (LNG) project in northern Mozambique is eyeing a rapid resumption, with the French oil and gas major informing contractors to prepare for... READ FOR FREE
DISPATCHES Vol 66 No 15 | UNITED STATESTRADEAFRICA Trump targets four countries with new tariff 14th July 2025 Despite US pledges, plans for AGOA revamp are unclear South Africa, Libya, Algeria and Tunisia were among a group of over 20 countries to be issued with tariff letters from United States President Donald Trump’s administration this... READ FOR FREE