DISPATCHES Vol 62 No 14 | EGYPTETHIOPIASUDANTUNISIA Dam solidarity in North Africa 9th July 2021 The UN Security Council is likely to reject an effort by Tunisia to persuade it to intervene in the increasingly bitter regional dispute over Ethiopia's mega-dam In a rare outbreak of north African solidarity, Tunisia has called on the United Nations Security Council to finalise a binding agreement between Ethiopia, Sudan and Egypt on... READ FOR FREE
DISPATCHES Vol 62 No 14 | ZIMBABWE Tagwirei probe indicts top government officials 5th July 2021 An independent investigation raises more questions about the businessman's ties to President Mnangagwa, his Deputy and the Reserve Bank governor Behind the opaque corporate structures set up by local mogul Kudakwashe Tagwirei, there is evidence that officials have used state resources to sponsor his network of over 40... READ FOR FREE
DISPATCHES Vol 62 No 14 | ESWATINI A king–size crisis 5th July 2021 Brutal army crackdowns against pro-democracy protests have prompted concerns among Eswatini's neighbours, with the Southern African Development Community sending a team of 16 ministers to the country on... READ FOR FREE
DISPATCHES Vol 62 No 14 | FINANCE Going for the green 5th July 2021 The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, which currently provides financing for neighbours to EU countries, is set to become the latest development financial institution to expand its... READ FOR FREE
DISPATCHES Vol 62 No 13 | HEALTHCOVID-19 Pandemic's third wave batters health services 2nd July 2021 The UN system, IMF and World Bank sound new warning on deadly failures over vaccine deliveries to developing countries Almost a month after the Group of 7 summit, where the world's richest economies promised to deliver a billion vaccines to developing countries by early next year, there... READ FOR FREE
DISPATCHES Vol 62 No 13 | KENYA The Kenyatta-Odinga political plan goes back to the courts 2nd July 2021 Appeal court hearing will decide the fate of the Building Bridges Initiative and perhaps next year's elections Judges sat for five consecutive days at the Appeal Court to review the 14 May High Court ruling that the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI), at the centre of... READ FOR FREE
DISPATCHES Vol 62 No 13 | ETHIOPIA Government's war plan falls apart 1st July 2021 Addis Ababa under pressure to open negotiations as Tigrayan forces consolidate after retaking Mekelle Regional officials and diplomats are urging Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's government to launch talks with its opponents in Tigray three days after it pulled federal troops out of... READ FOR FREE
DISPATCHES Vol 62 No 13 | KENYA Odinga and Kenyatta plot deal on presidency and ministries 28th June 2021 Election pact hailed by insiders as return to Grand Coalition Government but sceptics abound For loyalists of Raila Odinga, his electoral negotiations with President Uhuru Kenyatta and the Jubilee party are the logical conclusion of their celebrated handshake deal which ended hostilities... READ FOR FREE
DISPATCHES Vol 62 No 13 | CÔTE D'IVOIRE Gbagbo's return poses big questions 21st June 2021 The former President may want to reconcile the country but even after a decade away, he remains a divisive political figure As his motorcade filed through the streets of Abidjan on 17 June from the airport at Port-Bouët towards his political headquarters in upmarket Cocody, ex-President Laurent Gbagbo's massive... READ FOR FREE
DISPATCHES Vol 62 No 13 | ETHIOPIA Tense vote overshadowed by regional divisions as Tigray war drags on 21st June 2021 Billed by Premier Abiy as a first attempt at 'free and fair elections', over 37 million are registered to vote for a new parliament Politicians across the spectrum agree that Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's Prosperity Party (PP) will win a substantial majority of the 547 seats in parliament in the national elections... READ FOR FREE