DISPATCHES Vol 67 No 9 | SOMALIAEUROPEAN UNIONAFRICAN UNION Brussels bankrolls the fight against Al Shabaab – but only just 27th April 2026 The EU has thrown AUSSOM a €75 million lifeline pulling the mission back from the brink after questions of US funding – but the money lasts only until June EU foreign ministers have agreed to commit an additional €75 million (US$87m) to the African Union Support and Stabilisation Mission (AUSSOM) in Somalia, in a move that should... READ FOR FREE
Vol 67 No 9 | EUROPEAN UNIONAFRICAN UNION Take back migrants or face tariffs 1st May 2026 Refuse to take back asylum seekers and economic migrants whose applications to live in Europe have been rejected, and we will impose trade tariffs on you; that is...
DISPATCHES Vol 67 No 7 | GHANAUNITED NATIONSAFRICAN UNION Mahama and the African Union win UN vote on slavery 30th March 2026 Landmark resolution classes the trans-Atlantic slave trade as ‘gravest crime’ against humanity, urging apologies and reparations Ghana and the African Union have secured a diplomatic triumph after winning a sweeping majority in the United Nations for a resolution drafted by Accra calling for reparations... READ FOR FREE
DISPATCHES Vol 67 No 7 | KENYAAFRICAN UNIONG7 Ruto the winner as Ramaphosa plays down G7 snub 30th March 2026 Macron denies he buckled under US pressure to exclude South Africa from western G7 crisis summit in France There was much diplomatic manoeuvring after a presidential spokesman in South Africa announced on 26 March that France’s invitation to President Cyril Ramaphosa to attend the G7 summit... READ FOR FREE
Vol 67 No 7 | GHANAAFRICAN UNIONBRITAIN Win-win or spin-spin 3rd April 2026 The soft launch for Neofingo, a ‘Ghana-Britain digital trade finance corridor’, by a public and non-profit consortium on 28 March championed a new way to cut through the...
Vol 67 No 4 | UNITED NATIONSAFRICAN UNION The Absentee Union 20th February 2026 Two days of speeches in Addis Ababa skirted around harsh realities – the AU’s lack of independent finance and its failure to prevent conflict As a measure of the dysfunction of the international system, the African Union has a special role, according to the United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres. ‘In a world...
Vol 67 No 3 | UNITED STATESAFRICAN UNIONG20 ‘Social justice’ off the G20 summit agenda 28th January 2026 Trump’s exclusion of South Africa from the Miami summit shouldn’t deter other Africans from attending, says Washington United States diplomats have told African governments and others planning to attend December’s G20 summit in Miami that if they want to continue to address issues such as...