DISPATCHES Vol 62 No 14 | AFRICABRITAIN Multi-party rebellion against Johnson government's aid cuts 13th July 2021 British government plans to cut £4 billion (US$5.5bn) from aid budget sparks protests from philanthropists and politicians Civil society activists who joined forces with opposition MPs and Conservative rebels to force a parliamentary vote on 13 July on the British government's plan to cut its internati... READ FOR FREE
DISPATCHES Vol 62 No 11 | AFRICABRITAING7 Whitehall's planned foreign aid cuts condemned as immoral 7th June 2021 Parliamentary rebels in London organise to stop government's reneging on funding pledges just days ahead of G7 summit When the heads of state and government of the Group of 7 biggest economies meet in Cornwall on 11-13 June, their host, Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson, says he wants to focu... READ FOR FREE
DISPATCHES Vol 62 No 7 | KENYABRITAIN Voyage and vaccine inequities spark diplomatic row 9th April 2021 A 'special relationship' between President Uhuru Kenyatta and Premier Boris Johnson seems to have gone off the rails Angered by Britain's decision to put Kenya on its 'red list' of banned countries with coronavirus infection rates, President Uhuru Kenyatta's government responded by cancelling all... READ FOR FREE
DISPATCHES Vol 62 No 6 | MOROCCOBRITAINWESTERN SAHARA How the diplomatic impasse in North Africa hits trade 19th March 2021 Some $2.4 billion of British trade is at stake in the renewed conflict in the Western Sahara Britain, which launched its grand foreign policy review this week, has become entangled in the long-running saga over whether trade deals with Morocco apply to products coming from... READ FOR FREE
Vol 61 No 25 | AFRICABRITAIN Out of the shadows 17th December 2020 Although he wrote only two novels specifically on Africa, David Cornwell, pen name John Le Carré, who died on 12 December, was a colleague of and friend to many of those in ...
Vol 60 No 23 | AFRICABRITAIN Brexit and a trade pipe-dream 21st November 2019 Whatever happens in Britain's general election, the uncertainty over its trade policy, including ties with Africa, will continue next year A win for the Conservatives in the election on 12 December would mean Britain's formal exit from the European Union early next year. That would be followed by years of trade negoti... READ FOR FREE
Vol 59 No 20 | BOTSWANABRITAIN Elephants in an angry room 9th October 2018 Britain's royal family has been drawn into a political fight in Botswana over elephant poaching ahead of an international wildlife conference in London Former President Ian Khama's supporters are accusing his successor Mokgweetsi Masisi of presiding over the mass slaughter of elephants by ivory hunters in Botswana. Until now Botsw... READ FOR FREE
Vol 58 No 23 | AFRICABRITAIN Trading on the fly 17th November 2017 The latest leg of British Secretary of State for International Trade Liam Fox's African charm offensive found itself overshadowed when his colleague International Development Secre...
Vol 58 No 22 | SOUTH AFRICABRITAIN Snagged by the Guptas' global reach 1st November 2017 Regulators failed to stop London-based banks laundering hundreds of millions of dollars stolen from South Africa HSBC, one of Britain's biggest banks, has been accused by a British peer of complicity in a US$500 million money-laundering scheme organised by businesses controlled by the Gupta f...
Vol 56 No 22 | DJIBOUTIBRITAIN Guelleh battles in court 6th November 2015 It started as a legal dispute with a business partner but now the President’s credibility is on trial and his wealth is on open display It points to the fragility of President Ismaïl Omar Guelleh's position that a mismanaged legal battle with one of his political rivals in London's High Court could undermine h...
