Vol 63 No 9 | RWANDABRITAIN Refugee deal faces delays as legal and political challenges grow 19th April 2022 The arrangement under which London could send asylum-seekers to Kigali would be politically useful for both countries' leaders Britain's plan to send asylum-seekers who cross the English Channel to Rwanda was due to start next month but faces serious legal challenges which could delay its introduction...
DISPATCHES Vol 62 No 22 | KENYABRITAIN Policy shifts on trade and public health 29th October 2021 Confusion over eligible vaccines and questions about a health-workers deal cast a shadow over Britain's trade campaign Although President Uhuru Kenyatta returned to Nairobi with £132 million (US$181m) in trade and investment deals after co-hosting the Global Education Summit with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson... READ FOR FREE
DISPATCHES Vol 62 No 22 | UNITED NATIONSBRITAINCLIMATE CHANGE Equity for developing nations will be key target of conference 27th October 2021 Rich countries are under pressure to step up pledges on climate finance and flexibility on energy policy African governments say there is growing unease about the weight given to environmental conditions on the continent in preparatory talks for the COP26 climate summit opening on 31... READ FOR FREE
DISPATCHES Vol 62 No 22 | MOROCCOBRITAIN New travel bans introduced as disputes break out over vaccine certificates 27th October 2021 Rabat bars some European visitors amid rising Covid infections and vaccine rules come under scrutiny After over a year of tight travel restrictions by European states on their Africa counterparts, the boot is on the other foot. Morocco has banned incoming and outbound... READ FOR FREE
Vol 62 No 21 | AFRICABRITAIN More on Air Blair 21st October 2021 Tony Blair's secretive lightning tour of Africa in September and October included meetings with five presidents in four days, Africa Confidential has now been able to confirm, mostly...
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... 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... 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 direct flights... 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...