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Vol 65 No 15 |

UNITED STATES
AFRICA

The influence brokers take a pay cut

10th July 2024

Governments and activists in Africa are driving harder bargains with Washington DC’s lobby shops

The latest slew of lobbying contracts in Washington DC are offering cut price services for African clients. It’s not clear why. Some argue that the clients are pushing prices...

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Vol 65 No 14 |

UNITED STATES
AFRICA

Military chief sets out Washington’s stall to win over new partners on the continent

25th June 2024

President Biden’s government is in talks over potential defence cooperation with Benin, Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana

This week’s trip to Botswana by Chair of the United States Joint Chiefs of Staff Charles Brown Jr, is the latest in a series of recent US government efforts to rebuild milita...

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Vol 65 No 13 |

UNITED STATES
AFRICA

Terrorism and cyber fraud targeted as FBI chief lands in Africa

19th June 2024

Visit to Kenya and Nairobi by the agency’s director is the latest effort by Washington to rebuild its intelligence relationships and influence on the continent

Last week’s visit of Christopher Wray, Director of the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), to Kenya and Nigeria to discuss the US government’s counter-...

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Vol 65 No 13 |

CONGO-KINSHASA
UNITED STATES

Kinshasa gets a new business Poynt man

19th June 2024

Washington consultant tapped to facilitate meeting of US and Congo-K business and political leaders in further sign of warming relations

Officials in Kinshasa have tasked United States businessman Aaron Poynton with organising a roundtable for US and Congolese business and political leaders in the coming weeks, as d...

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Vol 65 No 12 |

KENYA
UNITED STATES

Ruto revels in the western embrace

29th May 2024

Washington offers military deals and pushes hefty investments as Kenya's President is feted in the US capital

Investment deals worth billions of dollars may have been secured, but geopolitics was the main agenda item during President William Ruto's four-day state visit to the United States...

Vol 65 No 11 |

CONGO-KINSHASA
UNITED STATES

US mulls Gertler deal to secure minerals

23rd May 2024

The Biden administration risks undermining the credibility of the Magnitsky Act that was used to impose sanctions on the Israeli billionaire

The US government has proposed a deal with Israeli mining magnate Dan Gertler that would enable Gertler to sell his remaining royalty streams in Congolese mining assets and exit th...

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Vol 65 No 11 |

DJIBOUTI
UNITED STATES

US military influence faces growing pressure

21st May 2024

President Biden seeks Kenya’s support in the region as he withdraws troops from Niger and the Gaza war complicates America’s presence in Djibouti

The influence of the United States and its military base in Djibouti is likely to be a hot topic for President Joe Biden during Kenyan President William Ruto’s state visit to the W...

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Vol 65 No 10 |

CONGO-KINSHASA
UNITED STATES

Mining colossus Gécamines hires lobbyists to boost bargaining with Washington

2nd May 2024

Although his country sits on a cornucopia of critical minerals, President Tshisekedi has failed to draw in heavyweight investors

More deals between Washington and Kinshasa to secure supplies of critical minerals are being negotiated as both sides try to improve relations and avoid regulatory snafus – o...

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Vol 65 No 10 |

RWANDA
UNITED STATES

New diplomatic chill between US and Kigali over M23

8th May 2024

Washington blames the Rwandan army and the rebel militia group for the bombing of a displacement camp in Goma

The diplomatic chill between Rwanda and the United States has got colder after Washington implicated the Rwandan army in mortar attacks that killed at least 16 people in the area a...

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Vol 65 No 9 |

ZIMBABWE
UNITED STATES

Washington targets Mnangagwa for rights abuses and corruption but sends mixed messages

23rd April 2024

More focused US sanctions against ZANU-PF leaders will still deter investors – along with the regime's bad policies

On the sidelines of the IMF and World Bank meetings in Washington on 19 April, Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube said he had asked United States Treasury officials to let the country's...

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