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Vol 66 No 16 |

UNITED STATES
SOMALILAND

Secessionist leader Irro tempts Trump with minerals for recognition

4th August 2025

Hargeisa is also offering the US a Red Sea military base

Somaliland’s President Abdirahman Mahamed Abdullahi Irro is the latest African leader to appeal to US President Donald Trump’s transactional instincts by offering Washington a military base on the...

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Vol 66 No 16 |

LIBYA
UNITED STATES

Connecting Tripoli to Trump

8th August 2025

With a close eye on the oil and gas reserves managed in Tripoli and old ties to rogue General Khalifa Haftar, United States President Donald Trump is...

Vol 66 No 15 |

Trump ‘cash for migrants’ playbook hits roadblocks in Africa

18th July 2025

As the EU spends over US$9 billion on migration deals with African states, Washington is pushing its own plan

Opposition is mounting to efforts by US President Donald Trump’s administration to persuade African states to accept third-country deportees. Some governments such as Nigeria have openly rejected the...

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Vol 66 No 15 |

UNITED STATES
TRADE
AFRICA

Trump targets four countries with new tariff

14th July 2025

Despite US pledges, plans for AGOA revamp are unclear

South Africa, Libya, Algeria and Tunisia were among a group of over 20 countries to be issued with tariff letters from United States President Donald Trump’s administration this...

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Vol 66 No 14 |

Trump’s peace deal hinges on minerals, militias – and megawatts

11th July 2025

A White House-brokered agreement promises regional calm and economic integration, but success depends on dislodging rebels and securing mining rights

Speaking at the White House on 27 June, during the signing of a new peace agreement by the Rwandan and Congolese foreign ministers, President Donald Trump declared that...

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Vol 66 No 14 |

SUDAN
UNITED STATES

Would-be mediators mull a new initiative

11th July 2025

US officials have sounded out the combatants and their backers over a new peace plan – but nobody is jumping into fresh talks

A flurry of peace initiatives put to the warring factions in Sudan and their main sponsors is yet to move the needle. But it may prompt would-be mediators...

Vol 66 No 14 |

Trump family allies broker security and mining deals in Central Africa

27th June 2025

Multiple mining investments and a hydropower project are riding on Kigali and Kinshasa making peace but details on military arrangements remain thin

US Africa Envoy Massad Boulos and US hedge fund executive Gentry Beach – both with close links to US President Donald J Trump’s family – were prime movers...

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Vol 66 No 13 |

SOUTH AFRICA
UNITED STATES

Ramaphosa hopes to relaunch trade talks in Luanda

23rd June 2025

Despite Trump’s bullying, South Africa may receive positive US response after generous offer

Despite leaving the G7 summit in Canada without a meeting with United States President Donald Trump, South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa is hoping to kickstart trade talks with...

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Vol 66 No 13 |

Washington wants security-mining deal finalised by end of June

16th June 2025

Demands by Washington and Kinshasa for Rwanda to withdraw its troops are the key sticking point

The United States is stepping up the pressure on Kigali and Kinshasa to conclude a security-minerals access deal by the end of June. Both Washington and Kinshasa insist...

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Vol 66 No 12 |

CONGO-KINSHASA
UNITED STATES

US lawmakers demand ‘clarity’ on minerals’ role in peace talks

2nd June 2025

The Trump administration is taking a transactional approach to diplomacy in Africa

Five Democratic Congress members have sent a letter to President Donald Trump’s Africa advisor Massad Boulos demanding details of the administration’s deal on critical minerals that has accompanied...

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