DISPATCHES Vol 65 No 9 | UNITED STATESAFRICA Taking the politics out of AGOA 16th April 2024 US senators introduce a bill to extend the sub-Saharan Africa trade pact United States senators are hoping to take US/Africa trade policy out of party politics in an election year, with Republican Jim Risch and Democrat Chris Coons having tabled... READ FOR FREE
Vol 65 No 9 | MALAWIUNITED STATES Chakwera furious at US visa ban 25th April 2024 The United States government has slapped a visa ban on four former senior Malawi government officials, including the former Head of the Malawi Police Service, George Kainja, over...
Vol 65 No 7 | NIGERUNITED STATESIRANRUSSIA General Tiani swaps the US for Russia 27th March 2024 Annulling its defence agreements with Washington, the Niamey junta strengthens ties with Moscow and Tehran Severing military ties with the United States on 16 March, three months after France closed its embassy in Niamey, General Abdourahamane Tiani's Conseil national pour la sauvegarde de...
Vol 65 No 4 | NIGERIAUNITED STATESISRAEL Kanu's lobbyists for Biafra step up campaign 9th February 2024 The separatist leader refused to appear in court in Abuja on 8 February but has more wealthy supporters in Washington DC The campaign for a 'Jewish Autonomous Region in Biafra' is trying to boost its profile after hiring new lobbyists in the United States. Its backers hope to rekindle...
DISPATCHES Vol 65 No 3 | UNITED STATESAFRICA US Secretary of State Blinken tours West Africa amid rising security worries 23rd January 2024 Trip will focus on building relations, trade and democracy promotion after spate of coups African states in the Sahel and the Horn are facing their worst security crises for decades but United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken will skate around those... READ FOR FREE
Vol 65 No 3 | UNITED STATESAFRICA Biden's man moves on 1st February 2024 United States President Joe Biden will lose his main Africa policy advisor, as Judd Devermont quits his position as Biden's special assistant on African affairs. Devermont, who was...
Vol 65 No 2 | RWANDAUNITED STATES Kigali taps US hacker for new fight with Rusesabagina 5th January 2024 Security services in Rwanda are working with a self-described 'white-hat hacker' to take down their foes Hostilities are reopening between the security services in Kigali and 'Hotel Rwanda' activist Paul Rusesabagina after their agreement in March 2023. Under the deal Rusesabagina's 25-year sentence was...
DISPATCHES Vol 64 No 23 | UNITED STATESAFRICA Despite the sceptics, Washington prolongs the AGOA trade deal 9th November 2023 The summit in South Africa on the African Growth and Opportunity Act kept the arrangement going in the face of multiple policy differences Almost a year after US President Joe Biden's Africa summit, policy-makers in Washington and Africa wanted to keep the landmark multilateral trade agreement going as economic pressures mount... READ FOR FREE
Vol 64 No 22 | LIBYAUNITED STATES Murky waters around Tobruk 2nd November 2023 Eyebrows have been raised in Washington DC by the lobbying contract filed in October between the Libyan House of Representatives, now based in Benghazi, and K-Street outfit Vogel...
DISPATCHES Vol 64 No 20 | EGYPTUNITED STATES US senator moves to block military aid to Egypt over rights abuses 4th October 2023 New chair of Senate Foreign Relations Committee calls for Cairo to improve governance and rule of law The decision on 30 September of United States' Senator Ben Cardin, the new chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, to threaten to block military aid for Egypt... READ FOR FREE