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Vol 67 No 2 |

NIGERIA
UNITED STATES

Tinubu and Biafra lobbyists join war for Trump’s ear over Christian genocide claims

13th January 2026

By paying $9 million to US lobbyists through a pop-up law firm, the Abuja government has outbid Christian secessionists

Scrambling in the wake of US President Donald J Trump’s threat to ‘go into Nigeria guns ablazing’ on 1 November to end what he called a ‘Christian genocide’,...

Vol 67 No 1 |

NIGERIA
UNITED STATES

Pentagon strikes on Sokoto will speed sale of $345 million of US rockets and missiles to Abuja

3rd January 2026

Both governments are turning jihadist operations to their political advantage

Few confirmed details have emerged about the Pentagon’s attacks – launching 16 GPS-guided missiles from MQ-9 Reaper drones – on claimed jihadist camps near Jabo in Sokoto State...

Vol 67 No 1 |

Trump allies split over Mogadishu as Israel recognises breakaway Somaliland

31st December 2025

Washington lobbyists are clashing over the rival claims of the federal government and the secessionists

President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud’s federal government in Mogadishu is being targeted for security and governance failures by senior Republicans in the United States who want Washington to recognise...

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Vol 67 No 1 |

UNITED STATES
AFRICA

After shutting down USAID, Washington launches $15 billion health pacts in Africa

5th January 2026

Washington is pushing health contracts including tough conditions on big pharma, sexual health and data access

President Donald J Trump’s administration is reshaping development policy again with 13 bilateral pacts with African states so far as part of the ‘American First Global Health...

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Vol 66 No 25 |

Trump’s peace deal unravels as M23 seizes strategic eastern city

11th December 2025

Hopes for an historic reset linking security to a US-backed minerals and infrastructure deal have been overshadowed by fresh fighting displacing 200,000 people

It has taken less than a week for a brutal reality to intrude on the brash hopes for the peace accord signed between Congo-Kinshasa and Rwanda in Washington...

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Vol 66 No 25 |

UNITED STATES
AFRICA

Trump’s USAID 2.0 takes shape

15th December 2025

After four African deals, Washington claims there are advanced negotiations ongoing with 20 more countries for bilateral health pacts

After the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) comes America First healthcare. In the week ending 13 December, Lesotho, Eswatini and Uganda joined Kenya in signing agreements...

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Vol 66 No 25 |

UNITED STATES
AFRICA

The AGOA trade preference scheme may be revived by Congress

15th December 2025

US legislators eyeing extension of trade deal as they fear Russia and China filling the vacuum

Ten weeks after its expiry on 30 September, the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) is close to being reborn, at least for three years. Less clear is...

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Vol 66 No 25 |

Taking revenge, Trump excludes South Africa from next G20 summit in Miami

8th December 2025

Move comes after US President boycotted Johannesburg meeting

United States President Donald Trump’s administration is intensifying its diplomatic feud with South Africa, inviting Poland to next year’s G20 summit in Miami and excluding South Africa. President...

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Vol 66 No 25 |

KENYA
UNITED STATES

Ruto moves adeptly to shore up ties with Washington

8th December 2025

$1.7 billion of health assistance announced as replacement for USAID funding

Kenya will get US$1.7 billion of United States funding in the first of a series of bilateral health spending pacts that will replace assistance from the United States...

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Vol 66 No 24 |

NIGERIA
UNITED STATES

Deepening security crisis threatens Tinubu’s re-election plans

5th December 2025

Presidential allies blame political agendas and sabotage within the military for failure to protect citizens

In early November, officers in the Department of State Services received intelligence about a planned abduction at Government Girls’ Comprehensive Secondary School (GGCSS) in Maga, Kebbi State. They...

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