US President Donald J Trump's administration's proposed $555m cut to the bank's soft-loan affiliate leaves a widening funding gap (Dispatches 12/5/25 US President Trump's block on funding upends elections for bank leader)...

Maimbo was chief of staff to David Malpass who was appointed by US President Donald J Trump to run the World Bank in 2019 but was forced into early retirement in 2023 under Joe Biden's presidency...

Until a month ago the chances of President Cyril Ramaphosa getting a constructive meeting with his United States counterpart Donald J Trump appeared vanishingly small...

Szlavik told Africa Confidential that Juba risks the prospect of President Donald Trump closing the US embassy and ending all economic support unless it undergoes a radical policy shift...

Already one of the president's most powerful appointees due to the vast funds he oversees Adedeji's role becomes even more critical as dwindling oil prices exacerbated by Donald Trump's trade war force Nigeria to rely on stricter tax enforcement...

This shift is part of the fallout from the US tariff hikes which have been more severe than expected before President Donald Trump's inauguration on 20 January (Dispatches 28/1/25 Rubio deals hammer blow to US aid & 22/4/25 Western aid spending heads towards the cliff-edge as US cuts bite)...

Ruto's trip hailed as a diplomatic coup for China in its efforts to expand influence in Africa amid trade tariffs imposed by US President Donald Trump also delivered significant gains for Beijing...

‘The post-war multilateral system is broken dysfunctional and no longer fit for purpose ' said Ruto as he criticised both the Donald Trump tariff wars and the global ‘financial and security architecture'...

The European Commission plans to ‘diversify' relations with its trading partners as it faces the reality of United States President Donald J Trump imposing tariffs of 25% on its cars steel and aluminium and 10% on all other goods...