Arms, gas and fertiliser – Rabat outflanks Algiers with a Trump-linked lobbyist

The ruling by the UN’s top court that countries may be held legally accountable for their greenhouse gas emissions and the environmental damage they cause could help reshape...

Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni returned once more to Tunisia at the end of July to ink the Mattei Plan with President Kaïs Saïed. This long-awaited strategic partnership...

Africa’s cocoa and coffee farmers are stepping up pressure on the European Commission to postpone its anti-deforestation law due to come into force next year. They are calling...

When France’s Secretary of State for la Francophonie and International Partnerships, Thani Mohamed-Soilihi told journalists on 27 July that the security crisis in the Sahel was no longer...

The latest round of arrests in Mali, amid reports of a planned putsch on 10 August, looks unlikely to change the centralisation of power in Bamako or in...

On most measures, President Bola Tinubu has emphatically improved the position of the ruling All Progressives Congress in Nigeria – despite the unpopularity of many of its economic...

The price of propping up an unpopular president is rising for veteran opposition figure and kingmaker Raila Odinga. He still wants to chart a course that preserves his...

There is little prospect of short term relief from the United States increasing tariffs to 30% on a wide range of South African imports, with the new rates...

The final tariff sweep was softer than feared – but still sharp enough to sting. Algeria, Libya and South Africa will face 30% tariffs on goods exports, while...

General Muhoozi Kainerugaba, the volatile head of Uganda’s military and son of President Yoweri Museveni, has launched a further purge of officers as part of efforts to consolidate...

After an ugly fight with President Julius Maada Bio’s government over working conditions and back pay, Chief Executive of Koidu Limited, Dag Cramer is closing the country’s richest...

As indebted African governments confront declining aid flows and western reluctance to reform the international financial system, they are again eyeing ways to boost domestic revenues and tap...

National Security Advisor Hussein Ma’alim Mahamud Sheikh Ali resigned on 23 July, after many missteps over the last year that have allowed Al Shabaab to recover three-quarters of...

A landmark conference to establish a new Federal Member State of Somalia, Khatumo State, concluded on 31 July in Las Anod, the town that Somaliland’s President Muse Bihi...