Rounding off this season France will host the G7 summit in Évian on 15-17 June where Kenya's President William Ruto will represent the African Union states and the agenda includes an attempt to ‘redefine how international partnerships currently operate' (AC Vol 67 No 3 Rich economies turn off the aid tap)...

President William Ruto has told allies he expects to win the 2027 general election ‘with a two to three million vote margin ' confident that his record of international grandstanding and commissioning new projects will mobilise the voters...

THE PRICE OF THE ‘AFRICA FORWARD' DEALS As the dust settles on the ‘Africa Forward' summit co-hosted by President William Ruto and French President Emmanuel Macron the price of Ruto's diplomatic triumph – and Macron's promise of billions in new commercial investment – is becoming clearer (AC Vol 67 No 10 Ruto strengthens hand as Nairobi summit marks Macron's African swansong)...

There was enough mutual self-interest measured in €23 billion (US$27bn) of commercial deals and diplomatic positioning ahead of the G7 summit in Évian-les-Bains in June to make the grandiose Africa Forward Summit in Nairobi on 11-12 May worthwhile for co-hosts Kenya's President William Samoei Ruto and France's Emmanuel Macron...

Never one to forget personal slights President William Ruto may applaud Nandi Senator Samson Cherargei's motion seeking to strip former President Uhuru Kenyatta of his retirement benefits...

William Samoei Ruto opened the Africa Finance Corporation summit on 23 April in Nairobi last week flanked by Nigeria's Aliko Dangote and Uganda's Yoweri Museveni – a tableau to show Kenya's president as a regional powerbroker and an investment magnet...

President William Ruto's sales pitch to Italian politicians and business leaders went down well even if some of his claims strained credulity...

Either way relations between the RSF leadership and President William Ruto's government remain close much to the anger of the Sudanese government in Khartoum...

He made it clear that he wants to negotiate a coalition with President William Ruto – with ODM taking the deputy presidency – ahead of the August 2027 general elections (AC Vol 67 No 6 The one-party state and its discontents)...