Rabat's biggest gripe was Macron's refusal to follow the United States President Donald Trump's decision to flout the UN resolution on Western Sahara by recognising Morocco's sovereignty over the territory...
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Much criticised by civil activists the costs of this lobbying contract are yet to be made public but they are likely to be substantial with six Mercury staffers working on the contract: ex-Congressman Toby Moffett formerly chairman of Mayer Brown's Africa lobbying practice; Bryan Lanza who managed communications for President Donald Trump's transition team; and Eric Bloom a senior journalist with CBS News...
An ally of Donald Trump Torres failed to win the Republican nomination for two congressional seats in Florida...
Another presidential contender from the populist wing of the NPP is Kennedy Agyapong a wealthy politician whose modus operandi has been compared to United States President Donald Trump...
Biden's predecessor Donald Trump had opened talks with Kenya on a reciprocal free trade agreement based on the tariff and quota free trade offered by the US's African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) which is due to expire in 2025 (AC Vol 62 No 7 How not to win friends)...
Former United States President Donald Trump shocked many by remarking that Egypt might resort to bombing the dam if Ethiopia wasn't prepared to give ground in negotiations...
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Relations between Malpass an investment banker appointed by President Donald Trump and the US Treasury had languished since Joe Biden assumed the presidency in 2021...
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Many more visitors come from Israel which has built a network of business security tourism and cultural ties since the December 2020 Abraham Accord to normalise relations was brokered by Donald Trump (AC Vol 61 No 25 King reaps Saharan dividend & Dispatches 21/4/22 Washington and Brussels edge back on Western Sahara)...
After four years of neglect under US President Donald Trump Joe Biden vowed that the US was 'back' in Africa...
Isabel dos Santos is planning to take the PR fight to her late father's successor Angolan President João Lourenço by hiring K-Street lobbyists with close links to former United States President Donald Trump and a history of controversial clients...
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US-Africa relations which took a back seat in the Donald Trump years have been losing out to more activist diplomacy by middle powers such as Brazil India Iran Japan and Turkey and most of all China which is Africa's biggest bilateral trading partner...
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