The agenda of the President Donald Trump's White House is to cooperate with the juntas against jihadists and reduce Russian influence leaving aside all talk of human rights and transitions to democracy...

But in July 2025 Liberian President Joseph Boakai after intense lobbying by Ivanhoe granted access on the eve of his departure for the White House to meet President Donald Trump (Dispatches 22/12/25 Boakai's Ivanhoe deal on track & AC Vol 67 No 1 Doumbouya is nervous – despite the Simandou boom and landslide vote)...

Last year the US designated Nigeria as a ‘Country of Particular Concern' after President Donald Trump claimed that Christianity in Nigeria was a facing an ‘existential threat' following false claims of ‘genocide' against Christians...

Last year when US President Donald Trump announced tariffs threatening a major hike in global food prices Morocco offered Washington greater phosphate exports as part of a broader plan to improve its US ties (AC Vol 66 No 17 Arms gas and fertiliser – Rabat outflanks Algiers with a Trump-linked lobbyist)...

The first priority will be securing cross-party support for a bill tabled in the Senate on 13 March by three Republicans including Tom Cotton Rick Scott and Chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee Ted Cruz who was runner-up to President Donald J Trump in the 2016 presidential primary...

The EU sees the political war against Pretoria that has been waged by United States President Donald Trump as an opportunity to rebuild its own ties with South Africa after years of frosty relations (AC Vol 66 No 6 Targeted by Trump – Africa and Europe draw closer)...

As the unintended consequences of the US-Israeli war with Iran multiply and President Donald Trump threatens again to withdraw from NATO EU officials are redoubling their diplomatic efforts...