His political master in the Palace and his Makhzen (ruling establishment) allies are confident that the long game in the former Spanish Sahara will end with Morocco formally in control – a goal supported by United States President Donald Trump since 2020 and more recently by a growing number of African and European governments (AC Vol 67 No 1 Questions for the ‘builder king' & Dispatches 2/2/26 Brussels gives formal support for Morocco's regional autonomy plan)...
Stirred by Sánchez's vocal opposition to the 2026 Iran war which angered President Donald Trump voices on the right wing of US and Israeli politics suggested that Morocco might again resort to a mass mobilisation to take Ceuta and Melilla echoing King Hassan II's 1975 Green March into the Spanish Sahara...
Diplomatically charming as he is and although he is meant to carry the imprimatur of the Donald J Trump clan in Washington Boulos has been unable to counter the aggressively self-interested postures of governments such as Egypt United Arab Emirates Israel and Turkey in arenas such as Ethiopia Sudan and the wider Horn of Africa (AC Vol 67 No 14 The Haftar-Hemeti warlord connection catches up with Washington)...
Even before Donald J Trump was re-elected United States President financing countries were raising questions about the cash and the politics of AUSSOM...
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President Donald Trump's Africa envoy Massad Boulos's plan for power sharing by the Tripoli and Benghazi-based rival governments gives Haftar and his sons crucial roles at the top of government...
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Over the past year several officials in US President Donald Trump's administration have visited Sahelian capitals arguing that what matters to them is counterterrorism...
That some of his opponents claim is why US companies especially those linked to US President Donald Trump's administration are likely to be favoured in the US$62 billion Mrima Hill concession...
The best-placed of the three US consortia is led by ReElement and Vulcan Elements whose investors include 1789 Capital a venture capital fund which US presidential son Donald Trump Jnr joined as a director shortly after his father's re-election in November 2024...
A year ago Lesotho was the target of United States President Donald Trump's asymmetric tariff campaign today Lesotho is set to benefit from the artificial intelligence boom and increased US appetite for deal-making in Africa (AC Vol 67 No 10 Pathogenically not yours)...
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The ICC was already embattled by United States President Donald Trump's administration which is urging allies to join it in withdrawing from the Rome Statute that established the Hague-based court in 2002...
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Museveni has already hired Scribe Strategies led by Joseph Szlavik a Republican with close links to President Donald Trump's White House on retainer...
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