Saudi escalationAs relations were deteriorating between the Saudi Arabian and Emirati leaders Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman al Saud visited United States President Donald Trump in Washington DC in November winning his approval for the purchase of F-35 fighter jets perhaps as many as 48 planes in a multi-billion-dollar deal that would make Saudi Arabia the first Arab nation to get such advanced military technology...
The main disappointment in Hargeisa on 26 December was that United States President Donald Trump did not follow suit and recognise Somaliland despite invitations from Israel and the UAE...
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Hassan Sheikh's relations with Washington are sharply deteriorating after the Donald Trump administration's decision to suspend aid after the Federal Bureau of Investigations launched a probe into alleged fraud worth over US$250 million by Somali migrants in Minnesota as well as Israel's decision to recognise Somaliland's independence Wang Yi had been expected to underscore China's support for Somalia's territorial integrity (AC Vol 67 No 1 Trump allies split over Mogadishu as Israel recognises breakaway Somaliland)...
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But it was not until United States President Donald Trump threatened to intervene to stop what he claimed was a genocide against Christians that Tinubu started taking more decisive action...
It may be that Niger's hasty call to arms was prompted by Donald Trump's ‘Christmas present' to what US officials insist was a column of IS-allied fighters crossing from Mali into Nigeria...
Kagame recognises that United States President Donald Trump'seconomic cooperation agreement with Kinshasa has ensured for now the Washington administration's support for Congo-K's territorial integrity(AC Vol 66 No 20 Peace talks falter as M23 tightens its grip on the Kivus)...
Peace initiatives by President Donald Trump's senior Africa advisor Massad Boulos will follow Trump's direct intervention on Sudan...
Massad Boulos senior Africa advisor to US President Donald Trump insists that both negotiating tracks are going to be strengthened in 2026 but neither Kinshasa nor Kigali faces serious pressure for enforcement...
President Faustin-Archange Touadéra's overwhelming and fraudulent win at the polls in December which gave him a third term showcases two current trends in Africa: one the skills in dubious tactics and manipulation deployed by the Russians and their local African allies and second how accommodating to autocracy both France and President Donald Trump have been lately...
With the United States and France full square behind Morocco's claim – in a dispute whose resolution President Donald Trump sees adding lustre to his quest for a Nobel peace prize aided by Washington being the UN Security Council's Western Sahara penholder – Rabat is convinced events are moving in its favour...
After US President Donald J Trump hailed the strikes as a ‘Christmas present' for Islamist militants local opponents claimed the operation breached Nigerian sovereignty and risked exacerbating religious divisions...