The LNA has drawn comfort from perceived support from France Russia and now from United States President Donald Trump while Italy and the United Kingdom firmly back the GNA...
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Long obsessed with thwarting the Muslim Brotherhood MBZ's influence was apparent in United States President Donald Trump's recent suggestions that the MB might be designated as a terrorist organisation...
Neither Africa nor President Donald Trump's administration is happy with it (AC Vol 58 No 14 No last trump for AGOA)...
President Donald Trump played his part on behalf of Bechtel in August 2018 by inviting Kenyatta to the White House for a bilateral meeting although little progress was made (AC Vol 59 No 18 Turning down the volume)...
The LNA too has its foreign backers: Egypt the United Arab Emirates Saudi Arabia and to a lesser extent France Russia and – seemingly since mid-April – United States President Donald Trump...
Tunisians have been wondering whether local media magnate and television 'champion of the poor' Nabil Karoui could emerge as a Donald Trump figure leveraging his celebrity to take over the presidency for which he is one of the few candidates to have declared (AC Vol 60 No 3 Eight years of transition)...
There have also been reports that Jared Kushner senior adviser to his father-in-law US President Donald Trump did a deal whereby the US would back Saudi diplomacy and strategy in the Middle East and North Africa...
He is spending $30 000 on Washington DC lobbyists Fein and DelValle to try to persuade United States President Donald Trump's administration and the US Congress not to recognise President Muhammadu Buhari's re-election victory...
The Mnangagwa government has also hired Ballard Partners a Washington-based lobbying company with links to President Donald Trump on a $500 000 contract...
For example the effort and resources spent in getting Atiku a visa waiver to visit Washington DC stay in Donald Trump's hotel and meet a few low-level United States officials looks to have been misplaced...
