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Trump's predecessor Joe Biden agreed a military deal with Kenyan President William Ruto that designated Kenya as a major non-NATO ally and opened talks with several West African states on military cooperation...
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Maimbo was chief of staff to David Malpass who was appointed by US President Donald J Trump to run the World Bank in 2019 but was forced into early retirement in 2023 under Joe Biden's presidency...
Counted among the US's closest African allies during Joe Biden's presidency Ruto now appears to be pivoting eastwards...
In 2022 under President Joe Biden the US granted Temporary Protected Status to around 11 000 Cameroonians renewing it in December 2023 for another 18 months expiring in June 2025...
In its final days President Joe Biden's administration confirmed to the US Congress that the UAE was still arming the RSF despite its assurances to the contrary...
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Yet little progress has been made on negotiations for a Kenya-US trade deal under Trump's first presidential term or that of Joe Biden...
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The shut down was ordered by Kenyan officials following pressure from United States President Joe Biden's administration (AC Vol 66 No 2 Washington's sanctions block Hemeti's war message)...
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Vol 66 No 5 |
- CONGO-KINSHASA
Backers of the schemes had been concerned that the new US administration would be reluctant to back Lobito as it had become emblematic of ex-President Joe Biden's Africa strategy...
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Some analysts expected that countries like Uganda which lost their AGOA access during Joe Biden's presidency after the passing of an anti-homosexuality law would regain access (Dispatches 16/4/24 Taking the politics out of AGOA)...
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Vol 66 No 4 |
- AFRICA
- MINING
This worried former US President Joe Biden whose administration persuaded Congolese President Félix Tshisekedi to block a proposed sale of Congolese mining assets from Kazakhstan's Eurasian Resources Group to a Chinese company...
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