November 3, 2020
Elections in the Time of Coronavirus The Coronavirus pandemic and the restrictions brought in to control the spread of the virus have had an enormous effect […]
November 2, 2020
Egypt’s Embrace of China Exposes Limits of US Influence in Africa Given the coverage of Egypt in the Western press, which regularly focuses on the personal […]
October 19, 2020
Sanctions Round-Up: September 2020 Libya On 21st September, the Council of the European Union imposed sanctions on two individuals on the grounds of human rights abuses. […]
September 14, 2020
Sanctions Round-Up: August 2020 Mali On 18th August, following months of anti-government protests, Mali’s President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta was overthrown in a coup d’état. Both the […]
September 4, 2020
The Tightrope of Presidential Succession On 14th August, an Angolan court sentenced former President José Eduardo dos Santos’s son – José Filomeno dos Santos – to […]
August 13, 2020
Sanctions Round-Up: July 2020 Sudan On 15th July, the United States’ Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) took further action against designated Russian financier Yevgeniy Prigozhin […]
July 21, 2020
Turkish Dealings in Africa When one thinks of Turkey and Africa what naturally springs to mind is the Turkish campaign to prop up the Government of […]
July 20, 2020
What Next for Africa? Notes from the Managing Director’s Desk As for the rest of the world, 2020 has been a torrid year for Africa. Africa […]
July 10, 2020
Sanctions Round-Up: June 2020 Nigeria On 16th June, six Nigerian individuals – Richard Uzuh, Michael Olorunyomi, Alex Ogunshakin, Felix Okpoh, Nnamdi Benson and Abiola Kayode – […]