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US-Africa trade framework faces a crossroads

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US/AFRICA

Outlook for the African Growth and Opportunity Act.

Ethiopia and Eritrea face complex path to peace

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ETHIOPIA/ERITREA

Isaias’s announcement follows Ethiopia’s June 5 offer to implement unconditionally the 2000 peace agreement that purportedly ended the 1998-2000 border war between them. Any…

COVID-19 could reconfigure African foreign relations

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AFRICA

Africa COVID-19 diplomacy.

Sudan's military will leverage foreign relations

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SUDAN

Though Sudan’s crisis is essentially domestic -- with the military holding on to power after the ouster of former President Omar al-Bashir despite widespread popular calls for…

Somalia’s missteps will resonate at home and abroad

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SOMALIA

In July, Eritrea and Somalia agreed to restore diplomatic relations severed almost 15 years earlier. However, Somalia’s call for an end to international sanctions against Eritrea…

China’s influence in Africa will continue to grow

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CHINA/AFRICA

Although the minister’s tour included visits to several of the region’s Chinese-funded infrastructure mega-projects, Wang Yi was careful to cast these investments as just one…

Museveni’s return poses challenges to EU-Africa treaty

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AFRICA/EU

However, his triumph also highlights the serious challenges that face a new EU-Africa trade and development treaty due to come onstream in late 2021 in relation to its trade, aid…

Summits highlight Africa’s growing importance

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AFRICA

Taken together, the rise of these ‘Africa-plus-one’ conferences points to the continent’s growing geopolitical significance, which may only increase as external partners…

Angola's renewed China dependence will bring more pain

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ANGOLA

However, China’s insistence on negotiating debt relief bilaterally and on a loan-by-loan basis will delay efforts to reschedule borrowing, jeopardising Angola’s debt…

US-Africa trade policy will tread a beaten path

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US/AFRICA

The trip comes as Washington seeks to reset US-African policy after four years of relative neglect. However, despite some stark differences in style with his predecessor…