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Ramaphosa's multi-pronged response to Omicron isolation

Many Western nations have closed their borders to travellers from southern Africa following the identification of the new coronavirus variant. Pretoria has since applied diplomatic pressure and launched a media counterattack, with the support of influential doctors and the WHO. [...] (683 words)

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Washington launches charm offensive for Ramaphosa visit

Joe Biden will receive his South African counterpart at the White House on 16 September. High on their talks agenda will be boosting links between the two countries, as the battle of influence rages between the United States and Russia to win over South Africa. [...]

Joe Biden talks with South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa during G7 summit in Carbis Bay, Cornwall, Britain, 12 June, 2021.

IVORY COAST Politics Diplomacy 12/07/2022

Ouattara heads to South Africa to strengthen ties with Ramaphosa

After welcoming the South African head of state in Abidjan in December, Alassane Ouattara is due to travel to Pretoria on 22 July for an official visit. Trade relations and a draft defence agreement are on the cards. [...]

Ivory Coast's President Alassane Ouattara (right) and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa (left), in Abidjan, on 2 December, 2021.

BURKINA FASO Business 13/06/2022

The Chamber of Commerce gets down to business in Paris

On 9 June, the embassy of Burkina Faso hosted an event for business leaders and journalists to promote the 7th edition of the country's Africallia forum. [...]

BURKINA FASO Defence Diplomacy 06/05/2022

Brussels resumes security reform talks with Ouagadougou

The European Union is ready to commit tens of millions of euros to restructuring Burkina Faso's military and police apparatus, to the delight of the ruling junta. [...]

IVORY COAST Commodity traders Business 22/03/2022

Ouattara troubled by Ukrainian war's impact on gas, wheat and oil

Despite Ivory Coast having a minimal dependence on the Russian and Ukrainian economies, the country is increasingly feeling the impact of the war in Ukraine, which has placed President Alassane Ouattara in a delicate position. [...]

KENYA Business 07/02/2022

With Kenya Airways in trouble, its partnership with South African Airways remains grounded

The launch of a pan-African airline, piloted by Kenya Airways and South African Airways and initially intended for 2023, is suffering as a result of difficulties facing the Kenyan company, which is seeking more time. [...]

MALI Defence Diplomacy 06/10/2021

From Washington to Algiers, Paris manoeuvres behind the scenes to keep Wagner out of Mali

Discreetly but insistently, France is working with its Western and African partners to prevent the junta going into partnership with Russian paramilitary group Wagner. Meanwhile, ECOWAS, egged on by Macron, is considering slapping sanctions on Mali's new leaders. [...]

French foreign minister Yves Le Drian at the UN General Assembly on 23 September.

AFRICA Diplomacy 03/05/2021

Will Beijing boycott Macron's Africa Summit?

The French president has been trying to get China on board his summit of African economies for months but Beijing has yet to RSVP his invitation. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken should represent Joe Biden at the 18 May event, to which several African heads of state have been hastily invited at the last minute. [...]

CAMEROON Diplomacy 08/04/2021

Biya treads gingerly with Washington

Fearful of attracting the ire of a Biden administration that is already rather ill-disposed towards Yaoundé, the Cameroonian foreign ministry is staying silent in the wake of the expulsion of one of its diplomats from the United States over allegations of ill-treatment. [...]

IVORY COAST Diplomacy 08/12/2020

Who will be in the presidential box for Ouattara's investiture?

So far, only a handful of the ECOWAS heads of states invited to Alassane Ouattara's swearing-in ceremony on 14 December have confirmed they will attend. For its part, France will be sending foreign minister Jean-Yves Le Drian to the event. [...]

President Alassane Ouattara speaks during his inauguration ceremony on 3 November 2015.

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