Julian Pecquet

The three atomic superpowers are in a race to build the continent’s future civilian reactors.

The grains lobby is also pushing for trade engagement with Uganda and Zimbabwe

The US Trump administration risks getting caught between an Egypt-Somalia-Eritrea axis on one side and an Ethiopia-Somaliland-Israel partnership on the other.

Fighting over the $1.15trn annual defence bill moves to the Senate as US Congress goes on August recess.

Trade lobbyists think the House is likely to adopt the two-year extension, as priorities turn to a full slate of election-year issues to address and just eight weeks in session before the end of the year.

With US-Sahel joint intelligence services closing in, Kevin Rideout’s abductors were looking for a way out.

US advocates are clamouring for Trump to renew his Country of Particular Concern designation, notwithstanding improved security cooperation.

US Christian activists make the case for maintaining pressure on the Tinubu administration in Nigeria. Washington is set to announce ‘tougher’ sanctions on Iran, and in New York, the UN Security Council discusses the situation in Sudan and South Sudan.

US Trump envoy Massad Boulos goes after drone warfare that has given the Sudanese Armed Forces a battlefield edge against the Rapid Support Forces.

Neighbouring powers are vying for influence as the unravelling AU peacekeeping mission further fractures Africa’s most fragile state.