🇲🇬 | “There is definitely a sentiment now that the Americans are back, in a big way, and in a way that means ‘let’s talk business,’” @chathamhouse.org’s Christopher Vandome on the US backing a critical minerals project in Madagascar via Semafor: www.semafor.com/article/07/3...

US backs Madagascar rare earths project

The announcement is part of Washington’s efforts to chip away at China’s dominance of the critical minerals sector across Africa.

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Last week, we hosted our annual summer reception, bringing together key friends and partners of the @chathamhouse.org Africa Programme from across the business, diplomatic, policy, civil society, academic & media communities. 🔗Explore our past year highlights: www.chathamhouse.org/about-us/our...

🌍 | Andy Burnham faces a challenging fiscal environment with the UK government’s latest spending plans reducing bilateral funding for African countries to help finance higher defence spending, writes @tighistiamare.bsky.social in her latest for @chathamhouse.org: www.chathamhouse.org/2026/07/how-...

🌍 | The new prime minister can achieve significant results in Africa if he sets clear ambitions, strengthens the UK’s partnerships and implements a more joined-up approach, writes @tighistiamare.bsky.social in her latest @chathamhouse.org expert comment: www.chathamhouse.org/2026/07/how-...

How Burnham should engage with Africa

The new prime minister can achieve significant results in Africa if he sets clear ambitions, strengthens the UK’s partnerships and implements a more joined-up approach.

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🛤️ | The Lobito Corridor from Angola to the DRC and Zambia is a global focal point of the race for critical minerals. But the digitization of mineral supply chains will be crucial to achieving genuine economic transformation in the region Read our analysis: www.chathamhouse.org/2026/07/lobi...

🎥 | As Andy Burnham assumes his role as the UK’s new prime minister this week, @chathamhouse.org’s Ahmed Soliman discusses what this means for Africa-UK relations on BBC’s #FocusOnAfrica programme:

🌍 | In their latest @chathamhouse.org expert comment, Christopher Vandome and @dideberg.bsky.social discuss the railway that has become the centrepiece of a potential regional mining ecosystem that could economically transform Africa’s strategic Copperbelt: www.chathamhouse.org/2026/07/lobi...

The Lobito Corridor shows how digitization is shaping critical minerals competition

The railway from Angola to the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Zambia is a global focal point of the race for critical minerals. But the digitization of mineral supply chains will be crucial to a...

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🇰🇪 | A $750 million loan from the World Bank – aimed at strengthening governance, improving fiscal management, and expanding social protection – marks a positive step for #Kenya’s reform agenda. @chathamhouse.org’s Fergus Kell discusses this via Forbes Africa: www.forbesafrica.com/economy/2026...

‘Will Likely Reduce VAT Gap’: Kenya Budget Deficit Challenge Gets $750 Million Support

A $750 million loan from the World Bank—aimed at strengthening governance, improving fiscal management, and expanding social protection—marks a positive step for Kenya’s reform agenda. Falling under t...

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🚨 Happening now | As the election campaign enters its final stage in #Zambia, hear from analysts – Linda Kasonde, Andrew Kamanga, Menzi Ndhlovu, Chiwoyu Sinyangwe – about what voters, investors and democratic groups should watch out for. Watch: chathamhouse.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

🎥 | The @chathamhouse.org Africa Programme curated a session at the 2026 SNF Nostos conference exploring how #Africa’s creative energy is intersecting with foreign policy, diplomacy, and global governance. Watch the recording: snfnostos.org/en/festival-...

Reimagining global narratives: Africa’s creative and cultural power in an interconnected world - SNF Nostos

SNF Nostos 2026, June 21–28, Athens. Discover this session and the full conference program — free admission for all.

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📣 15 July at 12.00 BST | As the election campaign enters its final stage in #Zambia, hear from analysts – Linda Kasonde, Andrew Kamanga, Menzi Ndhlovu, Chiwoyu Sinyangwe – about what voters, investors and democratic groups should watch out for. Register: www.chathamhouse.org/events/all/s...

✍️ | In Sudan, we must work urgently with international partners to prevent more atrocities and press the outside powers fuelling this war to end it, writes UK Foreign Secretary The Rt Hon Yvette Cooper for @chathamhouse.org’s @theworldtoday.org magazine: www.chathamhouse.org/publications...

Britain’s place in the new world order

We are facing a storm of geopolitical instability, economic coercion, AI and climate change – and it’s likely to get worse. But by working more closely with Europe and seeking greater cooperation outs...

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📣 | As the election campaign enters its final stage in #Zambia, hear from analysts – Linda Kasonde, Andrew Kamanga, Menzi Ndhlovu, Chiwoyu Sinyangwe – about what voters, investors and democratic groups should watch out for. Register: www.chathamhouse.org/events/all/s...

🇹🇿 | Fighting off western sanctions, #Tanzania’s President Samia Suluhu Hassan is promoting ultra-loyalists and discarding moderates in the new power elite. Read the latest for The Africa Report from Nicodemus Minde and Fergus Kell: www.theafricareport.com/423720/as-ta...

As Tanzania’s crisis bites, President Samia closes ranks

Fighting off western sanctions, President Samia Suluhu Hassan is promoting ultra-loyalists and discarding moderates in the new power elite.

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🇸🇩 | “This war is one which has been fought against the Sudanese people...The targeting of civilians and civilian infrastructure is a way of instilling fear in the population and to ensure control of those territories,” @chathamhouse.org's Ahmed Soliman via The Times: www.thetimes.com/world/africa...

They fled a massacre. Now the city that gave them refuge may be next

A campaign of violence is spreading from town to town in Sudan’s brutal civil war and El Obeid, now home to 700,000 people, is close to being surrounded

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🇨🇩 | “An ‘America first’ policy is likely to favor close relations with Congolese political leaders over democracy and human rights, an approach that could end up destabilizing the country,” warn Joshua Z. Walker, Reagan Miviri, and Jason K. Stearns: www.foreignaffairs.com/democratic-r...

Why Trump’s Congo Deal Is Falling Apart

The limits of "America first" in Africa.

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🇪🇹 | As Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s Prosperity Party claims a landslide victory in #Ethiopia’s national elections, @chathamhouse.org’s Ahmed Soliman discusses how he will use his “supermajority” via African Business Magazine: african.business/2026/06/long...

🎙️ | This week, @chathamhouse.org’s Christopher Vandome joins the Earlylands in Conversation podcast to discuss the politics of African mineral wealth: open.spotify.com/episode/5hQz...

📰 | Threats to investments in Mali have become worse since the JNIM allied with ethnic Tuareg rebels and began waging an “economic jihad” on the country. @chathamhouse.org’s @dideberg.bsky.social discusses the impacts with @scmpnews.bsky.social: www.scmp.com/news/china/d...

🗨️ | Underlying the ERR approach is a simple but powerful idea: those closest to the crisis are in the best position to respond to it. In practice, this has meant developing creative approaches to delivering aid under extreme conditions. Read more: www.chathamhouse.org/publications...

📰 | As the US sanctions a Rwandan gold refinery accused of fuelling the conflict in eastern DRC, @chathamhouse.org’s Joshua Walker predicts it “will significantly disrupt Rwandan gold exports, since most international gold is traded in US dollars”: www.theafricareport.com/423180/us-sa...

US sanctions Rwandan network accused of stealing Congo’s minerals

The US Trump administration is following Europe’s lead in targeting a gold refinery accused of fuelling the conflict in eastern Congo.

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🎙️| Abel Demissie and Leonard Onyonyi discuss African-led peace and security initiatives as part of a joint @chathamhouse.org and UNDP Africa project on ‘African Peace Processes: Lessons Learned’ on #AfricaAware: www.chathamhouse.org/2025/12/afri... Read the report: www.undp.org/africa/publi...

📚 | On 20 and 21 May, the British Institute in Eastern Africa (BIEA), @chathamhouse.org, and @rvinews.bsky.social convened a group of experts to discuss the ‘The New Geopolitics of Eastern Africa’ Read the event report: riftvalley.net/wp-content/u...

🗨️ | While #Tanzania is searching for new initiatives that can reenergize investor interest after a prolonged period of political instability, doubts remain about the country’s capacity for rapid implementation, Fergus Kell tells Forbes Africa: www.forbesafrica.com/current-affa...

Tanzania Eyes Financial Hub Status, But Can It Overcome Hurdles?

According to International Monetary Fund (IMF) data, Tanzania is projected to become a $100 billion economy by 2027, nearly double what it was 10 years ago. It’s progression that comes at a time of mo...

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🇪🇹 Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's Prosperity Party has won the country’s national elections, amid deteriorating relations with #Tigray which risk a return to war, heightening concerns for regional spillover. Read the analysis here: www.chathamhouse.org/2026/05/ethi...

Ethiopia needs more than an election to calm internal and regional conflict

Ethiopia will hold elections on 1 June amid persistent instability and simmering regional tensions.

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🌍 | In a panel discussion held in collaboration with Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, speakers assessed the potential impact of an African credit rating agency on reducing borrowing costs and lowering barriers to financing for African countries. Watch: www.chathamhouse.org/events/all/s...

⛏️ | The #LobitoCorridor project to export DRC minerals to global markets has the backing of the US and Europe, but will it benefit the country? @chathamhouse.org’s Christopher Vandome discusses this with African Business Magazine: african.business/2026/06/long...

🇪🇹 | We were delighted to welcome #Ethiopia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs HE Dr Gedion Timothewos to @chathamhouse.org to discuss the government’s regional and foreign policy agenda ahead of a new governmental term. Read his full remarks: chathamhouse.soutron.net/Portal/Publi... #CHAfrica

🗓️ Leaders of the world’s foremost climate conference – Negusu Aklilu (CEO, #COP32 Presidency Secretariat Office), André Aranha Corrêa do Lago (#COP30 President) and Murat Kurum (#COP31 President) – set out how environmental diplomacy can still deliver: www.chathamhouse.org/events/all/s...

Making the case for COP in a fractured geopolitical environment

Leaders of the world’s foremost climate conference - COP - set out how environmental diplomacy can still deliver.

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🗨️ | “#Mozambique’s status as a secondary trade corridor means that maritime security in the region is consistently overlooked,” writes Nitya Labh for @chathamhouse.org’s The World Today magazine: www.chathamhouse.org/publications...

The maritime chokepoints that could be worse than Hormuz

From Taiwan to Panama, here is how threats to four shipping hotspots could add to global economic disruption, warns Nitya Labh.

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