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J. Peter Pham

China, DRC, United States
How Washington pushed Tshisekedi to renegotiate Kabila's China contracts

The president's plans to revise all the contracts the DRC has signed with China were largely inspired by the United States.

Subscribers only Mining 25.06.2021

Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi (left) during a meeting with Mike Pompeo, the Trump administration's Secretary of State in Washington, on 3 March 2020.

Burundi
J. Peter Pham set to visit Burundi for Rainbow Rare Earths

Appointed on 17 May to the board of Rainbow Rare Earths, American diplomat J. Peter Pham is due to travel to Burundi this week to further the company's projects there.

Subscribers only Mining 25.05.2021

Burundi, United States
Adonis Pouroulis brings on board Trump's special envoy for Great Lakes

The British firm Rainbow Rare Earths welcomed a big-hitting advisor onto its board on 17 May in the person of J. Peter Pham.

Subscribers only Mining 21.05.2021

Africa, United States
Linda Thomas-Greenfield appoints her Africa team at the UN

New US ambassador to the United Nations, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, who was previously Barack Obama's assistant secretary of state for African affairs, has begun gathering around her Africa specialists she has already worked with.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 24.02.2021

The new US ambassador to the United Nations, Linda Thomas-Greenfield.

Inner circles | Ghana
How General Obed Akwa is orchestrating Accra's military diplomacy

Ghana's 16,000-strong army has become one of the main levers of Accra's outsized diplomatic influence in Africa and beyond, with nearly 3,000 soldiers deployed across a dozen UN missions. President Nana Akufo-Addo is particularly fond of his country's armed forces and increasingly relies on his Chief of Defence Staff, Lieutenant General Obed Akwa.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 22.01.2021

Chief of staff of the Ghana Armed Forces Obed Boama Akwa.

Ghana
Foreign minister Botchway, centrepiece of Akufo Addo's ECOWAS chairmanship

Ghanaian president Nana Akufo-Addo's powerful foreign minister for the past four years, Shirley Ayorkor Botchway is to chair a meeting of her ECOWAS colleagues in Mali on 19 January.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 18.01.2021

Spotlight | United States
Will Biden end Trump's line-in-the-sand diplomacy in the Sahel?

The US president-elect Joe Biden already has his diplomats working on what position they will take in the Sahel, a contrast to months of blocked negotiations with the Trump administration.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 01.12.2020

The US president-elect Joe Biden and the future secretary of state, Antony Blinken.

Mali
New government under pressure to show it can enforce the Algiers agreement

On 16 November, the committee monitoring application of the 2015 Algiers peace agreement will hold its first meeting since the 18 August putsch under the watchful eyes of the United Nations and the European Union.

Subscribers only Politics 13.11.2020

Spotlight | DRC
Tshisekedi fears Trump defeat will play into Kabila's hands

Having cosied up to the Trump administration in the hope of freeing himself from the grip of Joseph Kabila, Tshisekedi is concerned at polls suggesting the US president is headed for defeat. The prospect of a Biden victory has by contrast put a spring in the step of the ex-Congolese president.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 03.11.2020

Central Africa, United States
How rare earths and evangelicals brought Trump closer to Bujumbura

The pending confirmation of Melanie Higgins as the new US ambassador to Burundi, a post left vacant for the past 18 months, spells the final phase of a discreet but important bridging of ties between the United States and Burundi.

Subscribers only Mining, Diplomacy 04.09.2020

US Special Envoy J. Peter Pham, mender-in-chief of fences between Bujumbura and Washington, with Burundi's late president, Pierre Nkurunziza.

Inner circles | United States, West Africa
Trump and Biden's Africa advisors in 2020 race for White House

Although Africa will play no role in the run-up to the presidential election in November, both main camps have appointed an expert advisor on the continent.

Subscribers only Politics 25.05.2020

Former vice president Joe Biden and President Donald Trump.

Africa, United States
Sahel special envoy Pham's trip to Paris on hold

Appointed on 7 March as the US special envoy for [...]

Subscribers only Diplomacy 18.03.2020

DRC
Pompeo seeks to build bridges between Kabila and Tshisekedi

The US administration has asked Angola's leader João Lourenço if he could play the mediator between the ex-Congolese president and his successor.

Subscribers only Politics 19.02.2020

Horn of Africa
Tense times as US policy splits emerge

Although European Union and United Nations staff have remained in Mogadishu following the attack on the Villa Somalia on 23 [...]

Subscribers only Defence, Politics 05.04.2019

Kenya
Odinga's new shepherds in Washington

The Kenyan opposition leader called upon a fledgling company to organize an insider tour for him.

Subscribers only Politics 07.04.2017

Africa, United States
Thomas-Greenfield still at the helm before her successor arrives

Linda Thomas-Greenfield a career diplomat who served as the Assistant [...]

Subscribers only Politics 01.03.2017

Africa, United States
J. Peter Pham to succeed Linda Thomas-Greenfield

J. Peter Pham seems to be the best placed candidate [...]

Subscribers only Politics 01.02.2017

Spotlight | Africa, United States
Prospective presidents and their networks

Almost all the prospective candidates for the investiture by the major American parties in the 2008 presidential election have one or more advisors with a good knowledge of Africa. Some also have networks of influence on this continent.

Subscribers only Politics 16.11.2007

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Cameroon, Central African Republic
Between business and politics, the secrets of Antoine Ndzengue's rise

Senegal
Paris and Dakar mull defence relations

J. Peter Pham

China, DRC, United States
How Washington pushed Tshisekedi to renegotiate Kabila's China contracts

Burundi
J. Peter Pham set to visit Burundi for Rainbow Rare Earths

Burundi, United States
Adonis Pouroulis brings on board Trump's special envoy for Great Lakes

Africa, United States
Linda Thomas-Greenfield appoints her Africa team at the UN

Inner circles | Ghana
How General Obed Akwa is orchestrating Accra's military diplomacy

Ghana
Foreign minister Botchway, centrepiece of Akufo Addo's ECOWAS chairmanship

Spotlight | United States
Will Biden end Trump's line-in-the-sand diplomacy in the Sahel?

Mali
New government under pressure to show it can enforce the Algiers agreement

Spotlight | DRC
Tshisekedi fears Trump defeat will play into Kabila's hands

Central Africa, United States
How rare earths and evangelicals brought Trump closer to Bujumbura

Inner circles | United States, West Africa
Trump and Biden's Africa advisors in 2020 race for White House

Africa, United States
Sahel special envoy Pham's trip to Paris on hold

DRC
Pompeo seeks to build bridges between Kabila and Tshisekedi

Horn of Africa
Tense times as US policy splits emerge

Kenya
Odinga's new shepherds in Washington

Africa, United States
Thomas-Greenfield still at the helm before her successor arrives

Africa, United States
J. Peter Pham to succeed Linda Thomas-Greenfield

Spotlight | Africa, United States
Prospective presidents and their networks

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Cameroon, Central African Republic Between business and politics, the secrets of Antoine Ndzengue's rise

Senegal Paris and Dakar mull defence relations

West African cocoa cartel battles with the traders

Makhzen Inc. or the ever more prosperous business empire of Mohammed VI's entourage

Cabo Delgado: a gas Eldorado and security nightmare

J. Peter Pham

China, DRC, United States How Washington pushed Tshisekedi to renegotiate Kabila's China contracts

Burundi J. Peter Pham set to visit Burundi for Rainbow Rare Earths

Burundi, United States Adonis Pouroulis brings on board Trump's special envoy for Great Lakes

Africa, United States Linda Thomas-Greenfield appoints her Africa team at the UN

Inner circles | Ghana How General Obed Akwa is orchestrating Accra's military diplomacy

Ghana Foreign minister Botchway, centrepiece of Akufo Addo's ECOWAS chairmanship

Spotlight | United States Will Biden end Trump's line-in-the-sand diplomacy in the Sahel?

Mali New government under pressure to show it can enforce the Algiers agreement

Spotlight | DRC Tshisekedi fears Trump defeat will play into Kabila's hands

Central Africa, United States How rare earths and evangelicals brought Trump closer to Bujumbura

Inner circles | United States, West Africa Trump and Biden's Africa advisors in 2020 race for White House

Africa, United States Sahel special envoy Pham's trip to Paris on hold

DRC Pompeo seeks to build bridges between Kabila and Tshisekedi

Horn of Africa Tense times as US policy splits emerge

Kenya Odinga's new shepherds in Washington

Africa, United States Thomas-Greenfield still at the helm before her successor arrives

Africa, United States J. Peter Pham to succeed Linda Thomas-Greenfield

Spotlight | Africa, United States Prospective presidents and their networks

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About Africa Intelligence

Subscription

Africa Intelligence on social media

Indigo Publications' websites

Cameroon, Central African Republic
Between business and politics, the secrets of Antoine Ndzengue's rise

Senegal
Paris and Dakar mull defence relations

China, DRC, United States
How Washington pushed Tshisekedi to renegotiate Kabila's China contracts

Burundi
J. Peter Pham set to visit Burundi for Rainbow Rare Earths

Burundi, United States
Adonis Pouroulis brings on board Trump's special envoy for Great Lakes

Africa, United States
Linda Thomas-Greenfield appoints her Africa team at the UN

Inner circles | Ghana
How General Obed Akwa is orchestrating Accra's military diplomacy

Ghana
Foreign minister Botchway, centrepiece of Akufo Addo's ECOWAS chairmanship

Spotlight | United States
Will Biden end Trump's line-in-the-sand diplomacy in the Sahel?

Mali
New government under pressure to show it can enforce the Algiers agreement

Spotlight | DRC
Tshisekedi fears Trump defeat will play into Kabila's hands

Central Africa, United States
How rare earths and evangelicals brought Trump closer to Bujumbura

Inner circles | United States, West Africa
Trump and Biden's Africa advisors in 2020 race for White House

Africa, United States
Sahel special envoy Pham's trip to Paris on hold

DRC
Pompeo seeks to build bridges between Kabila and Tshisekedi

Horn of Africa
Tense times as US policy splits emerge

Kenya
Odinga's new shepherds in Washington

Africa, United States
Thomas-Greenfield still at the helm before her successor arrives

Africa, United States
J. Peter Pham to succeed Linda Thomas-Greenfield

Spotlight | Africa, United States
Prospective presidents and their networks