https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/AVsaGSiosYs/neil-munshihttps://www.bloomberg.com/feeds/static/images/bloomberg_logo_black.pnghttps://www.bloomberg.com/authors/AVsaGSiosYs/neil-munshiRSS for NodeSun, 31 Aug 2025 04:13:19 GMThttps://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-24/world-hardened-to-conflict-calmly-watches-middle-east-unravelhttps://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-24/world-hardened-to-conflict-calmly-watches-middle-east-unravelTue, 24 Jun 2025 14:22:09 GMThttps://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-22/trump-s-ambush-of-ramaphosa-leaves-south-africa-reelinghttps://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-22/trump-s-ambush-of-ramaphosa-leaves-south-africa-reelingThu, 22 May 2025 09:01:09 GMTUS President Donald Trump, right, holds news articles during a meeting with Cyril Ramaphosa, South Africa's president, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, May 21, 2025. Ramaphosa said "We are essentially here to reset the relationship between the United States and South Africa."https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-16/trump-attacks-south-africa-again-days-before-ramaphosa-visitshttps://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-16/trump-attacks-south-africa-again-days-before-ramaphosa-visitsFri, 16 May 2025 11:21:50 GMThttps://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-20/trump-draft-looks-for-radical-reshaping-of-state-departmenthttps://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-20/trump-draft-looks-for-radical-reshaping-of-state-departmentSun, 20 Apr 2025 09:38:18 GMTA pedestrian passes in front of the U.S. State Department headquarters in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Thursday, Oct. 3, 2019. Aides to Secretary of State Michael Pompeo cautioned against unfounded reports suggesting that the U.S. Embassy in Ukraine was a hotbed of Democratic support, according to documents turned over to Congress Wednesday by the State Department's watchdog.https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-02-28/trump-tariffs-defense-spending-overshadow-africa-g-20-leadership-debuthttps://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-02-28/trump-tariffs-defense-spending-overshadow-africa-g-20-leadership-debutFri, 28 Feb 2025 12:36:46 GMTThe main hall at the G-20 meeting in Cape Town, South Africa, on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. The G-20 finance ministers and central bankers are meeting in Cape Town, amid rising trade tensions and tariffs imposed by the US, which is now seen as a source of disruption and discord. Photographer: Dwayne Senior/Bloomberghttps://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-02-19/eu-s-top-envoy-says-common-bonds-for-defense-are-on-the-tablehttps://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-02-19/eu-s-top-envoy-says-common-bonds-for-defense-are-on-the-tableWed, 19 Feb 2025 13:34:31 GMTKaja Kallas, in Cape Town. Photographer: Dwayne Senior/Bloomberghttps://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2024-09-05/dominant-china-elbows-the-west-aside-to-expand-its-influence-in-africahttps://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2024-09-05/dominant-china-elbows-the-west-aside-to-expand-its-influence-in-africaThu, 05 Sep 2024 09:59:18 GMTChina's President Xi Jinping (R) welcomes Senegal's President Bassirou Diomaye Faye ahead of the dinner reception during the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on September 4, 2024. (Photo by Ken Ishii / POOL / AFP) (Photo by KEN ISHII/POOL/AFP via Getty Images) Photographer: KEN ISHII/AFPhttps://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2024-09-03/next-africa-china-changes-tack-on-debt-dealshttps://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2024-09-03/next-africa-china-changes-tack-on-debt-dealsTue, 03 Sep 2024 12:53:53 GMTPresident of China Xi Jinping (C) looks on at the China-Africa Leaders' Roundtable Dialogue on the last day of the 2023 BRICS Summit in Johannesburg on August 24, 2023. (Photo by ALET PRETORIUS / POOL / AFP) (Photo by ALET PRETORIUS/POOL/AFP via Getty Images) Photographer: ALET PRETORIUS/AFPhttps://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2024-09-02/china-africa-summit-xi-changes-terms-of-belt-and-road-initiativehttps://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2024-09-02/china-africa-summit-xi-changes-terms-of-belt-and-road-initiativeMon, 02 Sep 2024 23:00:03 GMTA minibus parked outside a building emblazoned with a Great Wall graphic CHINA MALL on September 18, 2023, in Kitwe, Zambia.https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2024-07-12/kenya-protests-president-ruto-fires-his-cabinet-as-crises-mounthttps://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2024-07-12/kenya-protests-president-ruto-fires-his-cabinet-as-crises-mountFri, 12 Jul 2024 12:00:07 GMTKenya's President William Ruto speaks during a press conference at State House in Nairobi on July 11, 2024. Kenyan President William Ruto announced on July 11, 2024 the dismissal of almost his entire cabinet and consultations to form a "broad-based government" following widespread anti-government protests.The East African nation was left reeling after peaceful rallies last month over steep tax increases flared into deadly violence with police firing at crowds who stormed parliament, leaving it partly ablaze. (Photo by Tony KARUMBA / AFP) (Photo by TONY KARUMBA/AFP via Getty Images) Photographer: TONY KARUMBA/AFPhttps://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-07-12/kenya-cabinet-high-flying-president-brought-down-to-earth-by-protestshttps://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-07-12/kenya-cabinet-high-flying-president-brought-down-to-earth-by-protestsFri, 12 Jul 2024 04:00:00 GMTKenya's President William Ruto speaks during a press conference at State House in Nairobi on July 11, 2024. Kenyan President William Ruto announced on July 11, 2024 the dismissal of almost his entire cabinet and consultations to form a "broad-based government" following widespread anti-government protests.The East African nation was left reeling after peaceful rallies last month over steep tax increases flared into deadly violence with police firing at crowds who stormed parliament, leaving it partly ablaze. (Photo by Tony KARUMBA / AFP) (Photo by TONY KARUMBA/AFP via Getty Images)https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-06-28/billionaire-ex-ebay-ceo-meg-whitman-is-behind-biden-s-kenya-bethttps://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-06-28/billionaire-ex-ebay-ceo-meg-whitman-is-behind-biden-s-kenya-betFri, 28 Jun 2024 12:08:32 GMTMeg Whitman and William Ruto at the US Kenya Business Roadshow in San Francisco, California, on Sept. 15. Photographer: Kimberly White/Getty Imageshttps://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-06-27/ruto-concedes-to-protests-now-he-must-fix-kenya-s-budgethttps://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-06-27/ruto-concedes-to-protests-now-he-must-fix-kenya-s-budgetThu, 27 Jun 2024 04:00:00 GMThttps://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2024-05-24/next-africa-us-woos-kenya-with-white-house-gala-in-bid-to-boost-tieshttps://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2024-05-24/next-africa-us-woos-kenya-with-white-house-gala-in-bid-to-boost-tiesFri, 24 May 2024 12:49:54 GMTRachel Ruto, Kenya's first lady, from left, William Ruto, Kenya's president, US President Joe Biden, and US First Lady Jill Biden, during an arrival ceremony at the North Portico of the White House ahead of a state dinner in Washington, DC, US, on Thursday, May 23, 2024. An American president is hosting a state visit for an African leader for the first time in 16 years, as the world's biggest economy struggles to build influence on a continent forging closer relations beyond Washington's top competitors China and Russia. Photographer: Anna Rose Layden/Bloomberghttps://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2024-04-19/next-africa-rwandan-meddling-fuels-decades-old-congo-conflicthttps://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2024-04-19/next-africa-rwandan-meddling-fuels-decades-old-congo-conflictFri, 19 Apr 2024 11:42:35 GMTThe Shabindu camp where many displaced people from Masisi territory take refuge following clashes between M23 rebels and the Congolese army, in the province of North Kivu. Photographer: Arlette Bashizi/Bloomberghttps://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2024-04-19/rwandan-meddling-is-deepening-congo-s-deadly-conflicthttps://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2024-04-19/rwandan-meddling-is-deepening-congo-s-deadly-conflictFri, 19 Apr 2024 05:00:04 GMTArmed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (FARDC) training at the Mubambiro camp in North Kivu province, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, on April 11.https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2024-04-15/sudan-s-civil-war-joins-gaza-and-ukraine-conflicts-on-list-of-global-criseshttps://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2024-04-15/sudan-s-civil-war-joins-gaza-and-ukraine-conflicts-on-list-of-global-crisesMon, 15 Apr 2024 10:03:00 GMTBlack smoke rising over Khartoum on April 28, 2023. Source: -/AFPhttps://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2024-04-02/next-africa-combat-drones-change-face-of-warfare-in-africahttps://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2024-04-02/next-africa-combat-drones-change-face-of-warfare-in-africaTue, 02 Apr 2024 13:28:22 GMTA Bayraktar Assault Unmanned Aerial Vehicle. Source: Handout/Getty Images Europehttps://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-03-29/as-drones-change-warfare-in-africa-civilians-pay-the-pricehttps://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-03-29/as-drones-change-warfare-in-africa-civilians-pay-the-priceFri, 29 Mar 2024 10:00:00 GMTA Bayraktar Assault Unmanned Aerial Vehicle. Source: Baykar Press Office/dia images/Getty Imageshttps://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2024-03-21/the-gulf-state-rivaling-big-players-such-as-china-and-the-us-in-africahttps://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2024-03-21/the-gulf-state-rivaling-big-players-such-as-china-and-the-us-in-africaThu, 21 Mar 2024 09:59:17 GMTSultan Ahmed Al-Jabber during the Africa Climate Summit in Nairobi on Sept. 5. Photographer: LUIS TATO/AFP