Global Power Shift and Multipolarity

• Amgad Fareid Eltayeb
• Ann-Marie Verhoeven

Debating Trump 2.0 and implications for Africa - “The Americans want quick fixes”

In this mini-interview with Megatrends Afrika, Dr Amgad Fareid Eltayeb explains how Sudanese frustrations with US policymakers go beyond the Trump administration and how he views US aid cuts in Sudan. 

• Lisa Tschörner

Debating Trump 2.0 and implications for Africa - “We’re all Trumpists here”: Why the Election of the New US President Is Welcomed in the Sahel

• German

The Republican victory in the recent US election is being celebrated in the Sahel. Many there see President Donald Trump as an “anti-imperialist”, “peacemaker” and “advocate of traditional values”. These perceptions are shaped by local neo-sovereignist narratives.

• Lisa Tschörner

Debating Trump 2.0 and implications for Africa - „Wir sind hier alle Trumpisten“: Warum die Wahl des neuen US-Präsidenten im Sahel begrüßt wird

• English

Der Sieg der Republikaner bei der jüngsten US-Wahl wird im Sahel gefeiert. Viele sehen Präsident Donald Trump dort als „Anti-Imperialisten“, „Friedensstifter“ und „Verfechter traditioneller Werte“. Diese Wahrnehmungen werden von lokalen neo-souveränistischen Narrativen geprägt. 

• Cynthia Kamwengo

Debating Trump 2.0 and implications for Africa - Reality Check for Zambia: Resilience in the Face of US Aid Cuts?

The Zambian government aims to optimize mining revenues, trade and investments to address budget shortfalls created by the Trump administration’s sudden cuts to US aid. This presents an opportunity for the EU to expand its economic cooperation with Zambia.

• Phemelo Tamasiga

Challenges and Opportunities for Just Energy Transition Partnerships in Africa

For Just Energy Transition Partnerships (JETPs) to be truly “just” they must prioritize social equity and inclusivity. This policy brief analyses a South African case study to identify challenges and opportunities for an equitable energy transition.

doi:10.18449/2024MTA-PB30

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• Christine Hackenesch
• Julia Bader

Pragmatic, Strategic and Wide-Reaching: The CCP’s Party Diplomacy in Africa

This policy brief analyses recent patterns and motives of China’s party diplomacy in Africa. It finds that the International Department of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP-ID) maintains close ties with the main ruling parties in some countries in the South and East of the continent as well as a broad range of parties in countries in North Africa. 

doi:10.18449/2024MTA-PB29

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