Africa.Table – Edition 289

Agriculture Minister Rainer in South Africa and DR Congo: How the US wants to break China’s dominance in the copper and cobalt business

• Talk of the Town: How Alois Rainer intends to promote market liberalization in Cape Town
• DR Congo: How the US wants to break China’s dominance in the copper and cobalt business
• SIPRI report: Rising arms imports south of the Sahara
• Cultural policy: “Kulturweit” volunteer service facing closure following foreign office cuts
• Mali: USA in negotiations on security agreement
• Must Reads: Troop movements in Ethiopia fuel fears of escalation
• 3 questions for: Gerd Müller, Director General of UNIDO
• Dessert: Colonial elephant memory