The concluding two years of Barack Obama’s mandate promises a busy agenda in which key elements of the presidential agenda will include delivering on the promise of his Power Africa initiative, working to strike a realistic deal on carbon...
No one doubts that gas fields in the Rovuma Basin offshore Mozambique and Tanzania hold huge reserves of gas. A 27 April-8 May International Monetary Fund (IMF) staff mission to Maputo concluded: “Mozambique’s plans to develop its oil and gas...
New details have emerged of the Moroccan government’s ambitious project to import liquefied natural gas (LNG) and develop six combined-cycle gas turbine (CCGT) power plants with combined 6.3GW capacity, whose launch has been promised by energy...
Oman has been playing its traditional role as a mediator, bringing together representatives of the Houthi movement and US officials in an effort to advance diplomatic attempts to resolve the crisis in Yemen. On 23 May, Houthi spokesman Mohammed...
Islamic State (IS) militants were quick to claim responsibility for a suicide bombing at a packed Shiite mosque in Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province on 22 May that killed 21 people and injured many more. It was the worst terrorist attack inside the...
Petroleum and mineral resources minister Ali Bin Ibrahim Al-Naimi arrived in Vienna ahead of a 5 June meeting of the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) in an upbeat mood, as he forecast increased demand for crude in H2 2015...
With the government running out of options to make up the funding deficit at Eskom, the National Treasury has confirmed that it is considering the part privatisation of the utility and a sale of assets. In a statement to Reuters and South Africa’...
The Abu Dhabi Accountability Authority (ADAA) has been charged with setting up a new anti-corruption unit. According to state news agency Wam, the new unit will investigate financial irregularities and corruption, identify gaps in legislation and...
Qataris voted on 13 May for a Central Municipal Council (CMC), the fifth such elections since polls began in 1999. The CMC has very limited powers, and excitement at the right to vote has dwindled over the years: turnout for the last election in...
In the 2015-16 policy and budget speech for the Department of Energy (DoE), energy minister Tina Joemat-Pettersson set out the timelines for a number of government procurement programmes, including the nuclear tender. “We will commence with the...
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