Tensions between President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi and his predecessor Ali Abdullah Saleh arguably reached an all-time high in mid-June. On 11 June, Hadi ordered presidential guard troops to raid the offices and studios of Al-Yemen Al-Youm...
The Supreme Court has given three former MPs 20-month suspended jail terms for publicly insulting Emir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah, overturning a 2013 decision by the appeals court to acquit them. Falah Al-Sawwagh, Khaled Al-Tahous and Bader...
The fall of Mosul to jihadists from the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, or ISIS) on 10 June has sent shockwaves through the region and beyond. As the Sunni insurgents advanced from their strongholds in Al-Anbar, the Iraqi army seemed...
One year after his resounding 14 June election win (GSN 949/1), President Hassan Rouhani is arguably presiding over one of the most crucial moments in Iran’s recent history, with nuclear negotiations with the West at a much-anticipated turning...
As Sunni militants extended their control in Iraq, Iran moved quickly to reinforce its Shiite powerbase. According to an Iraqi source in Baghdad, Major General Qassem Suleimani, the head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Quds Force...
Oilfield services company Snamprogetti Netherlands has accepted a charge from the African Development Bank (AfDB) of corrupt practices by affiliated companies related to the Bonny Island liquefied natural gas (LNG) project in Nigeria between 1995...
The board of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) agreed on 6 June to lift the suspension of Madagascar and reinstate its status as a candidate country. The suspension has been in effect since 25 October 2011 following a coup...
A simmering controversy over the planned refinancing by a cash-strapped state of Office National de l’Electricité et de l’Eau Potable (ONEE), and UK investor Actis’ travails in landing political approvals for its takeover of Vivendi’s electricity...
The appointment of outspoken former central bank governor Lamido Sanusi as emir of Kano has been widely welcomed as good news for Nigeria in general and the north in particular, although President Goodluck Jonathan may be less thrilled. Sanusi...
Mining companies have expressed concern that April’s increase in electricity and fuel prices will not only hurt existing mining operations, but also make Africa’s second biggest copper producer less attractive as an investment destination. In...
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