The signs are not good for South Africa’s economy. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) estimates that GDP grew by only 1.9% in 2013, following a disappointing 2.5% in 2012, and growth of just 0.6% in Q1 2014 has many investors worried. The...
The Supreme Constitutional Court ruling on 9 June confirming Abdullah Al-Thinni as prime minister and ruling out the claim of his supposed successor Ahmed Maetig has been accepted by all sides and restored a degree of authority and unity to a...
International oil trading and refining companies that supply Libya with much of its diesel and gasoline continue to deal with delayed payments and increasing levels of financial risk caused by the failure of the Central Bank of Libya (CBL) to...
The positions, or at least the credibility, of some members of the Al-Thani look perilous in the glare of the global scrutiny reignited by The Sunday Times’ investigations into how corruption might have influenced Qatar’s win of the 2022 Fifa...
On paper at least, the new ceasefire signed on 9 May between South Sudan President Salva Kiir and his opponent Riek Machar is a step forward. Not only does it recommit them to the terms of the 23 January ceasefire, but provisions for a...
Dutch government officials say there has still been no official word from Saudi Arabia about a rumoured decision to sideline Dutch companies, following Saudi anger at anti-Islamic statements made by far-right politician Geert Wilders (GSN 970/5...
More than a month into a military offensive against Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) in south Yemen, a second front has reignited as government forces engage Houthi rebels in Amran Province, north of Sanaa. Armed clashes there had receded...
King Abdullah Bin Abdelaziz Al-Saud’s choice of his son Turki Bin Abdullah to be the new Riyadh governor has widely been seen as strengthening his line (GSN 970/1). The king now has sons governing the two largest regions in the country, which...
On 23 May, the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) issued a bold statement saying it had completed its first sales of crude oil via Turkey, defying Baghdad’s insistence that all crude must be sold via the State Organisation for Marketing of Oil (...
Transition to middle-income status, writes Thalia Griffiths with François Misser New funds are flowing into Angola’s power sector as the country’s infrastructure planning reassures donors that the government is serious about development. Brazil...
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