South Sudan Hopes Planned Port in Djibouti Will Increase Market Access, Profits
September 24th, 2022
Via AllAfrica, a report on South Sudan’s hopes that a planned port in Djibouti will increase market access and profits: Officials in South Sudan confirmed this month they have bought land on the coast of Djibouti to build a port. South Sudan says the port will be key for exporting the country’s crude oil, which currently […]
Read more »India: Building On Its Historic Links With Central Asia
September 23rd, 2022
Via Eurasia Review, a report on India’s efforts to build out its historic links with Central Asia: Present-day Indian rulers, who are keen on establishing India’s presence in Central Asia, can draw inspiration from the daring and enterprising Indian traders of the medieval era, who were key participants in the trade along the Central Asian […]
Read more »Nigeria-Morocco Gas Pipeline Project Takes Off
September 23rd, 2022
Via AfricaNews.com, an article on a new Nigeria-Morocco gas pipeline project: A memorandum of understanding on a gas pipeline project linking Nigeria to Morocco, which will also supply West Africa and Europe, was signed on Thursday in Rabat, an official source said. The memorandum on the Nigeria-Morocco gas pipeline project (NMGP) was initialled by the […]
Read more »Exporting Saharan Sun To The UK
September 23rd, 2022
Via WIRED, an article on an ambitious cable project which aims to use Moroccan solar power to provide thousands of UK homes with renewable energy by 2030: By the time Scotland’s Hunterston B nuclear power station closed in January of this year, its dual reactors had produced enough energy to power 1.8 million British homes for 46 years. […]
Read more »An Energy Crisis + Geopolitics = A New-Look Gulf
September 23rd, 2022
Via The Economist, a report on how a richer, more powerful, and more volatile Gulf is emerging: In eight weeks, roughly 1m football fans will descend on Qatar for the World Cup, many of them travelling via neighbouring cities such as Dubai and Abu Dhabi. They will find a Gulf in the midst of a […]
Read more »Inflation, Unrest Challenge Bangladesh’s ‘Miracle Economy’
September 23rd, 2022
Courtesy of The Diplomat, an article on how – although Bangladesh’s situation is nowhere nearly as severe as Sri Lanka’s – it faces similar troubles: excessive spending, corruption and cronyism, and a weakening trade balance: Standing in line to try to buy food, Rekha Begum is distraught. Like many others in Bangladesh, she is struggling […]
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