Via APNews, a report on a new gas find in Bolivia: Bolivia’s embattled president on Monday announced the discovery of vast natural gas reserves, describing it as the biggest find in nearly two decades that could help the cash-strapped country reverse its falling production. President Luis Arce called the trove just north of the capital […]
Read more »Via BBC, a look at tourism in Afghanistan: When it comes to planning a holiday, Afghanistan is not at the top of most people’s must-visit lists. Decades of conflict mean that few tourists dared step foot in the Central Asian nation since its heyday as part of the hippie trail in the 1970s. And the […]
Read more »Via Eurasia Review, commentary on CPEC: The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), an emblematic project under China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), has long been hailed as a transformative force for Pakistan’s economic landscape. The recent joint statement following Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s five-day visit to China heralds a new era for CPEC, one that promises […]
Read more »Via Rest of World, a report on the impact that Bangladesh’s internet blackout is having upon its booming tech industry: Bangladesh’s tech industry has come to a halt as the nationwide internet blackouts entered a third day, leaving thousands of companies with financial and reputational losses and workers feeling helpless. Internet services in Bangladesh were […]
Read more »Courtesy of The Financial Times, an article on Total’s decision to hand the security contract for its $20bn Mozambique gas project to a Rwandan state-linked business: A security company backed by Rwanda’s ruling party has been hired to guard TotalEnergie’s giant gas project in Mozambique as Kigali continues its commercial expansion in the country three years […]
Read more »Via Bloomberg, a report on renewed efforts to revive the world’s biggest power project in the Democratic Republic of Congo: Banks are in talks over how to fund Congo’s Grand Inga Grand Inga could produce 40 gigawatts if fully developed Five development finance institutions have banded together to find a way to develop the world’s […]
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