The Trans-Saharan Corridor (Algeria–Niger–Nigeria)
July 5th, 2026
Via Modern Diplomacy, commentary on the proposed Trans-Saharan Railway Corridor linking Algeria, Niger, and Nigeria which the article argues should be understood not merely as a railway but as a strategic instrument for reshaping the economic geography of Africa: The proposed Trans-Saharan Railway Corridor linking Algeria, Niger, and Nigeria should be understood not merely as […]
Read more »How Iran War Is Reshaping China’s Geo-Economic Cooperation with North Africa
April 11th, 2026
Via the Stimson Center, commentary on China’s shifting energy strategy toward North Africa amid Hormuz disruption, deepening oil diversification and accelerating green cooperation with Algeria, Morocco, and Egypt: A distant war is quietly redrawing the map of global energy, and most people haven’t noticed. As disruptions in the Gulf expose the fragility of China’s oil […]
Read more »How ENI Found an Alternative to Russian Gas in Africa
February 2nd, 2026
Via The Africa Report, a look at how – in the wake of the war in Ukraine – the Italian giant was forced to turn its back on Moscow. Over four years, it has turned the continent – Brazzaville to Luanda via Maputo – into its new gas stronghold: As the Russia-Ukraine war drags on, ENI has completed […]
Read more »How Algeria Can Help China Plug Iron Ore Gaps and Gain Pricing Power
December 29th, 2025
Via the South China Morning Post, a report on how Algeria’s Gara Djebilet deposit in the Sahara Desert – discovered decades ago – is only now coming into production: In the heart of Algeria’s Sahara Desert, Chinese state-owned giant China Railway Construction Corporation (CRCC) has completed laying track on the PK330 Bridge, a final and […]
Read more »Is Western Sahara Washington’s New Strategic Priority to Access Minerals?
November 19th, 2025
Via The Africa Report, an article on why has Donald Trump seized on Western Sahara – a file Washington long kept at arm’s length? The US catch-up fits a scheme that goes well beyond the stand-off between Rabat and Algiers. For decades, the Western Sahara was never a priority for the US. Folded into the broad Middle […]
Read more »North Africa: On The Rise
November 7th, 2025
Via Global Finance, a report on how North Africa is emerging as a growth engine, led by Egypt and Morocco. But structural challenges persist. This year again, North Africa is the fastest growing region in Africa and the Arab world. Combined GDP growth in Mauritania, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Egypt, and Libya is expected […]
Read more »Focusing primarily on The New Seven Sisters - the largely state owned petroleum companies from the emerging world that have become key players in the oil & gas industry as identified by Carola Hoyos, Chief Energy Correspondent for The Financial Times - but spanning other nascent opportunities around the globe that may hold potential in the years ahead, Wildcats & Black Sheep is a place for the adventurous to contemplate & evaluate the emerging markets of tomorrow.