Are Rwandan Troops Becoming Cabo Delgado’s Main Security Provider?
September 29th, 2024
Via Eurasia Review, a look at the growing security relationship between Rwanda and Mozambique: In July 2021, around 1 000 personnel from the Rwanda Defence Force and Rwanda National Police arrived in the terrorist-hit Mozambique province of Cabo Delgado. The province faced a severe threat from violent extremism characterised by increased attacks on civilians and […]
Read more »Colombia Looks to Future Without Oil in $40 Billion Transition Plan
September 29th, 2024
Courtesy of Bloomberg, an article on Colombia’s $40 billion energy transition plan: Colombia is set to announce a $40 billion investment plan aimed at replacing fossil-fuel export revenues that are expected to decline after the country ended new oil and gas exploration two years ago. Susana Muhamad, Colombia’s environment minister, said in an interview during New York […]
Read more »Christie’s To Become First Global Art Auction House In Saudi Arabia
September 29th, 2024
Via The Art Newspaper, a report that Christie’s will become first global auction house to operate in Saudi Arabia Christie’s is expanding in the Middle East, announcing today that it has been granted a commercial license to operate in Saudi Arabia. It is the first international auction house to establish a permanent presence in the […]
Read more »Climate Migrants Stand to Overwhelm World’s Megacities
September 29th, 2024
Courtesy of Bloomberg, a look at how – from Dhaka to São Paulo – already crowded cities are unprepared to absorb people fleeing the effects of climate change. Some of the world’s most climate-vulnerable nations will see a mass reshuffling of their populations as the extreme environmental and weather events prompt entire communities to migrate […]
Read more »Sahel States Laud Morocco’s Atlantic Access Initiative
September 29th, 2024
Via North Africa Post, an article on King Mohammed VI’s initiative to facilitate Sahel states access to the Atlantic Ocean: Sahel States have lauded King Mohammed VI’s initiative aiming to facilitate their access to the Atlantic Ocean, as a “highly important strategy” for co-development and prosperity in the region and as a move that will […]
Read more »Driving Change: How EVs Are Reshaping China’s Economic Relationship with Latin America
September 28th, 2024
Via the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), a report on how Countries in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) are navigating a new geopolitical moment. Some LAC countries are benefitting from increased access to low-cost, high-quality electric vehicles (EVs) and new investment throughout the value chain from China that can help meet governments’ […]
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.