Russia Steps Up Competition in Africa
January 11th, 2024
Via Foreign Policy Research Institute, a look at Russia’s efforts to step up its presence, and competitive position (both economically and militarily), in Africa: BOTTOM LINE The Kremlin is taking up the mantle of Wagner Group after Yevgeny Prigozhin’s death, and is now moving to compete directly with the West in Africa, particularly in the […]
Read more »How Capitalism is Destroying the Horn of Africa: Sheep and the Crises in Somalia and Sudan
November 26th, 2023
Via the Review of African Political Economy, commentary on how the ongoing crisis in the Horn of Africa can be linked to a violent transnational extractive economy that links the Horn and the Gulf States. The authors note that Sudan and Somalia, two countries that have suffered sustained violence in recent years, were together supplying 90% […]
Read more »Untapped Mining Potential in Africa Due To Political Instability: Top 4 Markets
November 22nd, 2023
Via The Business Year, a look at how – from the Horn of Africa to Madagascar – political instability has left enormous mining potential untapped: Africa is home to the largest reserves of known mineral resources, hosting considerable proven reserves of gold and other precious metals, rare earth elements, and phosphate, among much else. The […]
Read more »Sudan’s Economic War Intensifies As Sanctions Widen
October 9th, 2023
Via Middle East Eye, an article on Sudan’s economic war: The war in Sudan has been raging for close to six months, with the Sudanese army and its partner turned enemy, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary, fighting in arenas far beyond the battlefield. The conflict extends to supply lines, media confrontations, international relations, the cultural sphere and, most […]
Read more »Sudan and Ethiopia: Horn of a Dilemma
September 26th, 2023
Via National Interest, commentary on how a rollercoaster of political instability in Ethiopia and Sudan threatens to fracture the Horn of Africa, which would carry profound implications for the international economic corridor along the Red Sea, impacting the Middle East and Europe: The Horn of Africa has long been synonymous with instability and insecurity, and […]
Read more »Wagner-Linked Gold Miner in Sudan Halts Operations Over Conflict
September 19th, 2023
Via Bloomberg, a report on s Wagner-linked mining company in Sudan: A Sudanese gold mining company linked to the Russian mercenary Wagner Group has suspended operations because of conflict in the North African nation. Al-Sawlaj Gold Mining Co. has been shuttered since mid-April and its Russian staff have been evacuated, Huweyda Mursal, a legal adviser […]
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