President Alberto Fernandez has stated that his administration’s goal is to submit a new energy bill before the end of Congress’ extraordinary session this month. Major energy investors, particularly in…
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Led by the influential Marcelo Ebrard, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (SRE) is preparing to hold its annual meeting of ambassadors and consuls general (REC 2020) on 7 January. Senior…
On 20 January, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan declared that the Somali government had invited Turkey to conduct E&P operations in the country. Issued during his return from the Berlin conference on Libya,…
President Jair Bolsonaro faces a series of noteworthy political challenges ahead of the municipal elections in October 2020. He has seized control over economic decision-making and secured approval of the…
On 4 December, the opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) lost control of the key metropolitan area of Johannesburg, which it had run in coalition with the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) since…
In early November, the National Petroleum Agency (ANP) held the highly anticipated transfer-of-rights (TOR) and 6th pre-salt tenders. However, the results disappointed policymakers, who were counting on historic signing bonuses…
In mid-October, opposition parties Renamo and Mozambique Democratic Movement (MDM) said that they reject the official results of the 15 October general and provincial elections, which give Frelimo a landslide…
The dust has settled quickly in the Marib-Shabwah energy corridor due to the vigorous and pragmatic actions of all key actors. Shabwah tribes are looking opportunistically at the strengthened presence…
The sharp increase in Amazon Basin fires and deforestation has sparked domestic and international outrage against President Jair Bolsonaro’s government and Environment Minister Ricardo Salles, including from French President Emmanuel…
A recent claim from the Twitter account @LibyaDesk, created by the son of key former regime figure Abuzaid Dorda, that foreign companies have sought advice on how to engage Khalifa…