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…
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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…
Just ahead of a halt on government announcements in the campaign for the 11 August primaries, President Mauricio Macri inaugurated a 140km section of road in the western province of…
The government’s recently published 11th Development Plan is particularly important, as it covers the goals for 2023 – a symbolic year, marking the centenary of the proclamation of the Turkish…
On 1 July, Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane accused President Cyril Ramaphosa of failing to uphold the constitution, by ignoring the remedial action required by her report into the allegations of…
In early June, the Constitutional Council (CC) declared “the nullity of the acts inherent to the loan hired by EMATUM, SA, and the respective sovereign guarantee granted by the Government,…
In recent weeks, the National Hydrocarbons Commission (CNH), the upstream regulator has adopted a non-confrontational strategy toward President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO)’s administration in hopes of securing independence. Acting…
Petrobras stands at the center of the government’s efforts to liberalize the oil and gas value chain and attract foreign capital into the pre-salt oilfields. However, the company’s new leadership…
As a crucial electoral year for the country progresses, wage negotiations – including in the oil and gas sector – have gotten off to a rocky start over rising inflation….