Middle East / Africa

  • Jul 18
  • 2 min read

Corporate climate reporting is underestimating risks

Bank and corporate climate audits and stress tests overestimate progress on climate targets due to understating risks

International
  • Jul 17
  • 1 min read

West Africa's ECOWAS may struggle to overcome weakness

West Africa's ECOWAS regional bloc is threatened by juntas who want out

West Africa
  • Jul 17
  • 2 min read

Fresh Kenya protests underscore challenge for Ruto

Protests resumed yesterday despite the president’s efforts to defuse the crisis

Kenya
  • Jul 17
  • 2 min read

A series of Islamic State attacks is unlikely in Oman

Yesterday’s attack on a Shia mosque in Muscat was claimed by Islamic State

Oman
  • Jul 17
  • 2 min read

Turkey will seek to expand its footprint in Africa

Turkish delegations travel to Niger and Libya to widen defence cooperation

Turkey
  • Jul 17
  • 2 min read

UN efforts to contain Yemen’s economic war will falter

The warring factions are uncompromising and will not engage in a new dialogue on the country's economic conditions

Yemen
  • Jul 17
  • 2 min read

Turkey’s tax changes could address the fiscal deficit

Turkey is to change its corporation tax structure in an effort to address its growing fiscal account deficit

Turkey
  • Jul 17
  • 2 min read

Iraq signals openness to foreign trade and investment

The country is trying to move ahead with WTO accession and opening Baghdad’s international airport to foreign companies

Iraq