Middle East / Africa
Capital flows to be static in Middle East/North Africa
Remittances and foreign aid flows outweigh foreign investment in non-oil Middle Eastern and North African economies
Middle EastInsecurity will rise across Jordan’s border with Syria
Drug and arms smuggling and Iranian interference are creating security issues for the Jordanian authorities
JordanTanzania arrests will raise fears of authoritarianism
Mass arrests of opposition supporters have awoken memories of a recent authoritarian past
TanzaniaIraq will pursue anti-IS coalition exit
Baghdad and Washington are publicly communicating differing assessments of Islamic States (IS) capabilities
IraqAlgerian interest in BRICS membership may grow again
Algeria can now join the group's multilateral bank, which sets the grounds for Algiers to reconsider broader membership
AlgeriaQatar will increase its non-gas industrial output
QatarEnergy plans to more than double its output of urea by the end of the decade
QatarBahrain will introduce more taxes into the medium term
Bahrain is to introduce a minimum 15% tax on the profits of multinational companies
BahrainNigerian fuel shortages may worsen
The state-owned oil company has warned that it will struggle to maintain sufficient fuel imports due to outstanding debt
Nigeria
