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South Africa’s Ramaphosa will stress good governance

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SOUTH AFRICA

Ramaphosa appointed established individuals to the key finance and public enterprises portfolios while removing several figures associated with his predecessor, Jacob Zuma, and…

Brunei and Malaysia will each gain from oilfield deal

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BRUNEI/MALAYSIA

Soon after this unitisation deal, oil major Shell booked a drillship to work on the Gumusut-Kakap project, which it operates. It also finalised the purchase of a subsidiary of…

Brunei will avoid confrontation over South China Sea

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BRUNEI

Tensions between China and the South-east Asian claimants have increased considerably in the first half of this year. This has prompted some of those South-east Asian countries…

Policy mix will fail to tackle Balkan air pollution

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BALKANS

Monitoring detected an improvement in air quality, allowing the emergency measure against smog to be withdrawn. However, atmospheric pollution is a chronic problem in the Western…

Joining ASEAN may slip down East Timor’s priority list

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EAST TIMOR

Gusmao was inaugurated as premier at the start of July, after victory for his party in the May parliamentary elections. At the inauguration ceremony, President Jose Ramos-Horta…

Nigerian oil rebound vital for economic recovery

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NIGERIA

Despite such controversies, the government is pinning hopes for economic recovery on restoring hydrocarbons production alongside longstanding plans to reduce the country’s…

London may seek to slow UK-EU regulatory divergence

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UK/EU

The bill lays down that all EU-derived ‘secondary’ legislation be reviewed or revoked by the end of 2023. The bill encapsulates consecutive Conservative governments' efforts to…

Focus on African wildlife protection will grow

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AFRICA

African illegal wildlife trade.

Germany’s coal power phase-out will be costly

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GERMANY

The German government is aiming to phase out coal-fired power stations by 2038 based on a compromise proposed by an expert commission in January.

Far-right government in Austria is a real prospect

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AUSTRIA

Polls are pointing towards a convincing victory for the far-right Freedom Party (FPO), which is benefiting from the unpopularity of the current government led by the People’s…