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1 – 10 of 51More recently, this has involved widely publicised claims that Russia is skirting international sanctions by using African gold from mines seized by proxy forces to help finance…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB286368
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Its actions included floating the currency, which triggered a major devaluation, and a 600-basis point increase in its benchmark interest rate to 27.75%. Meanwhile, the government…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB285730
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Some observers have suggested that this is a sign of an IS-K resurgence. The ruling Taliban have tried hard since their takeover in 2021 to suppress the group, a long-standing…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB284996
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South Africa’s crime rates have long been among the world’s highest. Much of this constitutes interpersonal violence, where the victim and perpetrator know each other. However…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB284409
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The initiative follows the passage of a new monetary and banking law in June that enhanced the central bank’s independence, which included authorisation for it to introduce…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB282995
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With an estimated USD100bn at stake, the Libyan Asset Recovery and Management Office (LARMO) was established in 2017 and is the sole official entity established to deal with this…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB281057
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China has limited capacity to substitute for imports in this field over the next few years, so the critical factors will be US ability to enforce the controls and the extent to…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB276149
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In recent years, the crypto sector has gone through a rapid expansion across Eastern Europe thanks to the high number of IT specialists and software engineers in the workforce as…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB275890
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The government wishes to bolster the balance of payments in the face of a widening trade deficit and falling reserves. The policy of attracting sizeable portfolio investment…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB273369
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This forms part of a broader crackdown against bunkering, oil theft, smuggling, violent crime, piracy and insurgencies in the Niger Delta as Nigeria struggles to increase its oil…