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1 – 7 of 7The firms aim to extract gold, lead, zinc, iron ore and copper across several Afghan provinces. Earlier this year, Afghanistan agreed a major contract relating to oil extraction…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB282083
ISSN: 2633-304X
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The address laid out the new administration’s policy objectives for the coming year and Marcos’s broad goals for his six-year term. It gave little indication of the president’s…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB271965
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The aim is to restore the market dominance of the state-owned Federal Electricity Commission (CFE). The move would sideline private players and potentially force the closure of…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB264623
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Eskom's new CEO, Andre de Ruyter, recently warned that ‘load shedding’ (power outages) will continue in the medium term as the utility embarks on an accelerated maintenance…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB250720
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However, cuts to the social grants budget and a continued focus on the planned three-year wage freeze for civil servants has annoyed (among others) the ruling ANC's ‘Tripartite…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB259790
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The countries have historically had strong ties. However, Delhi's growing partnership with Washington and burgeoning Moscow-Beijing relations are complicating factors, given the…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB262391
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SOUTH AFRICA: Reform bottlenecks will hinder recovery