US oil companies have never stopped investing and operating in Venezuela’s petroleum industry, despite many changes in the terms of their engagement.
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The competition for Africa’s critical minerals between China and the West presents an opportunity.
Frelimo’s ability to repress political contestation in Mozambique is diminishing.
The future of Mozambique rests on the ability of the new president.
Africa hosts substantial reserves of critical minerals.
Failed developmental promises, ever shifting domestic elite alliances and popular demand for better living conditions contributed to the military removal of Gabon’s Ali Bongo Ondimba.
Peace and security in South Sudan depend on a fully functioning, peaceful and democratic government in Khartoum
The Sudanese crisis is the culmination of three decades of contentious energy politics among rival elites.
Disagreements and political considerations override the common good in managing Ghana’s petroleum sector
Dos Santos was a withdrawn president. His silence produced an aura of power and the cult of personality that surrounded him.
Dos Santos died as he had lived and governed: in silence. His silence, and what he accomplished with it, is his most enduring legacy.
Buyers are avoiding Russian oil in response to the war in Ukraine. Can smaller producers leverage this moment to strike favorable deals with big oil companies?
President Tshisekedi’s government no longer has the excuse that it’s being hampered by the dead hand of his predecessor Joseph Kabila’s cabal.
President Alpha Condé’s pursuit of mining interests during the Ebola crisis may have foreshadowed his demise as he tightened his grip over power and plundered the state’s wealth.
Frelimo, which governs Mozambique, has squandered the enormous political capital it enjoyed at independence. It now remains in power through violence, intimidation, harassment, and threats.
The Southern African Development Community does not have a remarkable record of military interventions in civil conflicts in the region.
A new book explains the manifestations of the oil curse in Nigeria and Angola since independence.
The transitional government has achieved a monumental milestone, but peace agreements in Sudan have been known to fall apart quickly.
Clashes between mining companies and communities are often about the age-old question of whether mining, with its adverse impacts, can benefit the many or only a selected few.
Tiny Guyana hoped to see unprecedented wealth this year as ExxonMobil’s offshore wells began pumping out crude. Instead, it got a pandemic and political strife. Other oil states are struggling, too.
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