However, such a move might also drive up global oil prices and have an impact on American consumers just weeks before a crucial election. Washington’s sanctions have failed to stymie Iran’s oil exports, largely because China has been willing to defy Washington. With Beijing purchasing about 90% of Iran’s crude oil, an Israeli attack on Iranian facilities would have uncertain consequences. China could offset the loss of its 1.5m barrels per day of Iranian oil by turning to Saudi Arabia, which has ample spare production capacity. However, Riyadh, having recently restored ties with Tehran, is cautious about being drawn into a conflict between Israel and Iran.

For more than a century, we've had a presence in Africa and the Middle East through our upstream and downstream operations. Energy development is more than just oil and gas production. It’s also about developing a local workforce and delivering long-term benefits to the communities in which we operate.

Senegal, long considered a bastion of Francophonie in West Africa, is experiencing a significant linguistic shift. While French remains the official language, its influence is waning in favor of Wolof, the most widely spoken local language. Out of Senegal’s 17 million people, over 12 million speak Wolof, compared to around 4 million French speakers. This shift aligns with a broader trend in West Africa, where nations are reevaluating their relationships with France. In Senegal, the change has been gradual but noticeable, with increasing use of Wolof in advertising, academic settings, and literature.

Dublin, Oct. 09, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "Project Insight - Global Leisure and Hospitality Construction Projects (Q3 2024)" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. The report provides analysis on the construction projects, showing total project values and analysis by stage and funding for all regions. The top 20 projects per region are listed giving country, stage, value of projects. The tracked pipeline of leisure and hospitality buildings projects consist of a total value of $1.89 trillion, decreasing marginally from $1.95 trillion in Q2 2024. This comprises hotel and resorts projects in addition to mixed-use developments that include a significant component of leisure and hospitality.

The databook is designed to serve as a comprehensive guide to navigating this sector. The databook focuses on market statistics denoted in the form of revenue and y-o-y growth and CAGR across the globe and regions. A detailed competitive and opportunity analyses related to cloud security posture management market will help companies and investors design strategic landscapes. Solution was the largest segment with a revenue share of 68.63% in 2023. Horizon Databook has segmented the Middle East & Africa cloud security posture management market based on solution, services covering the revenue growth of each sub-segment from 2018 to 2030.

A detailed competitive and opportunity analyses related to automotive lightweight material market will help companies and investors design strategic landscapes. Horizon Databook has segmented the Middle East & Africa automotive lightweight material market based on metals, composites, plastics, elastomers covering the revenue growth of each sub-segment from 2018 to 2030. The growth in car sales in GCC countries in 2019, is expected to drive the demand for automotive lightweight materials. However, the sales dropped slightly in Qatar and UAE, thus limiting the market growth. Furthermore, the market growth in African countries is also expected to low, owing to instability in economic systems.

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SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea said Wednesday it will permanently block its border with South Korea and build front-line defense structures to cope with “confrontational hysteria” by South Korean and U.S. forces, while not announcing an expected constitutional revision to formally designate South Korea its principal enemy and codify new national borders. The North’s military called its steps a “self-defensive measure for inhibiting war and defending the security” of North Korea. It said South Korea will “overwhelmingly punish” North Korea if it launches provocations. A South Korean military statement said North Korea’s nuclear and missile programs have threatened peace on the Korean Peninsula. AdvertisementAt the center of outside attention was whether North Korea makes new legal claims on the waters currently controlled by South Korea off their west coast.

Tunisian president wins second term with landslideReuters Only 29% of the more than nine million registered voters took part in Sunday's electionIn an election that was criticised by rights groups, Tunisia’s President Kais Saied has won a second term with more than 90% of the vote, the electoral commission has said. Only two candidates out of more than a dozen other hopefuls were allowed to stand against President Saied in Sunday's ballot, where only 29% of the more than nine million registered voters took part. He was widely expected to win a second term after the authorities arrested and jailed dissidents as well as potential rivals. "According to preliminary results, Saied received 2,438,954 favourable votes," the country's Independent High Authority for Elections (ISIE) said on Monday evening. Sunday's vote was Tunisia's third presidential election since Ben Ali was overthrown in 2011 following months of massive protests.

Since he took power in 2019, President Kais Saied has followed an Algerian blueprint to destroy checks and balances, backtracking on Arab Spring assets that once made Tunisia a democratic country. Nothing depicts the vassalization of Tunisia by Algeria than the recent election, won by Kais Saied with 90.7% of the votes, with his main rival Ayachi Zammel in jail. Just like Algeria, much of the opposition boycotted the Tunisian election, calling it sham. Since taking power, Saied indulged in a populism that echoed Algerian conspiracy theories in pinning many self-inflicted economic woes on Israel and the “invisible foreign hand”. Kais Saied regime has even allowed Algerian agents to arrest refugee Slimane Bohafs, a Kabyle independence leader, in 2021.

Algeria’s president Tebboune downplayed his failure to join the BRICS, which admitted other African and Asian countries as new members. Tebboune spoke with certainty two years ago promising his people to join the BRICS group, much to his disappointment when the grouping admitted Egypt and Ethiopia along with Iran the UAE and Saudi Arabic, but rejected Algeria. In a recent interview with sycophant media, Tebboune said that he “no longer thinks of joining BRICS,” expressing satisfaction with giving $1.5 billion to the BRICS’ New Development Bank. As a state that lacks an industrial base with an oil and gas-dependent economy, Algeria does not meet the requirements to join the group of industrialized nations. Moreover, Algeria’s voice is growing inaudible in its immediate African environment where it sowed tension with most of its neighbors notably Morocco, Mali, and Libya.

Accounting for 71% of the world’s space business and providing increasingly capable services and connectivity, satellites are becoming more affordable and accessible. Relied on primarily by companies that do not have easy access to alternative connectivity solutions, satellite broadband has been expensive while offering limited bandwidth and poor latency. Smart GEO technology satellite providers are handing companies exactly what they need. Businesses want to know how this satellite connectivity will be maintained, what support they will receive, what backups and fail-safes are included. It was the Twoobii Smart Satellite Service from Q-KON, that proved the right fit for the problem.

Allison Fedirka is the director of analysis for Geopolitical Futures. In addition to analyzing and writing about global geopolitical issues, she helps train new analysts, oversees the intellectual quality of analyst work and helps guide the forecasting process. Prior to joining Geopolitical Futures, Ms. Fedirka worked for Stratfor as a Latin America specialist and subsequently as the Latin America regional director. She lived in South America – primarily Argentina and Brazil – for more than seven years and, in addition to English, fluently speaks Spanish and Portuguese. Ms. Fedirka has a bachelor’s degree in Spanish and international studies from Washington University in St. Louis and a master’s degree in international relations and affairs from the University of Belgrano, Argentina.

By noon, around 60 patients with various medical needs have already been attended to. It is another busy day for 31-year-old Sudanese refugee, Nada Fadol, who has been running this multi-purpose centre since the Sudan war broke out in April last year and an influx of refugees began crossing the border into Egypt. Nada and her friends transformed a three-bedroom apartment into a one-stop shop to support refugees and asylum-seekers. A medical convoy operated by the Egyptian Red Crescent visits twice a month, offering free health-care services and medical check-ups.

One key focus area for the region’s power pool is readying grids in Southern Africa for increased renewable energy output. Stephen Dihwa, Executive Director of the Southern African Power Pool, said the region’s glaring challenge is addressing the lack of access to electricity. He said regional collaboration and international partnerships need to be leveraged to increase investment in the region’s energy sector. Tackling energy challenges in Southern Africa through interconnectednessPetroSA COO Sesakho Magadla said SADC faces several challenges. The power pool is also discussing policies to assess the potential for renewable energy sources and their impact on the region’s electricity grids.