Author: Editor
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June 2026
Tanzania steps into the second half of the year with growing confidence. The political crisis that followed last year's election has faded from the headlines, major infrastructure projects are advancing and the government is increasingly focused on projecting stability, growth and regional influence. On the surface, the strategy appears to be working.…… Read the rest
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June 2026
Last month's story was that Egypt's flexibility was narrowing. This month's story is that Cairo is beginning to use that flexibility more actively because the region increasingly expects it to. For much of the past two years Egypt has positioned itself as a stabilising intermediary - maintaining dialogue across rival camps while avoiding direct entanglement…
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June 2026
Last month's story was that Egypt's flexibility was narrowing. This month's story is that Cairo is beginning to use that flexibility more actively because the region increasingly expects it to. For much of the past two years Egypt has positioned itself as a stabilising intermediary - maintaining dialogue across rival camps while avoiding direct entanglement…
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June 2026
Mexico entered the final stretch before the 2026 FIFA World Cup and USMCA negotiations amid a mixed but generally resilient environment. The first round of trade negotiations between Mexico and the United States concluded without signs of disruption, while exports reached record levels and companies announced billions of dollars in new investments across manufacturing, pharmaceuticals,…
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May 2026
Kazakhstan is entering a new phase. The reform shock has passed and the state is now moving into implementation mode. Behind the headlines, Astana is quietly building a far more controlled and resilience-focused system - tightening succession architecture, hardening digital sovereignty and redesigning infrastructure, energy and trade policy for a more fragmented world.…… Read the…
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May 2026
With BNP planning its first national council in a decade later this year, there is a renewed focus on reviving dormant associate networks, filling current leadership gaps, as well as bringing in more youth and field-focused individuals to the leadership group and moving on senior leaders to a more advisory role, while also making changes…
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May 2026
With BNP planning its first national council in a decade later this year, there is a renewed focus on reviving dormant associate networks, filling current leadership gaps, as well as bringing in more youth and field-focused individuals to the leadership group and moving on senior leaders to a more advisory role, while also making changes…
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May 2026
The dominant theme of this reporting period is the slow-motion collapse of the ceasefire framework agreed on 8 April. Seventy days after the United States and Israel launched military operations against Iran, the conflict has not resumed, but never fully stopped. The Strait of Hormuz remains effectively closed, US forces continue to strike Iranian-flagged vessels,…
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May 2026
Nigeria is still standing but under visibly increasing strain. The reform agenda has survived its most dangerous early phase, yet the political and economic buffers that once protected Abuja are thinning fast. The banking sector has moved from recapitalisation theory into consolidation reality, while Dangote’s growing economic gravity is quietly reshaping capital flows, fuel pricing…