Editorial Director, MEA, at the Economist Intelligence Unit. Leading expert on African and Middle East markets and key business trends.
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The people look the same. Yet the place feels different econ.st/36qHUTI
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Super excited to finally share this updated analysis on the countries most responsible for climate change, now including all sources of CO2:
US 509GtCO2
CN 284
RU 172
BR 113
ID 103
DE 88
IN 86
UK 74
JP 68
CA 65
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carbonbrief.org/analysis-whi…
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Cape Town is one of the most beautiful cities in the world. It’s also one of the most dangerous econ.st/3gDlsIi
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Russia and China have sent some vaccines across SSA, but numbers are pretty small for now (and distribution in-country often slow). Even between these and Covax scheme, most of SSA will not have enough for mass vaccinations until mid- 2022 at earliest
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A great report, worth a read!
Life, death, lockdowns and liberty: the 2020 #DemocracyIndex examines the impact of the pandemic on freedom and democracy globally. Download the free report here: bit.ly/36sPQkn
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The U.S. embassy in Kampala says Ambassador Nathalie E. Brown was prevented from visiting opposition leader Bobi Wine at his home, which has been surrounded by security forces since an election last week. David Doyle reports.
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The MEA team is looking for freelance contributors based in Middle Eastern and African countries to write for us on an on-going basis. Interested people can reach out to us here!
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China seems to have just banned imports of Australian coal . Shows the limited value of free trade deals involving China: AU has a bilateral as well as RCEP. Higher coal prices in China a good thing, but better done via uniform taxation than trade barriers
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With global GDP expected to contract in 2020, and not return to 2019 levels until 2022, investor demand for safe haven assets (e.g. gold) is expected to remain high 2020-21. Africa's top gold-producing nations potentially stand to benefit
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Presidential and legislative elections begin in #Seychelles. We don’t expect the incumbent, Danny Faure, and his United Seychelles party to win either of the elections owing to rising discontent related to a severe recession and rising unemployment in 2020.
First votes cast in Seychelles' 3-day presidential, National Assembly elections shar.es/abStAm
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We're launching #CovidsKids today, a guidebook for the 2020s for everyone who wants to be a good ancestor and serve the cause of intergenerational justice. It asks 5 big questions of all of us. savethechildren.org.uk/conte…
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Covid, and the suspension of EU fiscal rules, has given all of us more time to think about the right fiscal frame for Europe. We should be intellectually ambitious, not go for adjustments at the margin.
CEPR / @CESifoGroup / @sciencespo Economic Policy Virtual Conference on 'Fiscal Standards for Europe' 22Oct
Register: ow.ly/JvO050BTs2r
Join @ojblanchard1, @PIIE @mcmahonecon, @UniofOxford @OxfordEconDept @jakob_eu, @bweder, @StHughsCollege @fiscalcouncil @BMF_Bund & more
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As expected, ECOWAS has lifted sanctions from #Mali as the country met the conditions of forming a transitional government with a civilian head.
Nonetheless, military will play an important role in the new government.
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Latest @TheEIU growth forecasts
🌍-5.1%
🇺🇸 -5.3%
🇨🇦 -5.8%
🇨🇳 1.7%
🇯🇵 -5.2%
🇮🇳 -8.5%
🇮🇩 0.2%
🇰🇷 -1.8%
🇦🇺 -4.3%
🇹🇼-0.5%
🇪🇺 -8.1%
🇪🇺EZ -8.7%
🇩🇪 -5.9%
🇫🇷 -10.4%
🇮🇹 -10.8%
🇪🇸 -12.6%
🇬🇧 -9.4%
🇨🇭-6%
🇷🇺 -6.1%
🇹🇷 -5.2%
🇧🇷 -5.5%
🇲🇽-9.7%
🇦🇷-11.1%
🇸🇦-5.2%
🇪🇬0.6%
🇦🇪-5.8%
🇮🇱-5.4%
🇿🇦-8%
🇳🇬-3.6%
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Q2 GDP data made for dramatic reading across many major economies. However, there is hope that activity will pick up now as lockdowns have been lifted. Join our next webinar session, as we discuss the EIU’s forecasts for the second half of 2020: econ.st/3iTGX7j
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#Mali's president resigned and dismissed the government after a military coup in the country, creating a political vacuum. This will derail the fight against jihadists with increased threat for the entire region.
Sanctions from #Ecowas unlikely to change the situation.
Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita resigned from his post and dissolved his government and parliament after he was detained by soldiers in a crisis that escalated following weeks of protests trib.al/1iqndUz (Video via @QuickTake)
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#Mali protests—which stopped briefly as regional talks began—have again resumed demanding the president to resign, which is unlikely to happen. Expect protests to turn violent and state to crackdown.
Mali protests resume as thousands call for president to resign af.reuters.com/article/topNe…
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In our latest Global Outlook video, @AgatheDemarais, @CailinBirch and @MarkAlexKeller discuss the upcoming #US #presidential election and our outlook for US-Mexico relations. Watch the video: eiu.com/n/global-outlook-bid…
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Tribute to Simone Veil, a champion of the struggle for #WomensRights and the construction of Europe, who died #OnThisDay in 2017.
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