The Rise of Multimodal Transportation Among Russia, Iran and India

As the Ukraine war has entered its fifth month, and two decades after Iran, Russia and India signed the International North-South Transport Corridor (INSTC) in 2002, Dariush Jamali, head of the Iranian-Russian Port of Solyanka in Astrakhan Oblast, announced that the first transit shipment from Russia to India had been sent through Iran by way of the INSTC (Mehr News Agency, June 11). This shipment passed on a multimodal route through Astrakhan Port, specifically the Solyanka part (Russia); Bandar Abbas and Chabahar ports (Iran); and Nhava Sheva Port (India).

The G7 is playing catch-up with China in Africa

This past June, the leaders of the world’s largest IMF economies and wealthiest liberal democracies gathered at Elmau castle in Germany’s picturesque Bavarian Alps for the annual G7 summit. Besides discussing obvious topics such as the Ukrainian war and global economic recovery, the gathering was an opportunity to unveil a major infrastructure development program—the Partnership for Global Infrastructure and Investment (PGII).

Gambian court sentences five former spies to death for Jammeh-era murder

A Gambian court has sentenced five former members of the intelligence service to death for the murder of a political activist during the rule of ex-dictator Yahya Jammeh.

High Court Justice Kumba Sillah-Camara pronounced the sentence against the former head of the National Intelligence Agency, Yankuba Badjie, after finding him guilty of murdering Ebrima Solo Sandeng, an important figure in the opposition United Democratic Party, in 2016.

Continued Global Population Growth Creates Challenges, Opportunities

The United Nation’s latest global population projection predicts there will be 8 billion people on the planet by November and that the population will gradually increase to 8.5 billion by 2050 and to more than 10 billion by 2080. That growth will come with significant economic and environmental implications.

Africa to drive global population growth in UN report estimating 8 billion mark for November

More than half of the projected increase in the global population up to 2050 will be concentrated in eight countries, the UN has said, five of which are in Africa.

The Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, Nigeria, and Tanzania, the new UN report – World Population Prospects 2022 –released Tuesday shows will contribute more than half to the increase leading the human population to the 8 billion mark on November 15 of this year.

The Economy Brief: The old continent loses its youth

Generally speaking, younger people trust in governments and the EU more than older age cohorts. Governments, however, are doing little to prove themselves worthy of that trust.

Socially and economically, young people have suffered disproportionately in the crises of the past decade and a half.

Securing the energy transition against cyber threats

As the US energy sector’s reliance on digitalization grows, its vulnerability to cyberattacks also increases. To better understand current and future threats, the Atlantic Council Global Energy Center convened the Atlantic Council Task Force on Cybersecurity and the Energy Transition to develop a cybersecurity framework designed to protect US energy infrastructure—and by extension, national security—against cyberattacks.

RDC : le Conseil de sécurité appelle les groupes armés étrangers à « retourner dans leur pays »

Condamnant fermement « tous les groupes armés nationaux et étrangers » opérant dans l’est de la République démocratique du Congo (RDC), le Conseil de sécurité de l’ONU a dit sa préoccupation face à l’augmentation des « attaques » et des « provocations » contre les civils et la Mission de l’ONU en RDC, la MONUSCO. Les attaques visant les soldats de la paix pourraient constituer des « crimes de guerre » en vertu du droit international.

Le Tchad et le Niger promettent un nouveau souffle pour le G5 Sahel malgré le départ du Mali

Arrivé mardi 12 juillet et reparti mercredi 13 juillet au soir, le président du Niger Mohamed Bazoum, était à Ndjamena pour « une visite de travail et d’amitié ». C’est son deuxième séjour au Tchad depuis sa prise de fonctions. Lors d’une conférence de presse tenue à la présidence tchadienne mercredi 13 juillet, lui et son homologue tchadien Mahamat Idriss Déby ont longuement abordé la lutte contre le terrorisme dans la région, le retrait du Mali du G5 Sahel et la transition tchadienne.