Intersect: Africa
MOZAMBIQUE LNG PLAN ON HOLD Mozambique’s $24.1 billion Afungi liquefied natural gas (LNG) project received a major setback after French energy firm Total put construction activities on hold following renewed attacks by insurgents. Indian firms Oil India and ONGC Videsh together own a 30% stake in the terminal, the largest Indian investment on the continent. […]
Intersect: Africa
H I G H L I G H T S • NIGERIA ON THE BRINK• COVID THIRD WAVE• POLITICAL UPDATE• DARK SIDE OF INDIA IN AFRICA NIGERIA ON THE BRINK Embattled Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari asked the United States for assistance to tackle a spreading wave of insurgency, banditry, kidnapping and secessionist violence that is threatening to undermine Africa’s […]
Intersect: Africa
H I G H L I G H T S • CHINA’S AFRICA STRATEGY CHINA’S AFRICA STRATEGY Based on the writings of Chinese stategists, Nadege Rolland of the Washington-based National Bureau of Asian Research concludes in the report “A New Great Game? Situating Africa in China’s Strategic Thinking” that Beijing has an emerging, but seemingly informal, […]
