Malgré les inquiétudes des ONG, Kinshasa a lancé un appel d’offres pour l’exploration et l’exploitation de 27 blocs pétroliers et 3 gaziers. Estimant qu’il est temps de saisir l’opportunité d’augmenter significativement les revenus de l’État. Entretien avec Didier Budimbu, le ministre des hydrocarbures. La volonté du gouvernement congolais d’accélérer l’exploration …

On July 25, the Atlantic Council’s Iraq Initiative and Future of Iran Initiative hosted a virtual event titled “Iran and Iraq: The struggle for tenable relations.” Moderated by Masoud Mostajabi, associate director of Middle East Programs at the Atlantic Council, the discussion analyzed the political, economic, and cultural ties and …

After eight months of stalemate in the Iraqi Council of Representatives (CoR), Muqtada al-Sadr ordered his parliamentary bloc to turn in their letters of resignation on June 12 and withdraw from the partially disabled legislature. Even with seventy-three members of parliament out (22 percent of the total members), the institution …