Leaked documents detail Egypt’s plan to supply Russia with rockets
A leaked US intelligence document revealed that Egyptian President Abdel Fatah El-Sisi ordered the production of up to...
Noah Berman
Noah is a journalist covering international economics. He previously worked at CQ Roll Call and Gotham Gazette. He is a graduate of Georgetown University.
Malaysia pursues Asian Monetary Fund
Malaysia is courting China to help create an Asian Monetary Fund that would rival the IMF and reduce...
Nigeria gets World Bank funding ahead of subsidy removal
Nigeria secured $800 million from the World Bank as it prepares to eliminate a subsidy...
Tunisia to reject IMF bailout
Tunisian President Kais Saied said he would not complywith the conditions imposed by the IMF, signaling...
Vietnam seizes tons of ivory
Vietnamese authorities confiscated seven tons of elephant tusks on Monday, its largest seizure of smuggled wildlife in...
Sri Lanka receives long-awaited IMF bailout
The IMF approved a $3 billion funding package on Monday after months of back-and-forth with...
Rising prices prompt protests in Kenya
As inflation in Kenya surges and its currency depreciates the country’s citizens are facing the...
Indonesia starts carbon trading
Indonesia launched a mandatory carbon trading mechanism for coal power plants on Wednesday. The carbon...
Uganda and Tanzania stand by fossil fuel projects
Uganda is refusing to reconsiderits plans to build an oil pipeline that could disrupt a national...
Amid power crisis, Pakistan reverts to coal
Pakistan will not build new gas-powered plants in the coming years, instead opting to quadruple its coal-fired...
Start-up culture flourishes in Vietnam
The number of start-ups in Vietnam has nearly doubled since the start of the pandemic, according to...
Zambian chafes at delay in debt restructuring
Zambia’s finance minister, Situmbeko Musokotwane, has criticized delays in the debt restructuring process, the FT reports....
