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MENA Middle East North Africa
Companies

Oil majors feel the shock

Multinational oil companies are under pressure

Oil markets

How the mighty have fallen

Oil producers are not able to send shock waves through the global economy anymore

Afghanistan

Unfinished business

The hasty withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan is likely to result in a mess

Wind and solar

The right approach to catching up

Africa is exposed to serious climate risks, but the continent contributes very little to global carbon emissions

Press freedom

Risky business

Journalists in Libya work in an atmosphere of fear and lawlessness

Economic policy

Interrelated challenges

African policymakers must consider several cross-cutting trends

Covid-19

African responses

Sub-Saharan health-care systems tend to be weak, so preventive action is needed in view of Covid-19

Labour market

Masses of young people, too few jobs

How governance matters for creating full employment in Africa

Human rights

Humanity or barbarism

EU refugee policy raises doubts that the EU takes human rights as seriously as it preaches to others

Analysis

End colonial amnesia

A volume of essays analyses Germany's complex and historically problematic relationship with Africa

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