Central African Republic

IEA: Access to energy improving worldwide, driven by renewables

IEA Energy Snapshot December 19, 2024

Having a reliable electricity supply is something many of us take for granted – including for sending and reading emails like this one. But hundreds of millions of people around the world today don’t have access to electricity.

The hurricane season in 2024 was weird

bne IntelliNews December 2, 2024

The Atlantic hurricane season of 2024 was a weird one. It both produced more, and more destructive, hurricanes than usual, but at the same time it had a calm hole in the middle where there should have been at least four hurricanes.

Overcoming insecurity to unlock the Central African Republic’s mineral riches

Jason Mitchell December 2, 2024

The Central African Republic (CAR) – one of the world’s poorest and most fragile countries – holds vast mineral wealth that, if fully harnessed, could transform its economy.

Russia funding war in Ukraine via illegal gold mining in Africa – WGC report

bne IntelliNews November 20, 2024

"It is noteworthy how little concerted political will there has been to halt the illicit flow of profits from the exploitation of gold resources in Africa into the Russian war machine," the World Gold Council report says.

Global warming will increase crop yields in Global North, but reduce them in Global South

bne IntelliNews October 14, 2024

Global warming will increase crop yields in the Global North, largely thanks to increased “carbon fertilisation” and temperature increases towards the optimal for growing crops, but will decrease it in the Global South.

JPMorgan, Chase and HSBC reportedly unwittingly processed payments for Wagner warlord Prigozhin

bne IntelliNews September 25, 2024

Leading western banks JPMorgan Chase and HSBC reportedly unwittingly processed payments for companies linked to Russian warlord Yevgeny Prigozhin, the late leader of the Wagner Group Private Military Company.

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