From afar, this looks like a deal made in heaven. French oil form Total will pay US peer Occidental $8.8 billion to acquire the African assets of Anadarko. Occidental’s takeover of Anadarko seems like a good opportunity for the French company to increase its already...
10 March 2019: (audio version above) – The Algerian popular uprising appears to have reached its next phase. After millions took to the streets across Algerian cities, and continue to do so, the protest movement seems to be shifting to the industrial and...
MEA Risk analysts Arezki Daoud and Alessandro Bruno are discussing elections in four African countries in this four-part series. The free-flowing chat will take us to Tunisia in this podcast, followed by Algeria in part 2, then Nigeria and Mozambique. Tunisia, despite...
May 31, 2018 – By Arezki Daoud, Lead Analyst, MEA Risk LLC: The headlines in some of the world’s media read as if something new happened in Paris this week. One of them says “Libyan factions agree to December 10 elections at Paris talks,” suggesting to the...
This 8eight-min podcast reviews Nigeria’s political and security environment for the week ending 27 August 2017. Listen here, on iTunes, Google Play or download audio file while on the go....
The outlook for the oil market, from the perspective of exporters looks grim. This situation will likely exacerbate the security, social and political tensions in various exporting countries that we track, including the populous nations of Nigeria, Algeria and even...
MEA Risk tracks not only security incidents but also other events that affect country stability, from human/social issues and economic crises, to defense and terrorism. Our Analysts are on the ground working 24 hours a day and can be your assets there. Let us be your eyes and ears...
