Sudan, US talks suspended over sanctions
July 13, 2017
Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir has issued a decree freezing the work of a committee formed with the United States to negotiate...
Brazil introduces new Arbitration clauses for oil agreements
July 12, 2017
The Brazilian Oil and Gas Agency (“ANP“) has recently published the draft agreements for exploration and production of oil and gas...
Siemens fights Russia over diverted turbines
July 11, 2017
The German industrial giant Siemens says at least two gas turbines it has supplied to a Russian company have been illegally diverted...
Hong Kong Passes Law to Allow Third Party Funding for Arbitration and Related Proceedings
July 10, 2017
On 23 June 2017, the landmark Arbitration and Mediation Legislation (Third Party Funding) (Amendment) Ordinance 2017 (“Amendment Ordinance“) was published in the...
Tension mounts in Nigeria’s oil heartlands
July 10, 2017
The Nigerian government’s efforts to secure peace in the oil heartlands of the Niger Delta are empty promises, community leaders say, threatening...
Avoid conflicts with MPs – President advises MMDCEs
July 6, 2017
In the quest to ensure peaceful co-existence among political actors at the local level, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has advised the...
Croatia rejects arbitration ruling on maritime dispute
July 6, 2017
Croatia has rejected an international tribunal’s border ruling that gave neighbouring Slovenia access to international waters just off Croatia’s coast, in a...
Eritrea insists on Qatari mediation in territorial dispute
July 6, 2017
Eritrea has reaffirmed their stance over maintaining Qatar as the sole mediator in its territorial dispute with neighbouring Djibouti.
The country’s ambassador to...
Sudanese opposition leader rejects dialogue team
July 4, 2017South Sudanese opposition leader Riek Machar has rejected the visit of his country’s National Dialogue Committee at his base in South Africa.His...
Djibouti wants AU troops on disputed border
July 4, 2017Djibouti has asked the African Union to deploy observers along its disputed border with Eritrea after Qatar withdrew its peace-keeping troops two...
