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February 26, 2024
Closing the Information Gap: the HSE Center for African Studies publishes a new Handbook on e-Governance
On December 21, during the Winter Knowledge Sharing Week, the HSE Center for African Studies presented the handbook E-Governance in Africa 2024: Opportunities and Challenges which examines the actual state and process of digitising public administration in African countries. The handbook also explains the capabilities…
January 22, 2024
Moscow Holds the Winter E-Governance Knowledge Sharing Week
On December 18-22, the HSE University held the Winter Knowledge Sharing Week for sharing experience in digitalisation of public administration for senior officials from African countries. The first of its kind event was organised under the E-Governance Knowledge Sharing Program for Africa initiated in 2023…
November 1, 2023
Global South Combats Deforestation: Congo-Brazzaville Takes the Lead
The countries of the world’s largest tropical forest basins—the Congo, the Amazon, and the Borneo-Mekong—met in Congo’s capital Brazzaville on October 26-28 with an ambitious goal in mind. The idea, first proposed by President Denis Sassou Nguesso, envisions a global coalition of countries home to…
October 27, 2023
Tensions Rise in Chad’s Gold-Rich Region But Implications Radiate Far Beyond It
Close to the Libyan border, Chad’s gold-rich Kouri Bougudi region has been the scene of mounting tensions, compounded by tribal rivalries and external factors. An Intersection of Ethnicities and Interests The Chadian armed forces conduct routine patrols in the area with the stated goal of…
October 26, 2023
Africa and BRICS Support Zimbabwe on Its Anti-Sanctions Day
Zimbabwe marks the country’s 5th Anti-Sanctions Day on October 25, a public holiday introduced by President Emmerson Mnangagwa to showcase the country’s resilience to what his government persistently calls ‘illegal and unjustified sanctions’. The date was declared as such in 2019, at the 39th SADC…
October 10, 2023
GIZ: German development projects in Africa
As part of the study on international experience in the digitalisation of public services in African countries, a research fellow of the Center for African Studies of HSE University in Moscow, Russia, prepared an overview of the projects of GIZ. The German Agency for International…
Algeria
April 20, 2022
Sonatrach and Eni signed an agreement to increase gas supplies by 9 billion cubic meters
On April 11th, Algerian state-owned company Sonatrach and Eni signed a contract “in the gas sector,” as the Algerian state-owned company said in its press release. What specific agreements did the parties reach and how will this affect the European gas market, which is currently experiencing…
