Oct 11, 2018 | East Africa, Menas Associates, Uganda
Uganda’s musician turned politician and MP for Kyaddondo East constituency, Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu (a.k.a. Bobi Wine), has returned to the country following medical treatment in the US. Bobi Wine had left Uganda because of the severe injuries he sustained when the...
Oct 11, 2018 | Brazil, Menas Associates
If the national polling agencies and analysts got Brazil’s presidential election wrong, their failings were even worse in Rio de Janeiro State. After the first-round vote on 7 October, the leading candidate was the right-wing, law-and-order candidate Wilson...
Oct 11, 2018 | Iran, Menas Associates
As Iraq’s economy struggles to get back on the right track, the country has been dealt another formidable challenge in the form of Washington’s decision to renew sanctions on neighbouring Iran. The first set of sanctions were re-imposed by the Trump...
Oct 11, 2018 | Menas Associates, Sahara
Insecurity throughout much of the Sahel and especially Niger, Chad and Burkina Faso is getting worse and is expected to deteriorate further. Niger’s south east region of Diffa continues to be plagued by Boko Haram insurgents, although this may plateau with local and...
Oct 9, 2018 | Menas Associates, Mexico
After over one year of tortuous negotiations a revised NAFTA was finally agreed on 30 September after Canada finally acceded to Washington’s bullying tactics and compromised on a number of key US demands. The new deal is officially known as the United States Mexico...
Oct 3, 2018 | Menas Associates, Press Release
The 23rd International Conference “Oil and Gas of Turkmenistan 2018” will be held in Turkmenistan’s capital, Ashgabat, on November 20–21, 2018. The event is organised by Turkmenistan’s State Concern, Türkmennebit, with the assistance of the French company...
