TotalEnergies Exits Mali Amid Economic Uncertainty in the Sahel Region
TotalEnergies, a major oil distributor in Africa, operates 4,700 service stations across 35 countries. However, the company’s presence in the Sahel region is rapidly shrinking, as evidenced by its recent exit from Mali. In January 2025, TotalEnergies sold its 80…
How Beijing Became Algeria’s Most Important Economic Partner
In the port city of Oran, just a short walk from the Mediterranean, new apartment towers rise beside freshly paved roads. Their uniform design and the Mandarin signs on nearby shipping containers tell a story few Algerians need to be…
A Thousand Kilometers of Oil and Tension: China’s Growing Footprint in the Sahel
On a dust-swept road near Mounstéka in southeastern Niger, the silence was broken only by the distant hum of drones and the clink of boots on gravel. Three days earlier, on January 11, 2025, the pipeline that runs like a…
Profits vs. People: How Veolia Used ISDS to Challenge Egypt’s Sovereignty
In the aftermath of the 2011 Egyptian Revolution, the country’s new government faced the daunting task of rebuilding its economy while addressing long-standing demands for economic justice. One of its first meaningful steps was raising the national minimum wage—a modest…