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Neighborhood News Digest – 16 February 2024

Afghanistan World Bank Approves Shift to Channel IDA Funds to Afg Humanitarian Aid-Tolo News The World Bank Group said on Thursday that its executive board endorsed a new approach to aiding Afghanistan that will deploy some $300 million from the...

Neighborhood News Digest- 15 February 2024

Afghanistan Meeting on Afghanistan Held in Bishkek, Islamic Emirate Not Present-Tolo News The Meeting of EU and Central Asia Special Representatives on Afghanistan was held on Wednesday in Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan. The EU Special...

Neighborhood News Digest – 19 January 2024

Afghanistan Women’s Rights fully secured in Afghanistan: Taliban leader-The Khama Press Mullah Hibatullah Akhundzada, the Taliban leader, has claimed in his latest statements that women’s rights in Afghanistan have been fully secured. Mullah...

Neighborhood News Digest- 17 January 2024

Afghanistan Wakhan Corridor officially connects Afghanistan to China: Taliban- The Khama Press A report from Afghanistan’s Badakhshan province confirms that Afghanistan is now officially linked to China via the Badakhshan province. Moizuddin Ahmadi...

Neighborhood News Digest- 10 January 2024

Afghanistan Afghanistan Humanitarian Needs in 2024 Require $3.06 Billion: OCHA- Tolo News The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said that of the 23.7 million people in need of life-saving assistance, “...

Assessing Ten Years of Belt and Road Initiative

With China's economy growing at a significantly slower pace than it was a decade ago, Beijing's willingness and ability to continue pouring money into the BRI has been a matter of speculation. But Xi seems to have doubled down on his signature...

Neighborhood News Digest – 05 December 2023

Afghanistan The Vienna Conference: Amplifying Anti-Taliban Voices for Democracy- Hasht e Subh Daily The Vienna Conference, organized by the Austrian Institute for International Affairs, is being held for the third time from December 3rd to 5th 2023...

Neighborhood News Digest – 30 November 2023

Afghanistan Stanikzai: Afghan Embassy in India to Reopen in Coming Days- Tolo News Following the halting of operations of the Afghan embassy in India, now Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanikzai, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, said that the embassy will...

Neighborhood News Digest – 29 November 2023

Afghanistan Extraction to Begin at 8 New Wells in Amu Oil Field-Tolo News The commencement of oil extraction from eight new wells in the Amu oil field was inaugurated on Tuesday in Sar-e Pul province. The ceremony was attended by Deputy Prime...

Russia’s Fuel Export Ban and its Implication for Africa and Beyond

Background On September 21, by a decree signed by Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, Russia banned the export of all types of diesel, including summer, winter and Arctic blends, as well as heavy distillates, including gasoline and diesel.[1] As per...

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