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Indigenous community leaders told Reuters on Monday that they would agree to talks with officials and business representatives only if the government lifted an emergency order for the area surrounding the Las Bambas copper mine in Peru reuters.com/world/americas…

On Monday, the chairman of the Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI) warned that industrial and business groups will stage nationwide protests if the government stops providing compensation for rising electricity costs euractiv.com/section/politi…

The National Bank of Ethiopia last week published a new draft bill aimed at updating the national law on payments. The bill will allow foreign investors to acquire licences for providing mobile money services theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/business/e…

On Monday, the government in Chile announced that it had reached an agreement with the Workers’ United Center of Chile (CUT) trade union to raise the minimum wage in two phases this year reuters.com/world/americas…

On Monday, EU lawmakers voted in favour of amendments to a law proposed by the European Commission allowing the executive body to assess the role of foreign subsidies in the EU single market reuters.com/world/europe/e…

The latest Sub-Regional Intelligence Monitor for Central & #Westfrica is out. This month we take a closer look at the growing #politicalrisk in #Guinea's mining sector bit.ly/36CrAjk

The chief executive of Galp has warned that the Sines diesel refinery in Portugal could face production disruption if alternatives are not found to replace vacuum gas oil supplies the company used to import from Russia euractiv.com/section/politi…

In a bid to shield consumers from high prices, Peru’s unicameral Congress approved legislation on Tuesday that waives taxes for essential foods, including bread, chicken, sugar, and pasta as part of measures that will last eight months reuters.com/world/americas…

On Tuesday, the UN High Representative in Bosnia Christian Schmidt suspended new legislation, introduced by the Republika Srpska (RS) national assembly in February, which allows RS authorities to take state-owned property in the territory dw.com/en/un-envoy-in…

The US state department on Monday ordered non-emergency staff at its Shanghai consulate to leave. This comes amid continuing high COVID-19 case numbers in the city reuters.com/world/china/us…

In Moldova, PM Andrei Spinu said on 8 April that the country was looking at alternative options to secure natural gas supplies as it remains unclear whether Gazprom will continue providing gas after 1 May intellinews.com/moldova-prepar…

Leaders in eastern #Libya have left a UN-backed council and called for road closures, amid rising animosity between the governments in Tripoli and Tobruk english.alarabiya.net/News/north-afr…

#Guinea orders foreign mining companies to present plans to build #bauxite ore refineries in-country, with a deadline for proposals set for end of May. The move signals rising #politicalrisks to mining companies barrons.com/news/guinea-ju…

#INDIA, #RUSSIA, #CANADA: Flights suspended to and from Indira Gandhi International Airport due to concerns over Russian airspace a2globalrisk.com/alerts/india-r…

#DemonstrationAlert #Angola Activists to protest in Luanda on 9 April, likely causing localised transport disruption a2globalrisk.com/alerts/angola-…

#Ghana's @thebankofghana has cautioned in transacting in foreign currency within the country, signalling likely increase scrutiny following a sharp depreciation of the cedi since the beginning of the year africa.cgtn.com/2022/04/07/gha…

Russia bans advertising on several Google platforms, accusing the US tech firm of spreading #fakenews rferl.org/a/russia-googl…

Pakistan's Supreme Court late on Thursday evening ruled that efforts to prevent PM Imran Khan’s parliamentary political opponents from calling for a no-confidence vote that could force him to office were unconstitutional straitstimes.com/asia/south-asi…

#Morocco withdraws #Kinder chocolate products and increases inspections following concerns about a possible salmonella outbreak medias24.com/2022/04/05/fer…

Three rockets were fired towards oil refinery in Erbil, in the Kurdistan region of Iraq, but did not cause any material damage or human casualities. Nevertheless the attack follows a string of similar incidents in the region over the past month thenationalnews.com/mena/iraq/2022…