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Spanish State involved at highest level in admitting Polisario leader, El Pais says

El Pais, one of Spain’s most popular newspapers, confirmed that the admission of Polisario leader in Spain was a decision taken at the highest state level. El Pais confirmed the conclusion of Morocco’s foreign ministry that letting Ghali into Spain under a made-up identity and an Algerian passport was a “premeditated act.” Ghali flew to […]

Ghana: A gold board to boost earnings, struggle against smuggling

Ghana is set to establish a Gold Board to better regulate gold purchases from small-scale miners, aiming to increase national earnings and reduce smuggling, Reuters reported. The initiative, announced by the newly appointed Finance minister, Cassiel Ato Forson, is designed to help the country, Africa’s leading gold producer, optimize the benefits from its gold exports […]

The Shift to a Multi-polar Global Economy: Are We Prepared to Handle It?

The National Intelligence Council’s (NIC) report ‘Global Trends 2030: Alternative Worlds’ has outlined three global trajectories, or development in the interactions among world’s states, during the next 15-20 years. Under the ‘Reverse Engines’ scenario, mercantilism and protectionism could lead economic globalization to go into reverse, constraining technological breakthroughs required to manage scarce global resources. The […]