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Three mega-projects backed by Dangote, Turkish investors put $40bn behind East Africa’s Indian Ocean trade ambitions

Three mega-projects backed by Nigerian billionaire Aliko Dangote, Turkish investors and East African governments are putting ...
Wall Street Journal

Al Qaeda Punctures Kenya’s Dreams for an Indian Ocean Trade Hub

LAMU, Kenya—Al Qaeda militants are disrupting one of Africa’s most ambitious infrastructure projects, forestalling Kenya’s plans for establishing a new regional trade hub on the Indian Ocean. For ...

A World Connected by the Sea: The Seas and People That Bridged Prosperity Between East and West from the Indian Ocean to the East China Sea

Part 16When studying world history, it is easy to focus on the history of the land.The Roman Empire, the Han, the Tang, ...
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Protecting nature and livelihoods in Indian Ocean by tackling money laundering buried within illegal wildlife trade

The stunningly biodiverse and beautiful islands of the West Indian Ocean face a growing problem of illegal wildlife trade, and hidden within it, money-laundering and corruption. Madagascar is one of ...