As the globe convulses over the economic fallout from the war in Iran, many African nations say the ripple effects of the conflict are exacerbating longstanding challenges at home, like the lack of manufacturing on the continent and its heavy reliance on imports and foreign investment. The standoff over the Strait of Hormuz has sent…
We explore why water infrastructure is increasingly being targeted in the midst of war and conflict. Water sustains life, but what happens when it is weaponised? In the ongoing US-Israel war on Iran, desalination plants supplying millions in the Gulf have become targets. This reflects a growing pattern: water infrastructure is increasingly vulnerable as global…
Shorouk Express Economy Materials 15 December 2025 01:31 (UTC +04:00) Interested suppliers are required to submit a complete set of documents, including a signed company profile, a commercial proposal detailing technical specifications and pricing, a copy of the company’s registration certificate, certificates confirming the absence of tax and social fund arrears, and evidence…
Shorouk Express “We lost everything we were restoring 24 hours a day! Every time the enemy strikes even more brutally, even more cynically,” the operator said in a post on Facebook. The company scheduled power cuts that can last up to 16 hours in some regions, as it works to repair the power supply. “Emergency…
Shorouk Express “Our regional and global order is being redrawn. And Europe must fight for its place in a world where some major powers are either ambivalent or hostile to us,” Commission President Ursula von der Leyen told the European Parliament on Tuesday. China — which dominates the supply of critical minerals — earlier this…
Shorouk Express Tenders Materials 13 October 2025 02:19 (UTC +04:00) Azerbaijan’s State Agency for Water Resources (ADSEA) has launched a tender to improve the water supply for farmland in Dakkoba village, Zardab district, with a participation fee of about 1,575 manat. Access to paid information is limited If You already have…
Shorouk Express Economy Materials 12 September 2025 15:51 (UTC +04:00) Work to improve the water supply in Azerbaijan’s Zangilan city has begun, Trend reports. Project documents for the city’s main water lines and drainage systems will be prepared, alongside technical research and training. The Azerbaijan State Water Resources Agency is leading the effort,…
Shorouk Express On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly international news dispatch Aid cuts by Donald Trump an economic downturn has driven Botswana to declare a public health emergency, as the southern African country runs out of vital medicines….
Shorouk Express Construction Materials 13 July 2025 05:24 (UTC +04:00) Photo: Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Kazakhstan Kazakhstan’s Ministry of Agriculture has announced a major agro-industrial project in the Sauran district of Turkestan, aiming to establish a cluster of 292 cattle feedlots on 185 hectares. Currently, 30 feedlots are under construction,…
Shorouk Express BAKU, Azerbaijan, June 2. Romania hopes for future talks on gas supply from Azerbaijan, Pavel-Casian Nitulescu, State Secretary of Romanian Energy Ministry, said in an exclusive interview with Trend on the occasion of the Baku Energy Week to be held June 2-4. “As it is my first attendance in Baku Energy Forum, I…
