News and updates

  • Saudi Arabia: Government backs mining sector expansion
    Date first published: 06/07/2023 Key sectors: mining Key risks: economic Risk development Saudi Arabia – the world’s largest oil exporter – has ...
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    12 July 2023
  • Kidnap & Ransom Report Q2 2023
    AKE's Quarterly Kidnap and Ransom (K&R) Report Q2 2023 contains a selection of key K&R cases, trends and analyses based on AKE’s research on...
    ake-intel
    11 July 2023
  • Ones to Watch, 10 July 2023
    Americas: Government and dissident former FARC rebel faction to open peace talks in Colombia Sectors: all Key Risks: targeted attacks; violent clashes...
    ake-intel
    10 July 2023
  • Sub-Saharan Africa: The future for Wagner in Africa
    Date first published: 04/07/2023 Key sectors: all Key risks: war on land; terrorism; political instability Risk development On 23 June Yevgeniy Prigoz...
    ake-intel
    06 July 2023
  • Political Risk Report Q2 2023
    AKE’s new Political Risk Report consists of six region-focused sections each of which includes a regional overview highlighting broad trends, an in...
    ake-intel
    04 July 2023
  • Ones to Watch, 3 July 2023
    Americas: Protests likely as Brazil’s federal electoral court bans Bolsonaro from office until 2030 Sectors: all Key Risks: civil unrest In Brazil, ...
    ake-intel
    03 July 2023
  • Russia: The mutiny
    Date first published: 27/06/2023 Key sectors: all Key risks: war on land; internal conflict; political instability Risk overview Late on 23 June the h...
    ake-intel
    28 June 2023
  • Ones to Watch, 26 June 2023
    Americas: Government declares overnight curfews to tackle growing gang violence in Honduras Sectors: all Key Risks: gang-related violence; organised c...
    ake-intel
    26 June 2023
  • Colombia: The long-awaited and ever challenging ELN ceasefire
    Date first published: 15/06/2023 Key sectors: all; oil and gas; transport; electricity Key risks: terrorism; insurgency; violent crime; targeted attac...
    ake-intel
    21 June 2023
  • Ones to Watch, 19 June 2023
    Americas: Heightened risk of social unrest ahead of 25 June general elections in Guatemala Sectors: all Key Risks: civil unrest; political violence; e...
    ake-intel
    19 June 2023
  • Securing critical mineral resources
    Introducing an insightful AKE Special Report that delves into the global competition for critical mineral resources. Our analysis focuses on a selecti...
    ake-intel
    14 June 2023
  • Cambodia: A looming succession
    Date first published: 13/06/2023 Key sectors: all Key risks: political instability; arbitrary detentions; civil unrest   Risk development On 25 M...
    ake-intel
    14 June 2023