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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: InvestigationExclusive: Weapons firms install 50 staff inside the Ministry of DefenceBAE among arms firms paying Ministry of Defence staff’s salaries while winning lucrative contracts
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Published in: Home: AnalysisThe UK could bring down the Saudi dictator. Instead, it props him upANALYSIS: The UK’s role in the sale of Newcastle United shows we are little more than a laundry for dirty money
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: InvestigationRevealed: How Tory minister aided Saudi takeover of Newcastle UnitedGerry Grimstone vowed to take Premier League plan to top of Saudi government, documents seen by openDemocracy show
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Published in: Home: NewsTory Lord cutting civil service jobs ‘used official trip to tout for private work’Exclusive: Francis Maude allegedly touted his consultancy firm during ‘fact-finding’ mission
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Published in: Home: OpinionThe world burns and the richest profit. It doesn’t have to be this wayAs the effects of the climate crisis are seen in global heatwaves and droughts, oil firms are booming
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: OpinionWill climate change stop Arabia from being Saudi?The power of the House of Saud is a direct product of the West’s obsession with oil – can it survive a global shift...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionWe must realise the threat posed by Saudi Arabia’s Newcastle ‘sportswashing’Sportswashing launders the reputations of thugs and despots, but it also diminishes our democratic institutions
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: AnalysisAfter six years of war, what is happening in Yemen?More than 80% of Yemenis live in poverty, yet international donors such as the UK are withdrawing aid
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: FeatureThe ‘helpers’: the Yemeni students doing homework for the SaudisAmid war and a COVID-19 lockdown, some students in Yemen have found a new market, selling academic services to their...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaWhile the world was locked down, Yemen faced an apocalyptic yearWith the international community preoccupied with COVID-19, the world’s largest humanitarian crisis worsened,...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaWhat does Biden’s presidency mean for the future of the Gulf?Will the new president undo Trump’s hawkish stance on Iran, Yemen, Libya and Qatar?
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaIs Iraq joining the Trump-MBS alliance?The Trump-MBS alliance could shore up Iraq’s corrupt ruling families in return for keeping US troops in the country.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaIn the Gulf, migrant workers fear for their futureBetween draconian migration laws and the continuing lockdowns, migrant workers in the Gulf are facing increasing uncertainty.
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?The surveillance industry won’t save us from crisesTurning to the security industry isn’t the solution: it’s a symptom of the problem.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaYemen: the COVID-19 pandemic threatens the war torn countryThe 5th anniversary of the war in Yemen is a time for stock taking about the changes in the past year and prospects...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaYemen Hopes and Expectations - Part 4: a looming environmental disasterRisk of a catastrophic oil spill, alarming water shortages and pollution, climate change, and other environmental...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaYemen’s hopes and expectations - Part 3: living conditions and humanitarian aidCorruption, war profiteering, and outrageous governance are deepening the severe humanitarian disaster in Yemen.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaOn death row in Saudi Arabia: forgotten Pakistani prisonersSaudi Arabia executes more Pakistanis than any other nationality, but Pakistan continues to fail its citizens in...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaAfter Khashoggi: nowhere is safe for dissentHow states weaponize diplomatic immunity against dissidents abroad.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaAfter Khashoggi: how diplomatic space became a crime sceneIn a world where autocratic regimes are on the rise worldwide, a criminal turn of diplomatic missions may be underway.
