Region: Africa & Middle East
Israeli property developers threaten claim against Cyprus
An Israeli businessman and his imprisoned father have threatened to bring an investment treaty claim against Cyprus over a Nicosia police investigation into their development of property in the Turkish-controlled part of the island.
02 April 2025
Uganda faces dispute over electricity concession
A foreign-owned utility says it may pursue a London arbitration against the Ugandan government after being compelled to hand back control of an electricity distribution concession.
02 April 2025
Covington partner goes solo in Dubai
Joseph Chedrawe KC has left Covington & Burling in Dubai, where he was a partner and vice chair of EMEA disputes, to practise as an independent arbitrator.
01 April 2025
Trafigura brings LCIA claim against Zambian state entity
Commodities trader Trafigura has filed an LCIA claim against a Zambian state-owned entity over a US$100 million investment in a copper mining project.
31 March 2025
US appeals court sends Algerian power plant dispute to ICC
A US appeals court has affirmed that a group of insurers must take their US$28 million claim against GE over a turbine failure at an Algerian power plant to ICC arbitration.
21 March 2025
Congo state entity hit with penalties in lithium dispute
An ICC tribunal has ordered a state-owned entity of the Democratic Republic of the Congo to pay €39 million in penalties to an Australian mining company for breaching the orders of an emergency arbitrator in a dispute over a lithium project.
17 March 2025
Algeria faces ICSID claim by insolvent German company
The administrator of a German construction holding company has brought an ICSID claim against Algeria.
17 March 2025
Bahraini launch event looks at investor-state mediation
Amid efforts to modernise ISDS, and with investors and states often settling disputes before an arbitration award, the launch event of the Council of International Dispute Resolution of the Kingdom of Bahrain in Riyadh explored way to promote more amicable resolution of disputes through negotiation or mediation.
12 March 2025
Iraq declares end of billion-dollar cement dispute
A German investor’s bid to revive a billion-dollar claim against Iraq over a cement plant has come to an end, after annulment proceedings were discontinued for non-payment of the required advances.
11 March 2025
Paris court lifts attachment of Iraqi state assets
A Paris court has blocked a Dutch supplier of night vision goggles from executing a two-decade-old pair of ICC awards against Iraqi state assets that were previously frozen because of EU sanctions.
07 March 2025