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Flawed Sierra Leone vote will bring few consequences

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SIERRA LEONE

Bio won with 56.2% of the vote, just above the 55% threshold required to win in the first round. The SLPP won 81 of the 135 directly elected parliamentary seats. However…

Nicaragua election criticism will not shake Ortega

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NICARAGUA

The outcome comes as little surprise, given the repressive tactics used by the Ortega administration in the run-up to the vote, which included the disqualification or imprisonment…

African court rulings will prompt push on poll quality

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AFRICA

African electoral standards.

Angolan elections may prompt ruling MPLA ruptures

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ANGOLA

A press conference after the meeting saw a succession of cabinet ministers praise Angola’s long-serving president. However, despite the show of unity, dos Santos's rumoured…

Strong win by Nigeria's Buhari may prove deceptive

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NIGERIA

Buhari’s victory largely replicated the scope of his 2015 win, with high margins in northern states and victories across most of the south-west and parts of the north-central…

Moscow will press Arctic claims with law and military

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RUSSIA

Russia's Arctic strategy.

Pakistan’s problems with jihadist groups will grow

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PAKISTAN

Many observers nevertheless remain unconvinced that the country has completely cut ties with militant groups such as Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM). Meanwhile…

Russia will neuter OSCE monitoring in Ukraine

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EUROPE/UKRAINE

The increase will improve the OSCE's ability to cover the ground, but marginally. Even 600 is still too few observers for comprehensive monitoring, and many will stand idle…

India faces growing scrutiny over human rights

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INDIA

A search by tax officials of BBC offices in Delhi and Mumbai in February came just weeks after the broadcaster aired, in the United Kingdom, a two-part documentary critical of…

Afghan Taliban will weigh impact of opium ban

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AFGHANISTAN

The Taliban have outlawed the production, use and trafficking of all illicit drugs. The opium ban surprised many observers who doubted that the Taliban would risk the detrimental…