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Abductions will deepen fear among Tanzanian activists

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TANZANIA

Political violence in Tanzania.

Abductions will impede Tokyo-Pyongyang ties

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NORTH KOREA/JAPAN

Any such rapprochement would be two-edged: suggesting a less acerbic Pyongyang, but also altering delicate alliance dynamics. Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida reportedly did…

Russia silent as Chechen leader acts with impunity

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RUSSIA

The petition cites threats of violence made by Kadyrov and his officials against journalists, rights activists and others. A recent abduction in central Russia and related…

Cameroon's anglophone impasse likely to persist

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CAMEROON

His comments come amid a worsening of the anglophone crisis with the recent kidnapping of foreign nationals by militant separatists. Rising instability in the predominantly…

Vietnam anti-graft drive will see elite instabilities

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VIETNAM

Thoa is the latest official to fall in Hanoi’s anti-corruption drive. Thoa reportedly approved Trinh Xuan Thanh’s appointment as PetroVietnam Construction Joint Stock…

Haftar will tighten political space in eastern Libya

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LIBYA

She had openly accused members of eastern Libyan leader Khalifa Haftar’s family of corruption the day before. The incident is a reminder not only that security challenges remain…

Deportations signal new era of China-Taiwan tension

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TAIWAN/CHINA

The incident sparked a diplomatic row between China, which is thought to have pressured the Kenyan government to deport the Taiwanese nationals to the mainland, and Taiwan, which…

China will largely abide by Hong Kong handover terms

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HONG KONG

This case adds to a growing list of incidents, including the abduction of five Hong Kong booksellers by mainland agents in 2015, that feed fears in Hong Kong that Beijing is…

Syria’s Deraa will see chronic instability and poverty

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SYRIA

This came as Damascus blamed a former rebel leader for the May 4 abduction and killing of nine policemen in the nearby town of Muzayrib. The security situation in Deraa, which…

Nigeria’s security strategy will lack innovation

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NIGERIA

The suggestion appears to reflect a degree of alarm about the security situation in Nigeria and the wider region. Amid worsening violence nationwide, Buhari’s own recent decisions…