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Pandemic takes tough toll on informal women workers

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INT

Policy measures taken in response to the economic crisis created by the pandemic have largely been gender-blind, exacerbating the long-standing economic precarity and gender…

Oligarchic influence will slow Ukraine's progress

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UKRAINE

Government vulnerability to powerful commercial interests.

Iraq may face new risks after US withdrawal from Syria

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IRAQ/SYRIA/US

This comes as US forces begin redeploying into Iraq as they start leaving north-eastern Syria, following US President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw from that country.

Russia will defer to China's policy on North Korea

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RUSSIA/NORTH KOREA

While Russia worries about the risk of instability triggered by a strict sanctions regime, its role in the North Korea crisis is limited to supporting China's calls for restraint…

Congo’s elections may become more contentious

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CONGO-KINSHASA

Several have already been excluded from the presidential race. Though notoriously divided, opposition leaders are united in believing that the regime is manipulating the electoral…

Mexico marijuana ruling will not herald legalisation

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MEXICO

A Supreme Court ruling permitting recreational marijuana use has reignited Mexico's drug-legalisation debate.

Nigeria's Niger Delta violence will be hard to resolve

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NIGERIA

It is hobbling the critical hydrocarbon sector through high-profile attacks on oil installations.

Centralisation will curtail China’s adaptability

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CHINA

The negative consequences of policy centralisation in China.

SPAC investment schemes’ sustainability is doubtful

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INTERNATIONAL

Their promoters claim that they offer private companies a cheaper, faster and more certain path to becoming a public company than by taking the traditional route of an initial…