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Conflict will mire outlook for East and Central Africa

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EAST-CENTRAL AFRICA

Political conflict across the region is widespread and escalating, with the effects felt across borders

Shadow governance to deepen weak African state control

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AFRICA

The preponderance of weak states in sub-Saharan Africa provides ample scope for non-state actors to seize territory

African states will monopolise list of least developed

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AFRICA

Least developed countries (LDCs) share common traits but also show gradations among development indicators

Insecurity plagues Africa's equatorial belt

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CENTRAL AFRICA

From the Atlantic to the Indian Ocean, violence permeated politics in 2016

African displacement will grow as instability persists

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AFRICA

Sub-Saharan Africa was home to the largest number of conflict-related IDPs globally in 2016

Wagner force offers Russia arm's-length deniability

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RUSSIA

An ad hoc volunteer force has gone corporate, going where no one else will

Risks and opportunities 2021: Sub-Saharan Africa

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AFRICA

The pandemic will further exacerbate political and social crises

African Union Peace Fund will face uphill battle

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AFRICA

The organisation has launched an ambitious peace initiative

Middle East politics will shape humanitarian funding

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MIDDLE EAST

Iraq, Syria and Yemen, the UN's three top emergencies, are all in the Middle East -- but donor responses vary

Clampdowns boost appeal of secessionism in Africa

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AFRICA

But actual independence is difficult to accomplish