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The delayed Dubai World Expo may face a downgrade

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UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

It is now scheduled to run from October 1, 2021 to March 31, 2022. The economic blow to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) coincides with other severe consequences of the pandemic…

Saudi Arabian entertainment sector will foster change

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SAUDI ARABIA

Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has taken steps to introduce highly sensitive social reforms, which are liable to generate resistance in some quarters. However, he has erred on…

Pacific islands present Paris diplomatic challenge

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PACIFIC

The approach of Pacific island nations to the Paris climate talks.

Erratic Argentine foreign policy will prove damaging

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ARGENTINA

Fernandez’s visits to Russia, weeks before the invasion of Ukraine, and to China, to witness the opening of a Winter Olympics boycotted by several Western countries, have renewed…

Progress countering HIV/AIDS in Africa may be at risk

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AFRICA

HIV and AIDS have slipped from the public radar in recent years but nonetheless remains a serious health challenge across sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Efforts to control the epidemic…

Egypt tourism sector will grow, dependent on security

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EGYPT

Mashat emphasised the importance of the event in the context of Cairo's recent initiatives to boost the tourism industry, long a pillar of the economy. Last November, the Ministry…

Congo’s new DDR programme faces old challenges

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CONGO-KINSHASA

However, the programme is yet to get off the ground, and its preparatory phases have been dogged by controversy.

CVE programmes in the Sahel face an uncertain future

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SAHEL

Countering violent extremism in the Sahel.

Greek coalition will start to fray in late 2018

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GREECE

The coalition government of left-wing Syriza and right-wing nationalist Independent Greeks (Anel) significantly lags behind the conservative opposition New Democracy (ND) party in…

Trump-Guterres alliance may deliver UN reform

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INT

The meeting comes shortly after UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres published an ambitious blueprint for reform of the UN development system -- the product of months of internal…