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UK referendum camp divisions raise result uncertainty

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UNITED KINGDOM

The camps that will fight the referendum on continued EU membership that is due by end-2017 are starting to take shape. Both are divided.

UK defence plans are ambitious but face challenges

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UNITED KINGDOM

Johnson says the funding will be used to give the United Kingdom Europe’s largest navy, an enhanced global military presence, a new space force and greater cyber warfare…

Republican health bill faces death in US Senate

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UNITED STATES

Johnson is one of five Republican senators openly opposing the Senate version of legislation aimed at replacing the Affordable Care Act (ACA or ‘Obamacare’), with more signalling…

Political meddling in monetary policy raises risks

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INTERNATIONAL

Politicisation of central banking.

Prospects for COVID-19 to end-2021

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PROSPECTS H2 2021

COVID-19 remains a complex disease due to lack of effective treatment, uncertainty around variants, marked differences by country and region on vaccination progress, and…

Liberia's Weah will struggle to stifle dissent

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LIBERIA

The president’s utterances mark a shift from his previous calls for a roundtable dialogue with opposition protest leaders, who on June 7 organised the largest mass protest since…

Future UK-Africa trade policy will mirror EU approach

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UK/AFRICA

Even in a no-deal outcome, the United Kingdom's trade orientation towards Africa will look remarkably familiar as London seeks immediately to replicate the terms of the EU’s…

Divided ANC undermines Ramaphosa’s capacity to govern

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SOUTH AFRICA

These challenges are interlinked, and all threaten Ramaphosa’s standing over the medium term. They also influence Ramaphosa’s ability to manage an intensely divided ANC, with…

Morocco leads by far North Africa vaccine roll-outs

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NORTH AFRICA

Elsewhere in North Africa, progress has been much slower, with Egypt, Algeria, Libya and Tunisia all facing delays in securing sufficient supplies of vaccines.

Russia will factor in 'usual' responses to UK spy case

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RUSSIA/UK

The government is under pressure to attribute the attack to Russia but has so far insisted on gathering full evidence before doing so and setting out retaliatory steps. The attack…