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Kiir-Machar talks will not solve South Sudan conflict

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SOUTH SUDAN

International stakeholders hope the meeting can restore momentum to stalled regional peace efforts. However, the bilateral format represents a reversion to the old mediation…

Libya's economic track could undo political progress

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LIBYA

Unifying the budget would in effect guarantee funding to eastern Libya for the year -- a prospect unpalatable to western Libyans who suffered from eastern military commander…

Nigerian government could secure elusive Delta peace

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NIGERIA

Niger Delta peace initiatives

South African mining rules will mar investment climate

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SOUTH AFRICA

Zwane released the third review of the 2004 Mining Charter on June 15. After the release, mining company shares on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange lost 50.69 billion rand (3.93…

Incumbents will dominate Nigerian gubernatorial polls

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NIGERIA

The results will indicate whether newly re-elected President Muhammadu Buhari’s All Progressives Congress (APC) will continue to dominate at the sub-national level and will give…

India mulls new rules to shake up e-commerce

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INDIA

Draft policy for e-commerce.

Cabinet confirmation is a respite for Peru's Castillo

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PERU

The vote of confidence will provide some leeway to the embattled Castillo presidency. Although critical of government policies, centrist and centre-right parties feared that a…

Jawar’s return may shake up Ethiopian politics

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ETHIOPIA

This was the first time Jawar had spoken out since his release from prison in January, a silence that fed speculation he had struck a deal with Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s…

ESG push will help improve diversity in US companies

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UNITED STATES

Policy, disclosure requirements and stakeholder pressures, particularly from investors, push them in that direction. The exception is diversity and inclusion, which form part of…

Myanmar junta grows more comfortable diplomatically

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MYANMAR

He held talks with his junta-appointed counterpart, Wunna Maung Lwin, on the sidelines of the seventh foreign ministers’ meeting of the Lancang-Mekong Cooperation (LMC) mechanism…