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Deep Argentina rifts will mar elections and beyond

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ARGENTINA

Like the governing Frente de Todos (Front of All, FdT), the opposition Juntos por el Cambio (Together for Change, JxC) coalition is divided by factional rivalries and a…

New Saudi and Emirati gas finds boost export hopes

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UAE/SAUDI ARABIA

Further exploration and appraisal work will be needed to gauge how much gas can be recovered from the new discoveries and at what cost. The global demand slump following COVID-19…

Nigeria’s partial float will not relieve forex crunch

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NIGERIA

The naira's partial float.

State cyber threats will multiply globally

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INTERNATIONAL

He added that there has been a "striking increase" in cyber operations credited to Russian hacking group 'Fancy Bear', also known as APT 28. Advanced persistent threats (APT), a…

West African regional bloc faces harmonisation tests

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WEST AFRICA

ECOWAS tests.

Sudan peace talks face implementation challenges

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SUDAN

Much progress has been made in the talks and more is expected. However, there is still no clear sense of how various disparate strands and competing pressures can be consolidated…

Chad's flawed polls may bring little foreign criticism

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CHAD

Preliminary official results, announced on May 9, gave President Mahamat Idriss Deby nearly 61% of the vote while his main competitor, Prime Minister Succes Masra came in second…

Australia visa changes respond to mounting pressures

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AUSTRALIA

The reforms follow a review of migration policy completed last year which found the current system to be not fit for purpose as many migrants were no longer easing shortages of…

Lack of clarity hinders China's diplomacy

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CHINA

This makes it hard to understand in detail what China’s position is on an issue so that progress can be made dealing with it. This, and other weaknesses in the way Beijing…

Morocco will be a major player in green hydrogen

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MOROCCO

The investment reaffirms OCP’s central role in the kingdom’s accelerating plans to become a major producer of green hydrogen feedstock. The government has foreign investors signed…