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Canada’s provincial politics will likely go rightwards

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CANADA

Facing challenges from resurgent conservative parties and widespread unpopularity brought on by economic circumstances and voter apathy, the centre-left governments in both…

Apathy will weaken Central African bloc's rescue plan

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CENTRAL AFRICA

Central African Economic and Monetary Community (CEMAC) fiscal and monetary pressures

South Africa's ANC will hinder Ramaphosa’s reform plan

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SOUTH AFRICA

As general elections approach on May 8, recurring ‘load shedding’ (power outages) by state-owned power utility Eskom and damaging ‘state capture’ (corruption) revelations against…

Politics will weigh on Equatorial Guinea gas fortunes

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EQUATORIAL GUINEA

Equatorial Guinea energy prospects.

South Africa's Ramaphosa faces reform hurdles

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SOUTH AFRICA

Under President Cyril Ramaphosa, the ANC improved on its historic low of 53.91% in the 2016 local elections but fell short of its 62.15% tally in 2014's general elections…

Saudi and wider Gulf renewables push will face hurdles

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SAUDI ARABIA/ GULF STATES

Energy subsidies are a major blockage to wider adoption of renewable energy in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), where pricing bids have recently broken world records. The low…

South Africa’s Ramaphosa will stress good governance

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SOUTH AFRICA

Ramaphosa appointed established individuals to the key finance and public enterprises portfolios while removing several figures associated with his predecessor, Jacob Zuma, and…

Equatorial Guinea's heir apparent likely to endure

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EQUATORIAL GUINEA

The polls came shortly after last month's high-profile sentencing (in absentia) by a French court of Vice-President Teodorin Obiang. He received a three-year jail term and a fine…