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Yemen’s anti-Huthi front is unlikely to regain force

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YEMEN

The PLC is deeply divided, and economic conditions are deteriorating. There is no indication of improved governance in the southern areas of Yemen that it holds, despite the…

Lifting of sanctions will sustain Mali’s junta

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MALI

The lifting of Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) sanctions, imposed in January to expedite the restoration of democratic rule, has eased economic strains on Mali…

US Fed faces long-term COVID-19 challenges

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UNITED STATES

In responding to COVID-19, the Fed, working with the Treasury, is making massive fiscal interventions. Congress has also appropriated 3 trillion dollars in aid so far.

Key EU response unlikely to soothe industry concerns

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EU

The proposals are the EU’s response to the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) announced by the US government in August. Thus far, IRA subsidies appear to be encouraging major…

Lower welfare spending may curtail Brazil recovery

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BRAZIL

The economic effects were immediate: a sharp outflow of portfolio capital, which generated exchange rate devaluation of 27.3% in three months; a contraction in GDP, driven down by…

Malawian president's popularity will persist

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MALAWI

Funds for emergency maize crop purchases from Zambia were allegedly misappropriated, with former Minister of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development George Chaponda…

EU could be about to lose influence over Balkans

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EU/BALKANS

The EU’s revised enlargement process.

South-South cooperation has a long way to go

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INTERNATIONAL

Foreign development assistance from and to countries in the ‘Global South’ aims to disrupt not only the established direction of aid flows from the northern to the southern…