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Uzbek security service will be succession kingmaker

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UZBEKISTAN

Uzbekistan's SNB.

Uganda-Rwanda pact will not resolve political crisis

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RWANDA/UGANDA

Relations had been openly hostile -- and the border between the two countries closed -- since late February until Presidents Paul Kagame and Yoweri Museveni agreed on August 21 to…

French response to Paris attacks raises complications

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FRANCE

In response to the November 13 Paris terror attacks, President Francois Hollande has embarked on a ramping-up of security and intelligence powers and resources, and a new military…

Algerian army will try to guard fiefdom in transition

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ALGERIA

The military leadership has seized control of the political process, but has shown little interest in assuming formal power, often demonstrating sympathies with protesters while…

Russian security bodies lack clear direction on virus

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RUSSIA

The health emergency has highlighted more differences than coordination in their responses.

Turkey's emergency rule will arouse fears of abuse

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TURKEY

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan declared the SoE following a four-and-half-hour National Security Council meeting on July 20, five days after a failed coup. A countrywide SoE is a…

Nicaragua’s ties with Russia will continue to deepen

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NICARAGUA

This is the latest in a series of responses to increasing cooperation between Russia and Nicaragua. Russia’s financial struggles limit economic assistance for Nicaragua, but the…

Nemtsov's death heralds darker era in Russia

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RUSSIA

Nemtsov was killed on February 27 by several shots fired from a passing car, on Moscow's Bolshoi Mosvoretsky Bridge near the Kremlin. He had been due to take part in the…

Domestic repression will add to Turks’ economic woes

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TURKEY

The National Intelligence Organisation (MIT) has evolved in particular, from an intelligence-collecting agency into an active, interventionist and effective force capable of…

West African regional bloc faces transition challenges

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WEST AFRICA

Presidential elections in the other five (Burkina Faso, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast and Niger) are set for the fourth quarter. While ECOWAS touts its regional trade and monetary…