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Ukraine talks back on track with no clear way forward

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UKRAINE/RUSSIA

The summit was delayed when a routine 'contact group' meeting failed to produce a common commitment to the 'Steinmeier formula' for moving towards pace. Moscow blamed Kyiv, but…

French presence will fail to stop Sahel violence

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FRANCE/SAHEL

The event, held in the French town of Pau, highlighted the six leaders’ alarm over jihadist violence in the Sahel, particularly recent large-scale attacks by the Islamic State in…

UN ERC will face global modernisation challenges

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INTERNATIONAL

UN emergency aid outlook ahead of the 2016 WHS summit.

Hard-line tactics may entrench Congo’s M23 crisis

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CONGO-KINSHASA

However, the M23 -- the rebel group that dominates current headlines-- remained excluded. This follows a November 23 summit in Luanda that in effect demanded the M23’s…

Algeria-Morocco conflict is a possibility

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ALGERIA/MOROCCO

Tensions between Algeria and Morocco have been rising over the past two years. Morocco's highly assertive foreign policy is coupled with an unstable political situation. In…

Turkey may narrow its aims in protecting Syria’s Idlib

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SYRIA

On August 30, Moscow announced a unilateral ceasefire, pausing a Russian-backed offensive that has been ongoing since late April, during which time over 1,000 civilians have been…

Normalising Syrian-Turkish relations faces challenges

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SYRIA/TURKEY

Turkey has dropped its insistence on regime change in Syria as it seeks to defuse a domestic crisis over Syrian refugees and to contain Kurdish aspirations. Normalisation could…

Myanmar peace effort could falter after March

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MYANMAR

Prospects for the peace process with ethnic groups under the incoming National League for Democracy government.

Ethiopia’s peace may hold but remains fragile

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ETHIOPIA

Hundreds of federal police have entered Tigray’s capital, Mekelle, and a high-level federal delegation has visited to discuss next steps. Limited commercial flights to Tigray have…

M23’s return will complicate Congo’s security outlook

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CONGO-KINSHASA

The fighting triggered a UN helicopter crash and cross-border clashes with Ugandan troops. The M23 is famous for conquering North Kivu’s capital, Goma, during a 2012-13 rebellion…