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Somali political parties' fate hinges on ballot model

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SOMALIA

Political parties in democracy.

The Sahel faces complex food and climate challenges

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SAHEL

Food security and climate change challenges in the Sahel.

Somalia's mini-crises may hamper strategic priorities

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SOMALIA

Crises have never been in short supply in Somalia, but the current government seems to be stumbling from one to another, many driven by chronic infighting among different branches…

New deadline dilemma looms in South Sudan

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SOUTH SUDAN

Little progress has been made since then, including on critical security arrangements, and the parties have given little indication of willingness or capacity to end the deadlock.

Somalia faces long and turbulent election season

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SOMALIA

However, like the Senate elections, the process has gotten off to a staggered and chaotic start. Moreover, it threatens to be far more complicated and contentious.

South Africa faces tough foreign policy balancing act

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SOUTH AFRICA

This is not the first time the three militaries have conducted such exercises, but this instance prompted significant criticism, coming as it did on the one-year anniversary of…

Cameroon anglophone crisis may enter new stalemate

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CAMEROON

Biya's rare public address follows a recent boycott called for by separatist groups in the predominantly anglophone Northwest and Southwest regions following the sentencing of…

East Africa food security will test resilience concept

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EAST AFRICA

This falls just short of a 'famine' warning -- which would require 20% of households to face catastrophe levels, as well as heightened malnutrition and mortality rates. The UN has…

Peacekeeping concerns risk instability in East Africa

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EAST AFRICA

Kenya’s actions are the latest setback during a year of troubled regional engagement in peacekeeping operations, in which several regional powers reduced -- or threatened to…

Ethiopia crisis may fracture party and nation

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ETHIOPIA

Years of sustained protests have brought the ruling Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) to a crisis that threatens the party’s 27-year rule. The government…