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Setbacks are likely in Sudan’s fraught transition

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SUDAN

Pressures facing Sudan's transition.

Angola's new president will pursue further reforms

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ANGOLA

The announcement is the latest in a string of reforming measures undertaken by Lourenco since assuming power in September; last month he dismissed Isabel dos Santos, daughter of…

Myanmar's 'lame duck' period to see economic reform

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MYANMAR

They discussed 'national reconciliation' and Suu Kyi and the president agreed to set up a working group on the transition of power that will bring to an end more than half a…

Congo's economy affords limited political opening

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DRC

Underneath Congo’s deepening political crisis there also lies an acute balance-of-payments crisis. Despite relative improvements in the price of key exports, currency depreciation…

Sudan’s new cabinet faces daunting challenges

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SUDAN

The cabinet deviates sharply from the more technocratic cabinets under the transition thus far, as armed opposition and political leaders have now been brought into a much…

Politics will dictate Sudan’s economic outlook

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SUDAN

The dialogue explicitly aims to assist Sudan’s military rulers and political forces to agree on reviving the transition to democracy. It is also critical to the economic outlook…

EU green ambitions are strongly reflected in budget

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EU

Overall, some 30% of the budget will involve climate-related spending. One of the key reforms concerns the EU’s own resources mechanism to finance spending, with plans to…

Libya talks will go on regardless of Congress decision

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LIBYA

The first condition is to move the location of the talks from Geneva to Ghat. The second is that the other attendees recognise the Supreme Court ruling of November 2014, which…

EU’s Visegrad Four will not continue in current format

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EU

Poland may have resolved its rule-of-law dispute with the EU, whereas part of Hungary’s ‘cohesion’ funds are frozen. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has driven a wedge between Poland…

Monetary easing efficacy is decreasing globally

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INTERNATIONAL

Efficacy of monetary policy at the zero lower bound.