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Nigeria oil bill will disappoint

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NIGERIA

Discussed since 2008, the bill’s passage comes in response to worsening macroeconomic conditions. These include falling government revenues, declining foreign exchange reserves…

Kenya will leverage threats of camp closure

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KENYA

Grandi is the latest high-profile figure to urge the government to reconsider its position. Should Dadaab close, over 340,000 refugees would in total be forced from Kenya…

West African border control will be tenuous

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WEST AFRICA

Border security and migration in West Africa/the Sahel.

Caribbean will struggle to address limited ISG threat

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CARIBBEAN

Concerns over Islamic State group (ISG) activities in the Caribbean.

Syrian-Lebanese food shortages will drive instability

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SYRIA/LEBANON

While Lebanon is experiencing what the World Bank dubbed “the worst economic crisis in more than a century”, civil war-torn Syria has been hit by one of the most severe droughts…

Nigeria's marginal oil fields will struggle to produce

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NIGERIA

Licenses were delivered to 161 companies to develop marginal fields. These are smaller onshore or shallow water oil blocks left undeveloped or abandoned by international oil…

EU will ignore Azerbaijan’s repression of minority

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AZERBAIJAN

The arrests are connected with continuing tensions with Iran, stemming from an attack on Azerbaijan’s embassy in Tehran in January. They have profound implications for Azerbaijani…

Fallout from Sierra Leone protests may deepen tensions

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SIERRA LEONE

The government described this as a “bloody and violent insurrection”. The state has subsequently clamped down on opposition activists but has done little to address underlying…

Disunity among critics will aid South Sudan government

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SOUTH SUDAN

Two years after the peace agreement, South Sudan is still at war -- and political, security, humanitarian and economic conditions are dire. Nevertheless, the balance of power…

Syria humanitarian response lacks long-term strategy

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SYRIA/INT

Syria humanitarian crisis.