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Pinera hopes will depend on economic growth in Chile

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CHILE

This will be only the second time, after Pinera’s first administration (2010-14), that the right has held power since the restoration of democracy in 1990. It suggests that an…

Sierra Leone mining upheaval will prompt unease

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SIERRA LEONE

In recent months, the government suspended SL Mining's licence pending review, while also cancelling the licences of Tonkolili Iron Ore (SL) and African Railway and Port Services…

Prospects for South Africa in 2022

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PROSPECTS 2022

The party faces both extreme internal divisions -- which helped spark the July uprising -- and increasing voter disaffection, raising questions about its longevity as the ruling…

Colombia vote will calm investors but risk peace

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COLOMBIA

The starkly polarised election passed with remarkably little trouble. However, with the CD vehemently opposed to the incumbent government’s peace processes with the guerrillas…

Prospects for East and Central Africa to end-2022

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PROSPECTS H2 2022

Prospects for East and Central Africa to end-2022.

Intra-Christian competition will increase in Lebanon

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LEBANON

Seven months after a general election, the country remains without a government amid a dispute between Hezbollah, a Shia group, and the Sunni Prime Minister-designate Saad…

Congo faces bumpy road to 2023 elections

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CONGO-KINSHASA

Most notably, it includes setting December 20 next year as the date for presidential, legislative, provincial and municipal elections, just before the constitutional deadline for…

France’s regional results intensify presidential race

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FRANCE

Neither Macron’s La Republique en Marche (LREM) nor Le Pen’s National Rally (RN) managed to win any of the country’s 13 regions. The main winner was the centre-right Republican…

Modi’s main test now will be to manage his alliance

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INDIA

The ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA), led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), has retained a parliamentary majority and the BJP has extended…

Sanctions end aids Burundi but may entrench old flaws

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BURUNDI

This move, which was evidently coordinated and timed to coincide with President Evariste Ndayishimiye’s Brussels visit during the EU-African Union Summit, represents a major…