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Women's rights will help boost Rabat's image

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MOROCCO

In a March 4 speech, former Prime Minister Abdelilah Benkirane, currently secretary-general of the Islamist-leaning Justice and Development Party (PJD), threatened a…

COVID-19 and repression will fuel new African protests

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AFRICA

This has led to a greater focus on digital strategies and the rise of ‘personal’ or ‘patchwork’ protests in which individuals share images on social media of themselves making…

Persistent insecurity will test Burkinabe government

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BURKINA FASO

Counterterrorism in Burkina Faso.

Somaliland’s Las Anod crisis defies easy resolution

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SOMALIA

Las Anod clan leaders declared in February they no longer recognise the sovereignty of Somaliland, which unilaterally declared independence from Somalia in 1991, and wish the…

Acceptance of Indian-run Kashmir’s new status may grow

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INDIA

Last month, a handful of locally active parties formed a new grouping -- the People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) -- to seek peaceful restoration of that status…

COVID-19 could reconfigure African foreign relations

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AFRICA

Africa COVID-19 diplomacy.

Fidesz victory will bring more Hungary-EU conflict

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HUNGARY

The ruling party’s landslide promises Hungary more of the same. However, a degree of uncertainty lingers in the short-to-medium term. The party has structural weaknesses, but to…

Referendum will back Uzbekistan’s new constitution

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UZBEKISTAN

Uzbeks are being asked to approve amendments that change some 65% of the country’s constitution. A key change in the draft constitution would allow incumbent President Shavkat…

Nigeria’s neo-Biafrans will push renewed rights claims

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NIGERIA

As Nigeria marks the 50th anniversary of the start of its civil war -- when part of south-east Nigeria declared itself the independent state of Biafra -- President Muhammadu…

Cameroon polls may extend anglophone crisis

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CAMEROON

This comes amid mounting domestic and international frustration over President Paul Biya’s approach to ending the long-standing anglophone crisis. A controversial bill to give…