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Internet rules tighten grip without isolating Russia

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RUSSIA

Moves to shield Russia from the global internet.

Oil sanctions will not bring rapid change in Venezuela

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VENEZUELA

President Nicolas Maduro’s beleaguered government will seek to sidestep sanctions on the Venezuelan oil sector announced by the United States on January 28. Some technical aspects…

Algerian reforms will struggle to convince sceptics

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ALGERIA

The initiative is the president’s first major political act and will set the course for intra-elite relations, foreign policy and his administration’s relationship with the…

South Africa policy cracks complicate economic plans

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SOUTH AFRICA

South African reform dillemmas.

Nigerian energy reforms may track wider openings

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NIGERIA

Yet worsening macroeconomic conditions amid the COVID-19 pandemic, including a fall in oil prices and declining foreign currency reserves, have forced President Muhammadu Buhari’s…

Prospects for Venezuela to end-2017

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PROSPECTS H2 2017

Prospects for Venezuela to end-2017.

Consensus may be key to Sudan pro-democracy battle

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SUDAN

The draft stipulates that the military will have no role in politics or the economy -- a key demand of anti-coup protesters -- but is yet to win unequivocal support from protest…

Turkmenistan cannot sell more gas despite new finds

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TURKMENISTAN

Turkmenistan's oil and gas prospects.

Congo’s elections may become more contentious

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CONGO-KINSHASA

Several have already been excluded from the presidential race. Though notoriously divided, opposition leaders are united in believing that the regime is manipulating the electoral…

Change in Montenegro needs inside and outside pressure

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MONTENEGRO

The Slovenian member of the European Parliament’s Socialists and Democrats group was speaking after about 10,000 people braved bad weather to take part in the largest of a series…