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US states are taking more action on the use of ESG

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UNITED STATES

Republican states wanting to stall ESG practices are passing legislation limiting their use by financial services firms such as asset managers and banks. However, resultant…

EU’s CAP objectives are far from guaranteed

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EU

The overarching objectives of the reforms are to align agricultural subsidies with the Commission's broader agenda to tackle climate change. The new reforms also prioritise…

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…

Turkey will be less secularist after Erdogan

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TURKEY

Erdogan is the second head of government (after Necmettin Erbakan, 1996-97) to emerge from a specifically Islamist political movement. Under his leadership, Islam has become more…

Electricity trade in the Middle East will grow slowly

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MIDDLE EAST

Cross-border electricity trade in Middle East and North Africa (MENA) has historically been very limited, and mostly confined to quantity-based balancing and small amounts of…

France will struggle to refocus its Sahel strategy

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FRANCE

Although France officially highlights the multilateral, multidimensional aspects of its operations in the Sahel, in practice the emphasis is on 'kinetic' operations and body…

Ethiopia-Egypt water dispute requires tough compromise

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ETHIOPIA/EGYPT

The dam project, situated near the source of the Blue Nile, has long been a centrepiece of Ethiopia’s development plans, but also a major source of tension with downstream…

Anti-virus policies may hurt democracy in eastern EU

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EU

Eastern EU’s handling of COVID-19 pandemic.

Politicisation may worsen unrest in Kenya’s North Rift

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KENYA

Under this authority, the military has been deployed alongside police and multi-agency security forces to combat a spike in armed banditry that has resulted in over 100 civilians…

Colombia’s new mining law poses regulatory risks

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COLOMBIA

The government proposes banning new contracts for thermal coal exploitation, shortening timeframes for mining exploration and introducing new environmental regulations that could…