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Eastern DRC security divisions will drive conflict

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CONGO-KINSHASA

The resulting reputational damage will heap additional pressure on the mission, which is grappling with an upsurge in violence in the eastern provinces. Its mandate was extended…

UNAMID withdrawal may increase Darfur contestation

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SUDAN

The resolution was a stopgap, as COVID-19 restrictions prevented the UNSC from meeting to discuss whether to replace UNAMID with a new political and peace support mission…

US interest in Congolese instability may wane

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CONGO-KINSHASA

CONGO-KINSHASA: US interest may wane

East and West will divide over new Bosnian viceroy

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BOSNIA

The summit’s avowed aim was to renew the EU-US ‘Transatlantic partnership’, including committing to upholding the international rules-based order built around the UN. It called…

Budget woes will slow Canada's hard power build-up

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CANADA

Ahead of the rollout of the Liberal government’s new defence white paper, Minister of Foreign Affairs Chrystia Freeland delivered a speech in the House of Commons arguing that…

Pragmatism will drive Sudan’s foreign relations

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SUDAN

Sudan's foreign relations.

UN’s Congo mission faces long and challenging drawdown

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CONGO-KINSHASA

The Council also approved a new exit strategy, which should see MONUSCO begin to progressively withdraw from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) over the next three years.

Bambari will test UN in the Central African Republic

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CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC

Before travelling to address the Council, Touadera visited Bambari, the second-largest town. For weeks, Bambari has been threatened by rebel elements, but a UN force has…

Prospects for North Africa in 2019

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PROSPECTS 2019

Prospects for North Africa in 2019.

Central African Republic peace deal needs executing

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CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC

The accord, the full contents of which are still not public, differs from previous deals in that it follows the first direct talks between the parties and because the government…