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Libya's Madkhali-Salafists will be a wild card

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LIBYA

Salafists in Libya.

Gender inequality is an indicator of conflict risk

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INTERNATIONAL

Gender inequality as indicator of violence.

Hazara-Taliban clashes add new dimension to Afghan war

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AFGHANISTAN

Increasing Hazara involvement in the Afghan conflict.

Ethiopia’s conflict clouds the economic outlook

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ETHIOPIA

Both are desperately needed, as G20 debt service relief will soon expire, and as the conflict in northern Ethiopia increasingly strains the economy and the government’s finances.

Syria diplomacy will make little headway

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SYRIA

As one of the insurgency's key external backers, Riyadh is seeking to create a united political front for the Syrian opposition ahead of proposed international talks in Vienna on…

Khartoum will resist committing to power sharing

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SUDAN

Since South Sudan seceded in 2011, Khartoum has confronted conflict on three fronts. Armed conflict escalated in Blue Nile and South Kordofan in mid-2011, while clashes between…

Doubts grow over reforms for Africa's fragile states

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AFRICA

International state-building aid and interventions in Africa.

Ethiopian conflict may intensify rather than ease

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ETHIOPIA

Although Demeke also referenced the possibility of resolving Ethiopia’s conflicts through a national dialogue, the government’s wider rhetoric and military build-up instead signal…

Yemen’s fragmented conflict will hike civilian deaths

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YEMEN

YEMEN: Fragmented conflict will hike civilian deaths

Libyan major escalation and progress are both unlikely

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LIBYA

The National Conference, which aims to garner Libyans’ thoughts on the conflict and promote reconciliation, is part of the UN’s September 2017 ‘Action Plan’ for ending the…