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Power and reform woes will slow South Africa’s growth

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SOUTH AFRICA

South Africa’s escalating power crisis has slashed its growth prospects, with the government making only slow progress on promised reforms and the president declaring a state of…

Georgia will face serious obstacles to EU membership

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GEORGIA

Georgia officially embarked on the path to EU membership along with Ukraine and Moldova shortly after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Despite Tbilisi not meeting the…

East Africa faces growing climate adaptation pressures

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EAST AFRICA

Although all regions are affected, these issues presently appear particularly acute in East Africa, which currently faces some of the worst flooding in its history while still…

Rising living costs will hasten ‘high streets’ decline

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UNITED KINGDOM

Retail sector woes.

African Union faces high expectations but low capacity

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AFRICA

The Summit came amid challenging internal and external circumstances including old and new conflicts, military coups, economic struggles, sluggish economic integration, democratic…

Amazon deforestation is set to accelerate in Peru

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PERU

The changes respond to pressures to facilitate the development of agriculture in the region. The pace of deforestation has been rapid in recent years to the detriment of…

IMF lending will prod Ukraine to sustain reforms

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UKRAINE

After releasing 1 billion dollars in April, the IMF is urging Ukraine to implement land and pension reforms to make it eligible for further lending tranches. The government is…

Ethiopia-Egypt furore will delay, not derail dam talks

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ETHIOPIA/EGYPT

Trilateral talks over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam.

COVID-19 may hit less resilient EU eastern areas more

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EU

At least in the EU’s eleven eastern member states (EU-11), there has been significant if slow progress in lifting standards of living across the board in the past decade…

Developing world will push for climate action at COP23

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INT/UN

Much of the formal agenda consists of work of a technical nature to develop rules and procedures to implement the Paris Agreement. However, Fiji, the first island state to serve…