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1 – 10 of 22According to the constitution, the poll must take place in September-October. The JVP was formed as a Marxist-Leninist party. Recent opinion polling suggests Dissanayake would be…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB286768
ISSN: 2633-304X
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The Council declared Bosnia-Hercegovina (BiH) a potential EU member in June 2003, but withheld candidate status until end-2022. The 1995 Dayton peace agreement reconstituted BiH…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB285624
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Although the ‘transition’ foreseen under that agreement was intended to end with national elections in 2022, the signatories recently agreed to extend the transition by two years…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB272759
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Notably, OLA fighters on May 14 reportedly attacked a police station in Bishoftu, just 40 kilometres from Addis Ababa, while the OLA claims government forces have attacked its…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB279180
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President Ranil Wickremesinghe was prime minister and acting leader when he announced the restrictions. Gotabaya Rajapaksa had days earlier resigned as president in the face of…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB272297
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However, at the same time, relations between Amharas and Oromos -- the country’s two largest ethnic groups, whose leaders are central to Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s domestic power…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB273300
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Turkey has dropped its insistence on regime change in Syria as it seeks to defuse a domestic crisis over Syrian refugees and to contain Kurdish aspirations. Normalisation could…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB272532
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The announcement followed days of violent protests in Amhara region resisting ENDF efforts to confine the region’s special forces to their bases for disarmament. The move…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB278510
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The process has so far been mired by delays, leadership issues, capacity concerns and, crucially, a lack of confidence among key stakeholders. These notably include Oromo…
Lower global oil prices contributing to new tensions in both oil-producing and oil-importing countries.