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Mauritania’s new president will try to manage tensions

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MAURITANIA

The hand-picked successor of outgoing President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, Ould Ghazouani is expected to provide significant policy continuity. The transition will, however, likely…

Mauritania elections augur more continuity than change

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MAURITANIA

Outlook for Mauritania's presidential election.

Mauritania’s new president will focus on inequality

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MAURITANIA

Ould Ghazouani’s campaign in June focused on social and regional inequalities and the need for a more independent judicial system. Since taking office in August, Ould Ghazouani…

Northern protests may further weaken Sudan’s junta

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SUDAN

Lieutenant-General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan’s post-coup government has not followed through on promises to suspend the price increases, and the protests have escalated.

Egyptian-Iranian ties are heading for an upgrade

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EGYPT/IRAN

Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi spoke with his Iranian counterpart, Ebrahim Raisi, on December 23, the first phone call between the two leaders. Egypt’s contacts with Iran…

Ethiopia’s civil war may unravel regional geopolitics

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ETHIOPIA

It has also seriously damaged Ethiopia’s international and regional political standing, weakening Addis Ababa’s position in the trilateral talks with Egypt and Sudan over the…

Islamists may reap some benefits from Sudan’s coup

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SUDAN

The Forces for Freedom and Change (FFC) coalition of civilian and rebel groups have rejected the deal, but Hamdok has justified it on the grounds that (among other things) it will…

Sudan's foreign policy balance will remain fragile

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SUDAN

This goal was implicitly a response to the previous three decades of foreign relations under ousted former President Omar al-Bashir, when Sudan struggled under international…

Prospects for North Africa in 2017

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PROSPECTS 2017

Prospects for North Africa in 2017.

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…