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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.

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.

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…

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…

Sudan’s military may play politics with peace talks

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SUDAN

With at least 10,000 fighters under its command across the ‘Two Areas’ (South Kordofan and Blue Nile), a deal with SPLM-N/al-Hilu is seen as critical for consolidating Sudan’s…

Sudan peace talks face implementation challenges

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SUDAN

Much progress has been made in the talks and more is expected. However, there is still no clear sense of how various disparate strands and competing pressures can be consolidated…

Sudan’s road to comprehensive peace remains bumpy

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SUDAN

Both sides expressed confidence that a full peace agreement can be concluded imminently.