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Pressure for US-Africa policy shift on AGOA will grow

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US/AFRICA

AGOA provides the central mechanism for US-Africa trade, but expires in 2025. This gives the upcoming meeting added weight as pressure is growing for the contours of the future…

Turkey’s ties with the Middle East will improve

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TURKEY/MIDDLE EAST

Since 2021, Turkey has been working to improve relations with former regional rivals such as Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Egypt and Israel. It sees the outreach…

Morocco will press on with its outreach to the Sahel

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MOROCCO

During that meeting, discussions focused on a Moroccan proposal to grant these landlocked countries access to the Atlantic Ocean. The proposal hints at a transactional…

Inclusion will prove critical to Sudan peace process

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SUDAN

The resulting ‘Addis Ababa Declaration’ has provoked stern scrutiny of Tagadom’s legitimacy, as well as broader reflection on the importance of a peace process that is genuinely…

Turkish foreign policy will seek a power balance

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TURKEY

Turkey’s confrontation with the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) is a key driver of regional and to some extent international policy. Erdogan’s comfortable victory in the May 2023…

Aid dynamics may entrench South Sudan's challenges

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SOUTH SUDAN

However, conventional development aid remains extremely limited, which has significant implications for the prospects for domestic change.

Elite deals prop up Kenya’s weak political stability

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KENYA

Among other things, the three leaders discussed Odinga’s ambitions to become chairman of the African Union (AU) Commission. Alongside reform proposals made by a National Dialogue…

China’s overseas media drive will fall short

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CHINA

This follows the 20th Party Congress in October last year, with its drastically increased focus on security concerns. There has also been greater acrimony in China’s international…

Beijing empowers itself in foreign relations

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CHINA

It gives a veneer of legality to interference in other countries’ affairs. The new law raises the level of threat from Beijing to foreign organisations and those with connections…

Egypt's ties with Russia face limits

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EGYPT

Cairo’s relations with Moscow have deepened during Sisi’s decade in power, to the consternation of Egypt’s traditional Western partners. However, reports indicate that Sisi made…