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Jordan’s cosmetic reforms may divert Pandora pressure

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JORDAN

This announcement, designed to divert rising public anger over economic failures and political authoritarianism, was overshadowed by new revelations from the ‘Pandora Papers’…

Eastern Europe’s further convergence needs a reset

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EASTERN EUROPE

The Visegrad Four (V4) -- Czechia, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia -- have been widely regarded as an economic success in post-transition European integration, global value-chain…

EU presidency will show up Romania’s peripheral status

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ROMANIA

The presidency will put Romania's isolation in the spotlight. It has no backers in the EU prepared to overlook its escalating retreat from democratic and reform commitments, and…

Turkish go-it-alone policy raises currency crunch risk

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TURKEY

It has fallen from about 6.50 at end-March and 5.95 at end-2019. There is speculation about a possible balance of payments crisis due to the COVID-19 pandemic, economic…

Liberia's Weah will struggle to stifle dissent

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LIBERIA

The president’s utterances mark a shift from his previous calls for a roundtable dialogue with opposition protest leaders, who on June 7 organised the largest mass protest since…

Turkish-EU migrant policies will continue to diverge

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TURKEY/EU

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has said Germany is "ready to offer support" on four Turkish demands in return for cooperating with the EU in the migrant crisis. At a joint press…

Senegal’s Sall will ride out gas scandal furore

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SENEGAL

Senegalese gas scandal.

Prospects for South-east Asia to end-2018

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PROSPECTS H2 2018

Prospects for South-east Asia to end-2018.

Benin’s Talon will look to secure his legacy

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BENIN

Talon took 86.57% of the votes, on an official turnout of 50.17%, while his nearest opponent took 11.29%. Talon’s winning margin -- the largest since Benin’s return to multiparty…

Zambian mining prospects will be tied to politics

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ZAMBIA

That might mostly be jockeying in a dispute over electricity price rises with the state-owned power supplier. In contrast, Vedanta Resources, one of the leading players in…