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Damascus can manage fragmented military forces

Location:

SYRIA

President Bashar al-Assad's two principal foreign backers, Russia and Iran, support and to some extent direct sizeable forces in Syria on which Assad relies. That contributes to a…

Militancy may become chronic problem around Lake Chad

Location:

SAHEL

Sparsely populated and usually peripheral to the surrounding countries (Cameroon, Chad, Niger and Nigeria), the Lake Chad area has been affected by the spillover of the Boko Haram…

Divided Yemen faces diverse economic policy challenges

Location:

YEMEN

This has contributed to rising food prices in the south. Yemen’s economy is suffering from years of conflict and deep political divisions as well as more recent problems…