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Ethiopian protest risk rises as emergency declared

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ETHIOPIA

The declaration came a week after reports emerged that protestors were attacking foreign businesses in the country as well as government property. Under the state of emergency…

Bolivia’s Anez will struggle with authoritarian image

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BOLIVIA

Growing tensions.

Second COVID wave could stall Macron’s relaunch

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FRANCE

However, the second lockdown in October and November, coupled with persistent uncertainty about the pandemic’s trajectory, threatens to undermine the effectiveness of Relaunching…

Myanmar will ignore West and push on towards new polls

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MYANMAR

The army detained Suu Kyi and other National League for Democracy (NLD) officials on February 1, claiming fraud in the November 8 general election in which the NLD increased its…

EU will push healthcare in African diplomacy

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EU/AFRICA

This has sought to guard against negative perceptions of the bloc and counteract China’s competitive ‘mask diplomacy’. The importance of EU-African health partnerships is set to…

Halloween tragedy puts more pressure on Yoon

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SOUTH KOREA

Yoon strongly censured failings by the police and other agencies. The same day, four officials -- from the local police, fire service and administration, and a duty police officer…

Prospects for Afghanistan to end-2020

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PROSPECTS H2 2020

Prospects for Afghanistan to end-2020.

US emergency powers debate will grow

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UNITED STATES

This raises the question of US presidents’ emergency powers to manage national crises, which Trump declared on March 13. The 1976 National Emergencies Act gives him substantial…

Bolivia legislation may help resolve election impasse

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BOLIVIA

The move follows two weeks of demonstrations as protesters blocked roads to express anger at repeated election delays. With cities suffering food, fuel and medical supply…

COVID-19 raises Dominican election doubts

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DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

Election troubles.