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Mexican government will seek to buy Banamex

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MEXICO

The move has further highlighted risks for international investors in Mexico under the administration of President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO), who appears to have…

New Mexico election officers will not end bias claims

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MEXICO

The councillors were elected overwhelmingly, by 399 votes to five. The eleven-member Council had been operating with only seven members since April, when the newcomers’…

Somalia faces another electoral impasse

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SOMALIA

Opposition leaders are refusing to participate in the polls unless newly constituted electoral committees are reformed to eliminate bias towards Farmajo, among other things.

EU-Swiss institutional framework progress will be slow

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EU/SWITZERLAND

Without a dispute settlement mechanism in Swiss-EU relations, Switzerland has no legal leverage to defend its rights. Ironically, such a mechanism is the most controversial…

Sudan’s peace process may slow but stabilise

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SUDAN

Among other things, the declaration offers SPLM-N/al-Hilu its core demand by stating that a separation between religion and the state should be enshrined in the constitution.

Time runs short for Ukraine-Russia gas resolution

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UKRAINE/RUSSIA

Ukraine's current arrangements with Russia on gas imports and transit to Europe end in December, and a replacement deal is looking unlikely. Ukraine, Russia and the EU each have…

Serbian government faces hurdles at home and abroad

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SERBIA

The new government sworn in on August 11.

Taliban may be coaxed back into Afghan talks

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AFGHANISTAN

Talks are integral to US disengagement plans but look uncertain now that the Taliban say they will not attend. Insurgent leaders are divided: some say President Joe Biden's…

Alternative may emerge to full Turkish accession to EU

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TURKEY/EU

Erdogan has not softened his line towards the EU, but there has been some vacillation in the EU's approach. While EU signals on Turkey have been becoming sharper, at the informal…

Worsening security impels renewed Mali peace efforts

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MALI

Peace implementation progress.