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Congo’s cobalt monopoly plans face challenges

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CONGO-KINSHASA

Congo's artisanal cobalt sector.

Mexico water reform may prove a step too far for AMLO

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MEXICO

Water decrees.

'Profiling' use will expand beyond human personalities

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INTERNATIONAL

Profiling people and businesses.

Guatemala attorney general decision raises concerns

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GUATEMALA

This decision was highly controversial, given repeated allegations that Porras had sought to use her position to halt or divert anti-corruption investigations. Her re-appointment…

Zambia’s Patriotic Front faces major election test

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ZAMBIA

The country’s economy has been in decline for some time, and the government is increasingly plagued by corruption scandals.

Ghanaian cocoa prices point to LID implementation

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GHANA

The price bump comes amid a push by Ghana and Ivory Coast, the world's two largest producers, for cocoa buyers to pay a Living Income Differential (LID) of USD400 per metric…

Syria’s mild economic recovery faces major constraints

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SYRIA

The economy is not showing serious ill effects from the overspill of the conflict in Gaza or recent aid cuts. The government may even have derived some additional financial…

Ethiopia's forex crunch will aggravate reform pressure

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ETHIOPIA

The government hopes this plan will above all inject fresh foreign currency into the cash-starved economy. Recently, it has had to manage its dwindling foreign exchange (forex…

Russia's budget reflects caution on future spending

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RUSSIA

A three-year budget cycle is intended to create predictability after a year in which the initial budget had to be revised as the oil price outlook grew gloomier. Spending cuts are…

Third-term bid by Guinea's Conde will widen fractures

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GUINEA

With legislative elections pending since January, current lawmakers’ mandate was controversially extended following a decree by Conde. The opposition and civil society groups…