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France has been shaken to its core by homegrown jihadist attacks that last week claimed 17 lives in three days, the worst of its recent history. So far, the reaction of the French…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB197031
ISSN: 2633-304X
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The twin votes were marred by an opposition boycott, allegations of electoral fraud and apparent state-backed violence. With a COVID-19-related state of emergency now in…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB252187
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Regional councils are one of the last institutions provided for in the 1996 constitution yet to be realised and are also meant to give life to the ‘special status’ granted last…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB254705
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These are the first terrorist attacks on EU territory since the Paris attacks in November 2015. The attacks on Zaventem Airport and Maelbeeck metro station come just four days…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB210168
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The previous day, the foreign ministers of the United Kingdom, France, Germany and Italy -- in an unusual show of unity --rejected the Turkish intervention and also called for an…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB249896
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The withdrawal is more correlated to diplomatic tensions between Mali and France than to ground realities in a military sense -- which have, in any event, been trending in a bad…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB267431
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For Belarusian citizens, access to healthcare is a constitutional right. Consequently, any attempted reforms that would involve a major shift to commercialisation will have…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB205736
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International relations may provide some respite. Recent visits by President Miguel Diaz-Canel to Algiers, Moscow, Istanbul and Beijing prompted several gestures that should ease…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB275402
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The targeting of these civilian vigilantes highlights the centrality of community-based, often ethnically aligned, government-backed militias in the Sahel’s various conflicts…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB261041
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The move signalled a marked toughening against Maghrebi migration, following years of increasing limitations. The impact will be particularly felt by Algerians, whose…